We are planning a Yellowstone trip this summer and would like to stay at Fishing Bridge based upon it's location and full hookups. My question has to do with the size of the sites. We have a Sundance 285TS (I always equate that to 28.5') 5th wheel. When looking at the reservation website, it breaks down the sites at 30ft or less, 35ft or less and 40ft or less. The week we would like to go shows the 35ft and 40ft sites sold out. The only sites available are 30ft or less. While the 5th wheel is badged 285TS, the physical length is 31'4". The spare tire and bumper hanging off the back account for 16". My wife thinks we will be fine in the 30ft or less site. I'm a more "by the book" kinda guy and worry the site will not fit our 5th wheel and we could be turned away. Any one know how strict they are on length? Thoughts????

Fishing Bridge is very much by the book - they will want to know the measured length of your rig and your truck and the combo connected when reserving a site.

When we stayed we had a Trailmanor TT and that with the F150 had none too much space. We were in the short site section. The Trailmanor was 28 ft overall.

You will probably be very tight in one of the small sites, but it will most certainly be worth it to have full hookups and be in the park. You probably won't be able to park your tow vehicle on your site but there are parking places very close by.

Your camper is 31' 4". Model number does not represent the length. A few years back when we camped at Fishing Bridge with our 5er & truck, the truck parked along side the 5er. There wasn't much other spare room on the site, but we didn't go there to hang around the camp site.

Rent a 30 ft site. You will have a lot of fun getting that thing in the site. It will be very tight but will fit. You can park the TV elsewhere if necessary.

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Padlin
Explorer
Jan 14, 2016
If you use google map and zoom in on Earth mode you'll see most folks park alongside as mentioned by others.
hotpepperkid
Explorer
Jan 14, 2016
Grizzly looks like a parking lot to me
1320quick
Explorer
Jan 11, 2016
GeoBoy wrote:
hotpepperkid wrote:
scrubjaysnest wrote:
We stayed at Fishing Bridge a number of years ago, sites were painted lines on asphalt. Won't do that again as we don't like parking lots.

That sure limits where you are going to stay. Most camp grounds are like that

Not Grizzly RV Park.

Grizzly RV park is nice for sure. We stayed there two years ago. We really liked West Yellowstone as well. Unfortunately it is just such a long drive to the areas of the park that we liked best. We like searching for animals and such in Hayden and Lamar valley as well as being around Yellowstone lake. We just felt like being at Fishing bridge would make for less driving and more time doing things. Like others, we don't spend hardly any time in the campground. I understand there are nicer campgrounds but we really just wanted someplace with hookup to park the camper while we look for bears and wolves....
GeoBoy
Explorer
Jan 11, 2016
hotpepperkid wrote:
scrubjaysnest wrote:
We stayed at Fishing Bridge a number of years ago, sites were painted lines on asphalt. Won't do that again as we don't like parking lots.

That sure limits where you are going to stay. Most camp grounds are like that

Not Grizzly RV Park.
hotpepperkid
Explorer
Jan 11, 2016
scrubjaysnest wrote:
We stayed at Fishing Bridge a number of years ago, sites were painted lines on asphalt. Won't do that again as we don't like parking lots.

That sure limits where you are going to stay. Most camp grounds are like that
1320quick
Explorer
Jan 11, 2016
Thank you to everyone that took the time to reply. I made reservations this morning so we are all set. We changed the week were are going to a week that Fishing Bridge had availability of the larger 35' sites. We are staying 4 days at Colter bay in the Tetons and 5 days at Fishing Bridge. Got two sites at both campgrounds. Really looking forward to this trip as we will be traveling with my parents. They are finally retired and just bought their first RV so this will be our first "RV" vacation with them.
tsetsaf
Explorer III
Jan 11, 2016
You will fit in the 30' site BUT be ready to pull the spare tire if they get out the measuring stick. There is not a lot of overhang on the sites so may have to anyways. You can get a better idea of what I mean by seeing it here
RinconVTR
Explorer
Jan 11, 2016
We stayed on a 30ft site last summer and with the Hensley we were a hair over 28' "bumper to ball". Were were at the limit for sure. It was real tight, as was getting into and out of the site.

As far as it being a parking lot...yeah...that's the point of this place!

IMO you should ONLY park and sleep there, not waste any part of the day there.

You should be out in the park dawn to dusk. Or at least from when you get up and not get back until nighttime.
scrubjaysnest
Explorer
Jan 11, 2016
We stayed at Fishing Bridge a number of years ago, sites were painted lines on asphalt. Won't do that again as we don't like parking lots.
hotpepperkid
Explorer
Jan 11, 2016
We stayed at Fishing Bridge several years ago and have a measured 33' 5er towed by a F-350 super cab long bed. It was a tight fit backing in but had room next to it for the truck. There were more mosquitos than pepper flakes in a bucket of pepper and they were as big as humming birds. It was the last week of June and the temps got down to the low 30's at night