Kanas City, Ks to Yellowstone National Park

isy450 wrote:
Hi everyone, this is most likely going to be asked and answered a thousand times, but here it goes.

I am planning trip from Atlanta to Yellowstone and have no idea about which entrances to take or where to stay.

I am looking at Cody, Dubois and Red Lodge, for camping. What are the must sees.

I am pulling a 40 ft toy hauler, just want to make this trip one to remember.

This was the one of many trips on our bucket list my wife wanted, unfortunately cancer got her before we made it.

Any help would be welcome.

A little info will help - How long will you set aside for this trip? When will you go it will make a big difference in the weather, the Month is critical.

Will anyone share this adventure with you? How far do you normally drive in a day, this will be big in helping select the route out and then in the route to see the areas you want to focus on.

What do you enjoy - Hiking - driving - FCHU's - long days - Boondocking - Teton's - on and on, help us out so we can help you on your Quest.

West Yellowstone is the most popular area for people to stay and is generally the closest to the features of the Park, Cody and Red Lodge are a good bit of drive so are not the Normal long term camping area for seeing Yellowstone.

What is pulling this 40' toyhauler, is it set up with an engine brake and enought power to get over, then down, a few Rocky Mountain Passe?

Will we have enough time to possible include a little Colorado on the way?

If you could address the many questions you might be able to get an answer that could really help you out.

So much to see and never enough TIME!

I70 west to 83 north to I80, then west to I25 and north to Casper. Then 20 west and north to Thermopolis and 120 on to Cody and 14 into Yellowstone.
There are lots of things to see on this route.
When you know the date you'll get to Yellowstone, make reservations NOW or as soon as they let you do it.

You are right about numbers of posts on YNP, do a search here for long threads on what to see. And yes the east entrance is good, not the NE entrance tho which would send you up the Beartooth highway, not something you want to do pulling a camper.
Going thru Jackson is the other possibility, Cody has some good museums and the nightly Rodeo to see tho. If you plan to camp in Cody and drive into YNP everyday be prepared for a very long drive to the main parts of the park, I mean hours. We'll be in Cody next week.

Go through Cody to East entance.
I would suggest US 20 through Casper to get to Cody.