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Phydeauxman
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Aug 01, 2014

Yellowstone NP Campground Reservations

Does anyone know how far in advance you can make reservations for campgrounds inside the park? We are planning a trip out there for the summer of 2016 and have noticed that you can only make reservations via the website for 2015 AND, the month we want to go (July) is already booked for 2015.
  • Yellowstone started taking 2015 reservations on May 1, 2014.
  • Here's the scoop on every CG in YNP, including opening and closing dates, cost, # of available sites, site sizes, and any special notes like reserveable or first come, first serve, generator operating hours, etc.
  • We were trying to make reservations for 2015 earlier in the year and couldn't so I called and they said starting July 1, 2014 we could make reservations for July 2015. If you want to go in 2015, keep watching their calendar as I saw a whole week open up in July 2014...People make reservations and then cancel them...things happen, plans change. If you want a reservation in 2016, I'd make them on July 1 if at all possible. Like you said 2015 is pretty much already booked, but we lucked out as we needed to stay in Tetons for awhile first so the 1st week of Aug worked out best for us anyway! Good luck!

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