Yellowstone area~other attractions we should see

I really didn't care that much for Fishing Bridge CG. Looked more like a parking lot then a CG to me. If you need full hookup I think think there about it though. We stayed in Grant CG instead. Liked it much better.

trailertraveler wrote:
On the East side of Yellowstone, Cody has the Buffalo Bill Center Museum Complex, Old Trail Town, and the Nightly Rodeo. From Cody, a loop of the Beartooth Highway and Chief Joseph Scenic Byway with a stop in Red Lodge is a nice day trip. Thermopolis has the Hot Springs State Park, Legend Rock Petroglyph Site and the Dinosaur Museum.

The Hot Springs State Park, can you get in a natural hot spring or are they just something to see..thanks

The view of the Tetons from Mormon Row is worth a stop:

You could easily spend your whole week in the park. We were there for 4 nights in May and didn't see it all.The park is as big as the state of Rhode Island. In summer,it gets full and you will have to negotiate the traffic and buffalo jams so it will take longer to get anywhere. We enjoyed the Inn at Old Faithful. It's the biggest log structure in the world. The lobby is beautiful. We ate dinner there. The food was good and the prices were reasonable. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is beautiful. We also enjoyed Mammoth Hot Springs in the north end of the park.We saw a mother grizzly and 3 cubs on the road from Norris to Canyon.

2gypsies wrote:
Before or after Yellowstone, definitely stay next door at Grand Teton Nat'l Park. Both parks are completely different in things to do and looks. Grand Teton has some campgrounds that don't accept reservations but they each have 300 very nice sites. We've always gotten a site for our 40' motorhome. With your small trailer you'll have no problem. Take the gentle float trip in the park down the Snake River and you might see a moose in the water with you. We did!

If you aren't on any schedule (except for your Yellowstone reservation) explore the surrounding states. There is so much to see and do that one week won't be nearly enough time. You won't have any problems with the roads in the area with your small RV so have a great time!

Each national park has a wonderful web site with lots of good information on things to do, camping and road info. Check them out.

Here are Yellowstone's and Grand Teton to get you started:

https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/index.htm

https://www.nps.gov/grte/index.htm

TNX for the information. I will have to try to get one of the no reservation spaces at Grand Teton when I leave Yellowstone. It too looks very interesting.

KeninAZ wrote:
We have never been to Yellowstone and I don't know why but I really want to see it before old age catches up with us.
I made reservations for a week, 3rd week of July at Fishing Bridge which I understand is a nice park within the NP.
As long as I am driving that distance to visit the area what would you recommend we see while in the area.

Will not really add much unless you can add time - I've been to Yellowstone at least a dozen times and see new things in the Park with every visit, so be sure to see all the standards in the Park - Old Faithful - the Falls - Paint Pots, Mud Pots - take a Hike and discover a new waterfall - ......................

On the drive up be sure to stop and Visit the Tetons - Just Special - On the way out - Catch the Beartooth - Then Drive Chief Joseph to - Red Lodge - Cody - Thermopolis - Wind River Canyon - Shoshoni - Flaming Gorge - Dinosaur NM .........

Did I mention you need more TIME, ... My advice is to spend as much time as possible in the park - your week will fly by - and drive through all these other options, to pick for trips, for the next Ten Years, you will not be disappointed.

Once you have been you will understand why so many say "It's BIG" and you just need to Enjoy your time in the Park.

JMHO,

We are outdoors type so my thoughts are to concentrate on Yellowstone - so big and so much to see - and the Grand Teton National Parks. So much beauty.

Cody would be nice to visit, just keep in mind it's 2hrs from Fishing Bridge. its an hour from Cody to the East Entrance, and another hour from the entrance to Fishing Bridge. I would also consider a stay at Colter Bay in the Grand Tetons and Visit Jackson from there. it would take about three hours to get to Jackson from Fishing Bridge otherwise. For my money Grand Teton is more impressive than Yellowstone, but they are both very neat in their own ways.

On the East side of Yellowstone, Cody has the Buffalo Bill Center Museum Complex, Old Trail Town, and the Nightly Rodeo. From Cody, a loop of the Beartooth Highway and Chief Joseph Scenic Byway with a stop in Red Lodge is a nice day trip. Thermopolis has the Hot Springs State Park, Legend Rock Petroglyph Site and the Dinosaur Museum.

Plan a visit to Lamar valley in the north part of Yellowstone either at sunrise or sunset for some nice wildlife viewing. We went there after our Roosevelt cook out last June and we're rewarded with a grizzly siting as well as two wolf puppies viewed through a spotting scope. That area is supposed to be the best for viewing wildlife.