I have a reservation at a campground in Yellowstone NP but my toed car makes the overlong length greater than that allowed. Any thoughts on what to do with the car while I am in Yellowstone. Anywhere to park it?

Unhook and park it along side your rig.

Call the campground and ask if they have overflow parking - if so, park it there.

Yes on Jerry's answer.When a campground talks about a space length, they're talking about the length of the MH or trailer that has to fit into it since the toad or TV and be parked beside it. I've never heard of a campground considering the overall length of both hooked together.Having said that, we'll often reserve a 65' or 70' pull through space when only pulling into some place to spend the night so we don't have to disconnect.Bill

(Unless I missed it, You don't say which campground at Yellowstone)Campground closest to west entrance (can't remember name) had a small parking lot, with recycle bins and had a couple boat trailers, couple unhitched towed cars, demcey dumpster, couple broke cars etc.I would call what campground you're booked at and confirm. They might even have it listed on a campground map on-line as overflow parking or something like that. They have it down to science. For us at 59 feet (trailer and truck) had us booked in 60 foot campsite. That was 6 inches to spare at front and rear. The spot that we had there was no room to park beside, because of trees. Depends on which spot you get, if you can double park IMO. Usually you can "over hang" back bumper some, not this time. We didn't have any extra room because of trees to side or rear. I'm pretty sure this pic is correct of overflow parking of where we were. And lots more spots than what pic shows. 3rd row second pic to right has "recyle bins" in titlehttps://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?id=D6687465-155D-451F-67DFA57626F7D708

You can use Google Earth to check a future campsite which sometimes will tell you what you need. Best yet, it is free.

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Trackrig
Explorer II
Dec 20, 2016
Yes on Jerry's answer.

When a campground talks about a space length, they're talking about the length of the MH or trailer that has to fit into it since the toad or TV and be parked beside it. I've never heard of a campground considering the overall length of both hooked together.

Having said that, we'll often reserve a 65' or 70' pull through space when only pulling into some place to spend the night so we don't have to disconnect.

Bill
toedtoes
Explorer III
Dec 20, 2016
Call the campground and ask if they have overflow parking - if so, park it there.
Mandalay_Parr
Explorer
Dec 20, 2016
Unhook and park it along side your rig.

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