Grand Teton then Yellowstone
I am looking for some campground suggestions on a trip that my wife and I are planning for August 2014. I have read through many past posts on this topic and believe that I am beginning to get a feel ...
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With a 14’ TT you can get into any cg in the park except the tent only. So it more depends on what type of cg you want and how close to the main attractions you want to be. If you like rustic, I’d look at Lizard Creek CG in Teton. Small sites with some on the lake and one loop is no generators. You’ll also find that true in other cg’s in both parks, some allow generators and some don’t. I’ve been to all the cg’s in the Tetons, though, except their version of FB, and have no complaints about any of them.
I pull a 16’ TT and I’ve been there numerous times since the 70’s, mostly in prime time. I never get reservations and only twice have I been bit. Once I boondocked outside the park and got a site in the morning. The other time I got in very late and took a site in Fishing Bridge. That was the pitts, I felt like I was in a big rig storage lot and I was out of there at dawn.
I always dry camp and I sometimes switch to a cg with electric if my batteries getting weak. But I won’t do that in Yellowstone and there are other options. Yellowstone is huge; I put 400 miles on inside the park the last trip. So I sometimes take my battery out and drop it at a service station for recharging while I’m gone all day. I don’t carry a generator but I’m considering just getting another battery to switch off for recharging, I can get the better part of a week out of a battery anyway. But I never run my furnace camping and I’ve never needed it anyway in Yellowstone.
I think you’re on the right track switching cg’s, it will reduce the amount of driving you have to do. I prefer the more rustic types and many are in the north end of the park, less convenient for driving around sightseeing but better for seeing wildlife. But small and a lot of generator restrictions. Norris is a good central location for the loops but it’s mostly tent camping. It does have some small TT sites, though, and no reservations accepted. Grant’s south and I seem to remember it as big, with a lot of people and tighter than I like. The others are a little vague in my memory but you could go on the Yellowstone site and get an idea which ones might work best for you. Have a great trip, if this is your first time it will be quite an experience.
I pull a 16’ TT and I’ve been there numerous times since the 70’s, mostly in prime time. I never get reservations and only twice have I been bit. Once I boondocked outside the park and got a site in the morning. The other time I got in very late and took a site in Fishing Bridge. That was the pitts, I felt like I was in a big rig storage lot and I was out of there at dawn.
I always dry camp and I sometimes switch to a cg with electric if my batteries getting weak. But I won’t do that in Yellowstone and there are other options. Yellowstone is huge; I put 400 miles on inside the park the last trip. So I sometimes take my battery out and drop it at a service station for recharging while I’m gone all day. I don’t carry a generator but I’m considering just getting another battery to switch off for recharging, I can get the better part of a week out of a battery anyway. But I never run my furnace camping and I’ve never needed it anyway in Yellowstone.
I think you’re on the right track switching cg’s, it will reduce the amount of driving you have to do. I prefer the more rustic types and many are in the north end of the park, less convenient for driving around sightseeing but better for seeing wildlife. But small and a lot of generator restrictions. Norris is a good central location for the loops but it’s mostly tent camping. It does have some small TT sites, though, and no reservations accepted. Grant’s south and I seem to remember it as big, with a lot of people and tighter than I like. The others are a little vague in my memory but you could go on the Yellowstone site and get an idea which ones might work best for you. Have a great trip, if this is your first time it will be quite an experience.
