ExxWhy wrote:
JimK-NY wrote:
MetalGator wrote:
My wife and I rented a Class C motorhome in Salt Lake City and drove to Yellowstone back in mid June of 2010........
It might be too late to reserve sites now in Canyon and Madison but they have several campgrounds that are first come first serve. .......
If you revisit, you will be absolutely amazed. The number of visitors has increased dramatically. I don't mean just by a few percent but by many times. Trying to get into a first come, first served campground is often just a waste of time.
Wow, that's a bummer. Darn people, too many of em! ;) We were there in 2012 and stayed at Norris by getting there about 11 am. I hate making reservations anywhere. That's just how it is at the most popular parks. I think they should build a few more campgrounds in the park, doubting that will happen. I'd even take a glorified parking area, it's one place we never spend much time in camp.
Most of our National Parks are way, way past needing "a few more campgrounds". The demand is many times the available space. Making reservations is barely an option. For Arches I had to make a reservation as soon as the reservations were available and that was for end of October with night time temperatures getting down towards freezing and ranger lead hikes had already stopped for the year. It is likely that Arches and some of the more popular parks will soon need to go to a reservation system just to get into the park. The waits are Arches are often more than a mile long. Once the park is filled, people need to wait to enter until some else leaves. That can take a great many hours.
