Parking a Truck Camper at a Tent Only space in Yellowstone

[jimh406]

Can I park a Truck Camper at a Tent Only space in Yellowstone? There are some spaces marked as Large Tent Only but with 2 vehicles, for instance.

As far as Yellowstone is concerned is my Truck with Camper a vehicle? 🙂 Has anyone used one these Tent Only spaces in Yellowstone with their Truck with Camper?

[fpoole]

jimh425 wrote:
...They said, no.

heheh, well, that ends that conversation...

I guess the final answer is to check with the PIC/Ranger/Host to see what their thoughts are.

I normally camp in the off season, non-summer, due to what I call the
"BKT"s. (Bugs - Kids - Traffic)

So allowing tent camping for small trailer might be available. TC, I wouldn't count on it.. but push come to shove, I'd check with them, just in case..

fun..

[jimh406]

I didn't have the Yellowstone park number which was different than the reservation number.

I just called. After navigating the prompts. We got to a person. They said, no.

[Campfire_Time]

jimh425 wrote:
I can call but from what I understand that gets me to the reservation system which might not be what the ranger in charge thinks.

But you haven't actually tried for yourself? What are you going to lose except a couple of minutes of your time? You've burned far more than that with this thread.

[jimh406]

I'm not really interested in intent or fairness because we all have those opinions. I can call but from what I understand that gets me to the reservation system which might not be what the ranger in charge thinks.

[Campfire_Time]

I don't see why this would be a problem. The "tent" sites in most state parks and COEs that I've been to were for anyone that didn't an electric connection.

You're going to get 10 answers here that are more opinion than fact. Why not call the park and ask? You'll get the right answer, not a guess. I've found the rangers and staff to be very helpful when I was looking for answer I couldn't find online.

[tonymull]

No way to be sure except to give them a call. I suspect not in a NP. It might work if you also set up a tent. At Denali we let people park and sleep in a camper van as long as they also used a tent. Don't remember a TC though.

[JimK-NY]

NO! This is not fair to the tent campers who deserve some places for themselves. Even discarding the idea of fairness, I do not believe this would work. As I remember places like Norris has a tent only area with a common parking area and the tenters walk in to their sites. There is no room for RV parking in those lots.

[fpoole]

Interesting, watching this too...

When i had my little Tear Drop campers towed, Most would allow it using the guidelines of "If it fits, it's ok" but it's a lot different from a TC. so I'll be curious as to the replies too.

Plus, my experience was with State and County regs.. National Parks might be different.