Family National Parks Road Trip

adamis wrote:
From that point, I have not worked out a route up to Glacier National Park but I suspect there will be at least one if not two stops along the way. Any good suggestions?

The issue we are going to have are finding camp sites in the National Parks that have sites available. It does appear that there is a large selection of first come first serve availability in Yellowstone so that helps but looks like you need to get there early as they fill up fast. What happens if you just cannot get a campsite at one of the campgrounds?

There are private parks closer to Missoula/Kalispbell as well as national forest nearby. Keep in mind that the area around Glacier and the area around Yellowstone and Tetons are Grizzly bear areas, so you have to be careful.

Private parks aren’t cheap around both of those. I would book reservations as soon as you can because they aren’t huge and they fill up pretty fast. There are also parks along I-90 from Yellowstone to Glacier that you could stay. Some have dry camping which would make it cheaper.

You’d need to leave Yellowstone to camp if you don’t have reservations. That being said, there are usually 1 day camping spots at the areas that you can reserve. Some of those have shower facilities as well. Sure, you may have to go to a different place each night, but possible. If I was you, I’d book a spot once they are taking reservations or stay outside the park. If you plan the route, it wouldn’t be horrible to camp outside the park. Stay near Jackson one day, West Yellowstone one day and stay near Gardiner a different one, for instance. If you need hookups every day, you might have to stay outside the park considering there is only one campground in Yellowstone that has hookups.