Spots near Yellowstone

For a year now Jeanie and I have used Pocket Earth downloaded on our I-pad for traveling. For $2.99, one-time-only payment, upgradable, you can download maps of the world! I loaded about 20 states onto the I-pad for use on an around the U.S. circumnavigation, but we have used it over and over again. The downloaded maps are interactive and have a locator that follows you around (via the gps on the I-pad) whether you are on line or not. You can telephoto in very closely or pull way out to get a bigger picture and all kinds of info pops up. It's not quite as good as the very expensive NatGeo maps that it pushed right out of the market, but all that info for that price...hard to beat. I have no association with Pocket Earth.
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Search for Yellowstone in the RV Parks section.

http://www.forestcamping.com/

I use this source a lot. and then I use Google Earth to "look" at the campground.

Lipets wrote:

2gypsies wrote:
There are many forest service campgrounds just off the main highways in all directions of Yellowstone.

How does one find them?

Here's a link we use often. You can also Google the specific national forests. The ones surrounding Yellowstone/Grand Teton are: Gallatin & Targhee for north & west; Shoshone for East; Bridger-Teton for Southeast

National Forest Campgrounds throughout the U.S.

There are very nice campgrounds in the national parks themselves which would save you a lot of driving. Here's Yellowstone's site:

Yellowstone's Campgrounds

Not Boondocking, but nice places to overnight:
We've gone by Thermopolis, WY twice to do a soak in the hot spring water at the State Bath House. Very neat.

We overnighted in the Wind River Canyon in Aug '09 & at one of the Boysen State Park campgrounds by the lake some years ago. Hot Springs

We did an overnight, years ago, in a forest service campground not far from the East Entrance to Yellowstone via Cody as well.

Overnighting Sites & Sights in the Douglas & Wheatland Area. Includes Guernsey & Fort Laramie Area.

Guernsey State Park ------- Fort Laramie National Historic Site ------ Oregon Trail Ruts and Register Cliff

Find a National Forest were you want to camp, then look up the information to find the sites in them, such as: Big Horn NF Camping.

2gypsies wrote:
There are many forest service campgrounds just off the main highways in all directions of Yellowstone.

We stayed at two near the NE (Red Lodge to Cooke City ?) entrance -- Dry camping.

Photo of Dry Camp

2gypsies wrote:
There are many forest service campgrounds just off the main highways in all directions of Yellowstone.

How does one find them?

There are many forest service campgrounds just off the main highways in all directions of Yellowstone.

on the east side, there is Rex Hale campground, about half way between the park entrance and Cody. has water and elec.

Bakers Hole NF...MT Henry's Lake SP...Idaho both with hookups.
Targhee or Gallatin NF...no hookups NF sites.

All ok for your low toad. :)