Yellowstone National Park
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Topic: Yellowstone National Park
Posted By: Rod Pod
Subject: Yellowstone National Park
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2016 at 11:57am
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We are in the process of planning our first big camping trip in our new R Pod and thinking Yellowstone National Park. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to stay? Also going to try to take in the Gran Teton National Park also.. Any suggestions welcome..
One more thing - Any suggestions on a solar panel for our 180? ------------- Loree and Rod Misha - Black Lab (child) 2016 R Pod 180 with R Dome - Serendipity Pod |
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Posted By: Podster
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2016 at 2:56pm
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Hello, I can help you with the solar. What is your current battery setup? Are you handy with wiring and do you understand basic electronics? What do you hope to accomplish with your solar power? ------------- Cliff & Raelynn Ranger 4.0/178 (1/2 ton 5,800lb tow capacity) |
Posted By: Kokopod
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2016 at 3:01pm
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If you're planning to camp in Yellowstone, you may not have much of a choice of location at this point. We made reservations a month ago, and reservations were very limited even then. There are a few non-reservation sites, but you have to get there early in the day and take your chances. ------------- 2017 Jayco Melbourne 24k 2013 Premier 19FBPR Formerly-2013 R-pod 177HRE 2011 Dodge Durango Love a good road trip |
Posted By: Tetoncamper
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2016 at 1:28pm
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We are also new RPODers (pick ours up this week) but we do live in the Tetons just outside Teton National Park. Within TNP there are RV campgrounds at Colter Bay and Signal Mountain in the northern part of the park. Think they tend to get busy in the summer. One that we plan on trying out early in our RPOD adventures is the Gros Ventre amp ground. It is a large but really nice campground with a lot of moose around. Check out the TNP.gov website for more info. For Yellowstone I would again go to the YNP.gov website for info. Both parks had record number of visitors last year and since this year is a big anniversary year expect crowds to be bigger. Take a look at campgrounds in/around West Yellowstone or Island Park, ID. Both locations are just outside the park but provide easy access. Think there is only one full service campground in the park and reservations may be required to get a spot. Hope this helps and maybe we will see you out there
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Posted By: codycountry
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2016 at 5:36pm
| There are both private and U.S. Forest service campgrounds outside the park at every entrance. Colter Bay in Grand Teton park is beautiful with the lake and the Tetons out front there, but for travelling into the park for day trips the south entrance has the horrific Jackson Hole traffic and traffic jams. I would not stay there in the summer if I were going into Yellowstone. September on I would. The east entrance into Cody, the west entrance at the town of West Yellowstone, or the much quieter north east entrance at Cooke city Mt. all have some great places to camp just outside the park. I live outside the east entrance but have camped at all of the areas mentioned. Good luck deciding. |
Posted By: ronahue
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2016 at 6:43pm
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We stayed at Gros Ventre in the Tetons last year the location is great. In the park so you can avoid Jackson Hole if you want to but close to Jackson Hole for great dining and shopping.The Jackson Hole Recreation center in downtown has fabulous showers and swimming pools (including a water slide) indoors for $4.50 a day. Great after a hard day of hiking or sightseeing. If I remember correctly no reservation so get there early. ------------- Ron & Sharon 2015 R-Pod 179 2022 Nissan Frontier No trees were harmed in the sending of this message but a billion electrons were really agitated |
Posted By: codycountry
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2016 at 10:35pm
| Gros Ventre (properly pronounced "grow vont") campground is a nice big campground north of Jackson on the Gros ventre river, huge flat valley with mountains on both sides, with a big sagebrush flat out front and the Tetons about fifteen miles to the west. Spectacular views. Fantastic in September or mid May. But again, later on in summer you get to deal with high volumes of traffic out of Jackson headed to Yellowstone. Jackson actually has traffic jams daily in the summer. Like all day long. It is a place to avoid imo. If you are city people, I guess you can deal with it. I am not one of those city folks, and I thoroughly avoid anything in the Teton valley, Jackson Hole country, and the south gate of Yellowstone park in the summertime because of decades of experiences doing it. Plus with the tour busses coming in from Salt Lake City and elsewhere it is a mess trying to drive up to the park from there. Now you have been warned twice about it by someone who lives here. I'm trying to help make your trip a good one. |
Posted By: Rod Pod
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2016 at 5:31pm
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Thanks all for the suggestions! ------------- Loree and Rod Misha - Black Lab (child) 2016 R Pod 180 with R Dome - Serendipity Pod |
Posted By: Hi-Line
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2016 at 7:42pm
| Grand Teton and Yellowstone NPs are beautiful, but yes, they do get crowded. I haven't been down that way in a while although I've lived in Montana the last 45 years. There are lots of national forests in Wyoming and Montana with nice campgrounds that don't get as much visitation as the parks...still beautiful scenery, wildlife, etc. And they are dog-friendly...thinking about your Labrador child, Misha. I have a Lab too. |
Posted By: osage
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2016 at 9:26am
| we have been to yellowstone 5-6 times and we always play it by ear so have always been able to stay in the park. If you get a chance stop at Cody they have a little shot out at the Erma Hotel every night also they use to a a rodeo every night |
Posted By: jmwv
Date Posted: 11 May 2016 at 9:20am
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I was there last summer. We stayed at the madison river campground, and the norris campground. Our trip was mostly a fishing with a little bit of sightseeing. We probably drove 600 miles while in the park. If you don't have reservations at any and you want to stay in the park, arrive at the campground early. Most of them fill up before 11am. We just drove from each of these campgrounds to our destinations . The rush to obtain non Reserva be campsites is like black Friday sales.
If there are certain areas in the park you want to see, it is best to go early or late. Traffic in the park at midday is very busy. On the other hand, it is one of the most beautiful places on earth. I'm planning to go back next summer. |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 11 May 2016 at 5:48pm
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I was there 30 years ago and again 2 years ago with my own family, and even after being all over the US twice, Yellowstone was then and still is my favorite park. Plan on a minimum of 3 days to explore and you could easily do a week. Plan for cold temperatures - back in '86 we woke up to snow on July 4th and we needed the furnace in '14. We were there in July 2 years ago and were very surprised at the relatively small crowds compared to the nightmare stories we've read. Same for Grand Canyon, half the campground was empty mid-week and we had no problem walking around near the visitor center. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: J&Jcf
Date Posted: 22 May 2016 at 2:25pm
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Between Teton np & Yellowstone np there's a small strip of private land & Flagg ranch campground were a gravel road run there are national forest campgrounds (3 or 4) spots at each site .they are placed about a mile apart down that gravel road. These cg have potapotties & fire rings. No water. They are first come. There are also a bunch of national forest cg along road outside the west entrance to Yellowstone. ------------- J. - 2011 rpod 171 |