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Colter Bay RV is your best bet to be in Grand Teton NP, but no wifi there. If you must have wifi, try the Virginian RV Park in the town of Jackson.

If you want wifi for Yellowstone, try Grizzly RV Park in West Yellowstone. I doubt that there is wifi at Fishing Bridge.

Just as a heads up, there are pet restrictions in Yellowstone.

No to Yellowstone Valley RV for seeing Yellowstone Park. It's too far away.
Get reservations NOW for Fishing Bridge if you think you need full hookups. Otherwise, make reservations NOW for Bridge Bay campground which has water and dump station. You won't need a/c in the park. This campground is pretty well located for seeing Yellowstone.
Then make reservations NOW for Colter Bay campground in Grand Teton, either the RV camp with full hookups or the other one with water and dump station.

Now, for Cody, you can stay at the Ponderosa RV park or Absaroka Bay RV park. Or you can go 7 miles west and stay at Buffalo Bill State Park with elec, water and dump station..make reservations as early as you can.
Cody has a fine western museum worth your time and a gorgeous scenic drive you can do in a long day..the Chief Joseph drive and Beartooth Pass over to Red Lodge MT and then back to Cody from there.

If your heart is set on full hookups but you don't like Fishing Bridge prices, think about going over to West Yellowstone. There are several rv parks in town or close to it and you are right on the edge of the park.

I think you need to seriously look at a map and check distances, this campground is 103.7 miles from the Yellowstone Fishing bridge visitor center.

And 31 miles from the campground to Cody.

Most on here would recommend camping much close as the drives in the park itself are huge also Fishing Bridge to Gardiner is 55 miles or a total of 189 miles from your proposed campground

Yellowstone Valley Inn is between Cody and Yellowstone. Very convenient. Not a fancy park but they do have level pull thrus. If you want 50 amp be sure to ask for it. They do not have cable TV. I would suggest reservations. They fill up pretty fast. we saw everything we wanted to see in 3 days, however we are not hikers. 5-7 days for Yellowstone and Cody should be fine.

Two Hands wrote:
Colter Bay Village RV Park in Grand Tetons National Park and not far from Jackson. Full hookups in a very nice setting. Have a great trip.

I agree. You won't feel like you're in an RV park. Make your reservation now though because they are popular. Nice thing about Colter Bay is that there is a village within walking distance and a museum at the visitor center. There's a gift shop, a mini-mart, Laundromat, two restaurants, and ticket office for horse back rides or the boat across the lake.

Stop at the fish farm on the way between Coulter and Jackson. BTW you can do Jackson (the town, not the area) in about an hour including lunch.

Connie, we just did Jackson and Yellowstone this past July. Two things pop into mind when reading your question.

One, in Jackson, the only good park is The Virginian. The bathrooms can use some updating (considering the nightly price), but they're more than serviceable and it's otherwise an extremely well-run park on the edge of prime downtown where it's an easy walk to restaurants or the free shuttle buses.

Two, we allowed three days for Yellowstone but that really wasn't enough (we spent every day driving, looking, enjoying) and we added a few more once there. You just can't see it all in a day or even three. And we were staying in the Park the whole time, part dry-camping and part with full hookups at Fishing Bridge. We just mapquested it, and the distance from your Valley place to Fishing Bridge (near the East entrance you'll be coming in from) is 58 miles, meaning you have an hours drive each way just getting started. I can understand why the guy who manages the Valley place would sell it as a good base camp, but for me personally that's way too much covering the same ground over and over.

Colter Bay Village RV Park in Grand Tetons National Park and not far from Jackson. Full hookups in a very nice setting. Have a great trip.