Yellowstone-Fishing Bridge or Outside Park
We're going to be staying at Yellowstone for 5 nights at the end of May. We had been planning to stay all of them at Fishing Bridge but someone mentioned we'd be wasting a lot of hours driving around...
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We visited for 5 days last summer and stayed at Bridge Bay Campground which is near Fishing Bridge. It's a massive park so I won't say it's convenient but we planned our routes carefully. I found a guide online from another MB that recommended routes from the different campgrounds. I tried to minimize backtracking but I agreed with the article that some backtracking is fine because the park is so beautiful. I'll see if I bookmarked that link on my laptop.
We stayed in West Yellowstone by default the first night because we had a blowout and got in late plus needed to find a new spare tire that day so our day one started midday from West Yellowstone.
We did try to leave the campground by 0830 each day. (I would go out first light for nearby photos and come back to get family). It is a big time saver if you can get to your first destination before the traffic picks up. Another strategy is it doesn't hurt to go your furthest stop and work your way back.
We stayed in West Yellowstone by default the first night because we had a blowout and got in late plus needed to find a new spare tire that day so our day one started midday from West Yellowstone.
We did try to leave the campground by 0830 each day. (I would go out first light for nearby photos and come back to get family). It is a big time saver if you can get to your first destination before the traffic picks up. Another strategy is it doesn't hurt to go your furthest stop and work your way back.
