Sudbury ON to the west coast - Yellowstone/Grand Canyon NPs

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I live in Sudbury ON. Next summer I plan to go west with a camping trailer.
I want to visit Yellowstone and Grand Canyon on my way across.

Where should I cross over? Sault St Marie or near Thunder Bay?

Is it better just to stay on the Interstates?

Anything along the way that you feel I should stop at? I like nature and historic things.

Any good mountain biking parks?

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Beverley&Ken wrote:

If you arrive at Yellowstone via the east entrance, through Cody, the roads can be intimidating if your not used to mountainous driving.

Ken

I lived in BC for a few years, Mountain roads no longer scare me.

Thank you for the other suggestions.

[Beverley_Ken]

From Sudbury, I would cross at Sault Ste Marie and through WI, to connect up with I90. The trip north of Superior provides beautiful scenery but adds a lot of miles and time to your trip (plus much higher priced fuel).
I would recommend a stop at Mt Rushmore and Badlands National Park before getting to Yellowstone.
If you arrive at Yellowstone via the east entrance, through Cody, the roads can be intimidating if your not used to mountainous driving.

Ken

[2gypsies1]

You could cross at Sault St Marie and taking Hwy 2 across the country to Glacier National Park then drop down south to Yellowstone (include Grand Teton Nat'l Park next door). It's a very easy, pleasant drive. We always try to avoid interstates. One place you must stop in eastern Montana along Hwy 2 is Fort Peck Corp of Engineers campground. It's an oasis of huge sites and lawns. It's a nice resting place for a night or two.

If you want to see Grand Canyon then you'll drive through Utah and there are some more awesome national parks in southern Utah - Arches/Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Bryce, Zion and also Monument Valley which isn't a national park but it's up there in scenery. Then head to Grand Canyon.

This is a very long trip. I hope you have a lot of time to make it worthwhile. You really could spend all summer doing this.

Moab, Utah (at Arches Nat'l Park) has an awesome biking trail and also extreme mountain biking the slickrock hills - lot of trails of all abilities. I'm sure if you Googled bike trails around the towns you'd be, you would find lots of opportunities for biking. I wouldn't recommend biking the paved roads in Yellowstone as the park is much too busy with narrow roads and lots of critters around to chase you. 🙂 Grand Teton Nat'l Park also has a nice bike trail along the main road with great views of the mountains.