YELLOWSTONE NP

[TWO_4_THE_ROAD]

Hello:
Planning a trip in July or Aug. to Yellowstone. Been there a couple of times and stayed in West Yellowstone. Trying to find out if anyone's stayed inside the park and if there's a CG with hookups other thank Fishing Bridge. It's pretty hard to find availability there.
Thanks in advance.

[Oakman]

snowpeke wrote:
So with 2100 camp sites you need a reservation?

But of that number only 340 are full hookup sites so yes, you need a reservation for those. Seven of the campgrounds in YNP are first come, first served so you can't even get a reservation at those campgrounds.

[garyp4951]

I heading there this Thursday for 12 days starting Sunday. I know its still cold, but not many people or mosquitos.

[fj12ryder]

JMO, but in August be up at sunrise and head out for a few uncrowded hours. Many people don't get up and around until around 10 or 11. So if you go out early you won't be fighting the crowds as much.

[Durb]

TWO 4 THE ROAD wrote:
Great news: Got a reservation at Fishing Bridge for August 10 days...wooopeee.

That's great. 10 days will give you plenty of time to see the park.

We went in the fall and stayed at Fishing Bridge with a reservation right up to the last day they were open for the season. Weather was blowing in so we decided cut out a day early. I thought for sure I would have to eat the last day's charge. The lady said "nope, we will have it booked in 15 minutes". That was Sunday, they were closing the Park on Monday.

[TWO_4_THE_ROAD]

Great news: Got a reservation at Fishing Bridge for August 10 days...wooopeee.

[ttempleton]

Worked at Canyon Campground in YNP for 4 months last summer and Canyon like the rest of the campgrounds, have openings quite frequent during the summer but is sucked up fast. Must be aggressive but can find openings

[fj12ryder]

We stayed at Fishing Bridge and didn't really care about the RV sites, we were there to see the park and where we parked didn't really matter that much.

We've also stayed over at West Yellowstone, and I'd stay at Fishing Bridge again rather than commute back into the park from West Yellowstone every day. It was the NFS campground north of town, and was really nice, but we were there for Yellowstone, where we stayed was secondary.

[Veebyes]

Not sure of why the need for FHUs in Yellowstone. It is high altitude & the evenings are cool. Done Bridge Bay a couple times. No reservations. Looked at Fishing Bridge. Yuk! Nothing but carpark style camping. Looked at outside the park too. No thanks. Long commute to get to any of the park attractions.

Really like Teton NP but too far to do YNP from.

[allen8106]

snowpeke wrote:
So with 2100 camp sites you need a reservation?

Yes, 6-12 months in advance.

Personally I wouldn't stay "in" the park. Those campgrounds are to crowded and jammed together for my tastes. I prefer West Yellowstone.

[prd2hnt]

Check out Colter Bay just south in Grand Teton. Close enough to YNP, but very, very nice and right on Jackson Lake.

[Cider]

This late, you may be able to get a site at a CG w/o full hookups. To me, Fishing Bridge is a big parking lot with RV's. No space around you and a lot of noise and activity. The further out from the center of the park, the easier it will be to find a site, at this late a point in time. We booked a site about 3 weeks ago, and had the chance to get Fishing Bridge, but did not want to deal with the congestion there. We will be doing a week at YNP in August, then down to the Tetons for a few days, then on to Rocky Mountain NP for a few days then head home. Tradeoffs to a later start to booking is what type of site you can get - full H/U's go quick! Good Luck..

[ChuckSteed]

We go to YNP twice a year... I would not go without reservations. Some say otherwise.... good luck

[snowpeke]

So with 2100 camp sites you need a reservation?

[F-TROUP]

In your time frame you should have made reservations a year ago.