Electricity at National Park Campgrounds
Do any of the campgrounds (not privately owned ones) in Teton, Yellowstone and Glacier, have electric hook-ups? If so, please post their names. Thanks.
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- The Watchman in Zion has sites with 30 or 50 amps.
- Fishing Bridge in Yellowstone.
- There are none in Grand Teton.
- We just stayed at the Grand Tetons in Colter Bay RV Park. Link Here
We had full hookups and could walk to one of the lakes. We enjoyed the campground. A bear wandered through one morning.
There's also a Colter Bay campground, so make sure you get the RV park if you do make reservations.
As mentioned above, in Yellowstone, there's Fishing Bridge. We stayed outside of Yellowstone but decided to drive through Fishing Bridge to check it out. The sites were not attractive, but the location is definitely very convenient. - Gros Ventre in the Grand Tetons NP has a few sites with electric.
- Fishing Bridge is not privately owned, but it is privately operated, by the park concessioner (Xanterra). Not sure whether the arrangement between GTNP and Colter Bay RV Park is similar, but I suspect so.
About 30-40 miles outside Yellowstone, in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, there are a few CGs (Buffalo, Upper Coffee Pot and I believe one or two others) that have a few electric sites. Most of those are reservable. - In Grand Teton, Colter Bay Campground has some loops that have been refurbished in the last couple of years that have electricity but not full hook ups. Colter Bay R/V campground (adjacent to Colter Bay Campground and near Colter Bay Visitor Center) is full hookup.
- Go to home depot, buy a 3 ft hunk of 4 x 4, next buy an electruical outlet and 3 ft of conduit. Then 3 ft of water pipe and a tap fitting and install them on each side. Next install a spike on the bottom of the 4 , drive it into the ground and hook up. Does it work? Nope, but you sure have a lot of people driving by asking when you plan to pull out.
webwrangler wrote:
There are none in Grand Teton.
Colter Bay (in Tetons) has power. I've stayed there and had hookups.- Don't forget Headwaters (used to be called Flagg Ranch) between Yellowstone and Grand Teton. Colter Bay, Headwaters, and Fishing Bridge are all concessionaire operated, so you won't save any money versus the private parks in the area, if that is your goal.
