How can I travel without making reservations
I am new to camping. I have a 22 foot trailer and plan to tour the western U.S. I would like to be spontaneous, so I have not made reservations at any campgrounds. I am now worried about getting a cam...
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Yellowstone is a giant parking lot. The campsites are tight and the traffic can back up for miles because of a bear sighting. I actually saw traffic backed up over 5 miles due to a bear on the side of the road.
We happened to get a last minute reservation or we wouldn't have stayed there anyway. My wife had never been there and she wanted to go so I monitored the reservation site for a few days and someone cancelled about a week before our trip.
I do love staying on the Greys River Road southeast of Alpine. There are multiple National Forest campgrounds there. Generators allowed. Additionally there is an almost infinite number of places that you can just pull over and camp along the 60 miles of dirt road that runs alongside the Greys River. It is about 2 hours from Yellowstone but still easy enough. There are of course several other choices outside of Yellowstone that are closer including National Forests and private campgrounds. West Yellowstone area has a lot of nice campgrounds and is convenient to the park as well.
We happened to get a last minute reservation or we wouldn't have stayed there anyway. My wife had never been there and she wanted to go so I monitored the reservation site for a few days and someone cancelled about a week before our trip.
I do love staying on the Greys River Road southeast of Alpine. There are multiple National Forest campgrounds there. Generators allowed. Additionally there is an almost infinite number of places that you can just pull over and camp along the 60 miles of dirt road that runs alongside the Greys River. It is about 2 hours from Yellowstone but still easy enough. There are of course several other choices outside of Yellowstone that are closer including National Forests and private campgrounds. West Yellowstone area has a lot of nice campgrounds and is convenient to the park as well.
