RV parks in Yellowstone & Tetons 2016
Our family will be in Yellowstone and Tetons for 4 days each in early July 2016. We have a 35' class A. I want to find one RV park in Yellowstone and one in Tetons to do day trips from. Also want to h...
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Don't avoid Grizzly because its outside the park. From the west gate to the grand loop is 15 miles, but you aren't driving through a tunnel. The animals don't know (or care) that they aren't living on the Grand Loop. One spring morning, I stopped for a herd of Buffalo crossing the road, a pair of bald eagles feeding their chicks, a fox and her kits doing the same thing, and an idiot that walked up behind a male deer sporting a full rack of horns during mating season, just to take a picture. Not recommended. Don't treat Yellowstone like you're in a petting zoo. The animals are wild.
Advantages of Grizzly - free coffee on the way to the park each morning. FHUs plus cable and WIFI, you and your next door neighbor can both open your doors at the same time without banging into each other, long pull thru sites, and two grocery stores that compete on price a couple of blocks away. The stores inside the park pay for the privilege. You can visit the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center on the way to the west gate. Its private and there's a small entrance fee, but its as close to a wolf or a grizzly as you want to be. They also relocate bears from the surrounding area to more remote locations where they have to hunt for wild animals instead of nearby rancher's cattle. The bears also test "Bear Boxes" where you can safely store food inside the park. The bears don't need a key. They just pick it up and beat it on a boulder until it opens.
The Tetons are just south of Yellowstone. The scenery is absolutely beautiful and moose are everywhere. As you're headed south on 191, turn right onto Teton Park Road, then left on Signal Mountain Road all the way to the top. There's a viewing platform at the top. I think you can see about 3 states from there (slight exaggeration). Then continue south on Teton Park road and turn right on Jenny Lake Loop road. There's a turnout 3 miles south that holds about 6 cars. Park and walk over to the edge of Jenny Lake and sit on one of the boulders. Jenny lake has never had a motor boat on it and is as clear as glass. And it feels like you can reach out and touch the mountains, (but don't try it). The view is so beautiful, you'll never forget it. I think my high blood pressure dropped about 30 points.
Don't tell anyone about this. Its our little secret. :)
Advantages of Grizzly - free coffee on the way to the park each morning. FHUs plus cable and WIFI, you and your next door neighbor can both open your doors at the same time without banging into each other, long pull thru sites, and two grocery stores that compete on price a couple of blocks away. The stores inside the park pay for the privilege. You can visit the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center on the way to the west gate. Its private and there's a small entrance fee, but its as close to a wolf or a grizzly as you want to be. They also relocate bears from the surrounding area to more remote locations where they have to hunt for wild animals instead of nearby rancher's cattle. The bears also test "Bear Boxes" where you can safely store food inside the park. The bears don't need a key. They just pick it up and beat it on a boulder until it opens.
The Tetons are just south of Yellowstone. The scenery is absolutely beautiful and moose are everywhere. As you're headed south on 191, turn right onto Teton Park Road, then left on Signal Mountain Road all the way to the top. There's a viewing platform at the top. I think you can see about 3 states from there (slight exaggeration). Then continue south on Teton Park road and turn right on Jenny Lake Loop road. There's a turnout 3 miles south that holds about 6 cars. Park and walk over to the edge of Jenny Lake and sit on one of the boulders. Jenny lake has never had a motor boat on it and is as clear as glass. And it feels like you can reach out and touch the mountains, (but don't try it). The view is so beautiful, you'll never forget it. I think my high blood pressure dropped about 30 points.
Don't tell anyone about this. Its our little secret. :)
