Yellowstone second thoughts.
I have a trip out west planned for Mid May to Mid June. Planning on making Yellowstone NP one of my last stops before I head home to NH. Be getting there June 5th and staying through the 10th. I have ...
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We spent 5 days at Yellowstone in June of 2020. We came in from Cody and drove all the way across the park to the Grizzly RV Park just outside of the west gate {in West Yellowstone}. That was a great location and I would go there again. Being just outside of the west gate you can easily access the park if you go early.
When you enter from the west gate you quickly encounter several road options as to which way you want to go and this cuts the traffic down significantly. I agree, see Old Faithful first as it is the biggest draw in the park. Do not try and enter the park from the south. We drove out that way heading down to Grand Teton NP and the back up at the south gate was over a mile and taking an hour or more.
On June 4th we had temps in the low thirties all day with snow flurries so we stayed at our site. The next day it was still cold so we drove the park in our 24' Class C and had no issues finding parking everywhere we went. The next 3 days the weather was better and we rode the park on my Indian motorcycle logging over 460 miles inside the park over the four days. Until you have seen any National Park {but especially YNP} from the back of a bike you have no idea what you missed. Grand Teton NP and the Jackson area were awesome as well.
:C
When you enter from the west gate you quickly encounter several road options as to which way you want to go and this cuts the traffic down significantly. I agree, see Old Faithful first as it is the biggest draw in the park. Do not try and enter the park from the south. We drove out that way heading down to Grand Teton NP and the back up at the south gate was over a mile and taking an hour or more.
On June 4th we had temps in the low thirties all day with snow flurries so we stayed at our site. The next day it was still cold so we drove the park in our 24' Class C and had no issues finding parking everywhere we went. The next 3 days the weather was better and we rode the park on my Indian motorcycle logging over 460 miles inside the park over the four days. Until you have seen any National Park {but especially YNP} from the back of a bike you have no idea what you missed. Grand Teton NP and the Jackson area were awesome as well.
:C
