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Mrsmarimiranda1's avatar
Aug 27, 2025

Trip from Sacramento, CA to Yellowstone

Good morning everyone. Has anyone made a family vacation trip from Sacramento ca to Yellowstone? We are going this September. Does anyone have any recommendations for rv parks to stay at on the trip there and back? We already have a park reservation for Yellowstone. It's just the in between we are looking for a we've never done this. 

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  • Need to know your intended route.  What entrance will you be using?  We made that trip in June and came In thru the south entrance.  That enabled us to go thru Jackson Hole and Grand Tetons.  Only one car ahead of us at entrance gate.  When we left we went out the west gate.  There were 3 or 4 lanes of vehicles 50 to 60 deep waiting to get in. Sept. should be similar to first week of June when we visited.

    Give us your route and you'll get plenty of suggestions.

  • Sounds like a fun trip but your question is totally open ended, unless you’re really looking for suggestions to plan your entire vacation save for the Yellowstone NP portion. 
    Wholly different question if you’re just powering straight thru to YNP with a quick overnight stay along the way. (No one knows how far you can/want to drive in a day…) 

    comparatively, it sounds like you may be inadvertently asking for recreational advice/ideas along the way. Also totally open ended as to what you want to see and what you want for accommodations along the way. 

    If finding places to overnight quick on a beeline to YNP and back, map your route and find anywhere close to the route close to your intended stopping point. Then try to make a reservation. 

    • Mrsmarimiranda1's avatar
      Mrsmarimiranda1
      Explorer

      Actually just asking for rv parks to stop along the way overnight until we get to our rv destination. We'll be leaving in a Friday and checking into our reservation on Sunday. 

      • Grit_dog's avatar
        Grit_dog
        Navigator II

        lol ok. Thats weird. I’ll let someone else play the “Where do we think this person wants to stop for the night randomly between California and Idaho?” Game.