Reserved Yellowstone & Teton Campgrounds

Army11Bravo, that's great that you were able to get reservations. I hope you have a wonderful trip - and that you find some great state parks enroute as well.

Just a caveat about Fishing Bridge - if your site on paper looks like it will fit your RV, you may still have an adventure backing into it. That happened to us last year; we had reserved a site that on paper was big enough for our rig, but trees and an electrical power panel alongside the (narrow) CG road made backing into our site rather difficult. We did succeed, with the help of a few fellow RVers, but it was tough. Just FYI. Fishing Bridge sites are TIGHT; don't expect a lot of CG atmosphere. But you sure can't beat the location, very central to the park. And you might get lucky and have a buffalo or coyote walk by your site some morning or evening. :)

Itching2go-

We reserved a full hookup site in the RV Park. We do a lot of boondocking, but it's nice to have water and electricity every now and then. That's why we wanted to intersperse FHU sites in our 10 day trip.

And yes, after much research and disappointment on the reservation website, talking to someone live on the phone helped ease my mind with solutions I couldn't find online.

Way to Go! Your campground choices are really good ones. Madison is a great campground, and perfectly situated for seeing the west side of the park. FB is a good place to base for the east side, has full hookups, but isn't as spread out as Madison. Colter Bay is a good central location for the Tetons, but you don't say whether you're in the Colter Bay RV park or the Colter Bay campground. Either one doesn't disappoint, although the RV park does have full hook ups, which is nice.

There's a lesson in your experience regarding reservations. We made ours on line back in 2013, only to find out after the fact and by chance that the site we had reserved wouldn't fit the rig we had at that time. While the web site indicated there were no other options available, a call to the reservation center ended up with us being able to get sites in Madison and Fishing Bridge for our week in the park. So what's the lesson? If it looks like you're out of luck, CALL!

We considered Grizzly RV Park, but don't want to stay outside the park. We enjoyed our stay in the camping cabins at the West Yellowstone KOA a few years ago, but having to drive into the park every morning added lots of miles to already long days.

We've seen all the park and view roadside attractions at YNP. We're looking forward to hitting a bunch of hiking trails this trip.

I know you're excited (and relieved!)to get it done. I made our reservations for this summer as soon as they were open, but we already had dates set! Enjoy!

You'll love it there. We were there a couple of years ago. We stayed at Colter Bay & Grizzly RV Park for one week in May. Amazing scenery and lots of wildlife. Was a trip of a lifetime.