Need help with campgrounds MN to Yellowstone

We are renting an RV and driving from Minneapolis to Yellowstone/Jackson Hole, WY. Any recommended campgrounds along the way or once we arrive?

Need help with campgrounds MN to Yellowstone

Never taken an RV, but we make the trip from SE Minnesota to Yellowstone about once every year to every other year. We usually tent it on the way out and on the way back.

Recommended campgrounds depend on what you%26#39;re looking for. Of course the KOAs have the things kids love, arcades, swimming pools, etc., plus are usually guaranteed to have the electricals, dumping stations, etc. that you may be looking for. We resort to the KOAs when others aren%26#39;t available, because we usually don%26#39;t make reservations ahead of time.

You don%26#39;t mention which way you%26#39;ll be going - I-94 or I-90. We go I-90, then typically US14 over the Bighorn Mountains (Ranchester-Dayton-Greybull-Cody-East Entrance). We%26#39;ve also gone US16 (Buffalo-Worland) then continued for the Tetons and YNP%26#39;s South entrance (Thermopolis-Riverton-Dubois-Grand Tetons). So that%26#39;s my background. With an RV US 16 might be your best bet - and you can still go either South Entrance or East Entrance once over the Bighorns.

We typically go for the more rustic campgrounds without excessive amenities - since we%26#39;re usually getting in late, leaving early (just a place to sleep for the night). I%26#39;m simply going to list ones I%26#39;ve been to. I%26#39;ve had no problems with any of these, and if there are any superior comments (or minor quibbles), I%26#39;ll note them.

South Dakota-

Oasis Campground (Oacoma/Chamberlain)

Badlands National Park (rustic, pretty barren)

*Black Hills - Usually have stuck to KOAs, as they are close to the road and we%26#39;re usually pulling in late, getting out early. Can%26#39;t remember where I stayed last year...*

Wyoming

Devil%26#39;s Tower KOA

Devil%26#39;s Tower National Park (fairly rustic)

Foothills Motel %26amp; Campground (Dayton) - Nice location along the river and beautiful setting at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains.

Green Oasis Campground - Greybull (bad mosquitoes when we stayed there, but it could have just been bad timing... right next to the road, but didn%26#39;t seem to bother)

Pinnacle Buttes Lodge %26amp; CG (Dubois) - One of my all-time favorites. If we go in through the South entrance, this is where we stay - about 20 miles past Dubois. Lovely scenery, trees, woke up to the coyotes howling on either side of the valley one morning...

In the Park - I don%26#39;t know that it matters much where you stay in the Park. Hopefully you%26#39;re pulling a car along so that you can park your RV and leave it until you%26#39;re ready to leave. I would NOT want to spend much time in an RV on those roads. Narrow (especially in elk/bison/bear jams), curvy, bumpy... And parking... sheesh - tow a small car behind you if the renting place allows it.

We%26#39;ve only camped at Madison and Grant Village, as we tend to stay close to the geysers (usually we%26#39;re at the Old Faithful Lodge Cabins).

Hope that helps!

Need help with campgrounds MN to Yellowstone

Inside YS park there is only one RV park with full hookups, Fishing Bridge. Only hard sided rv%26#39;s and trailers are allowed there. All other campgrounds in YS do not have hookups.

In West Yellowstone there are a few RV parks with hookups.

In Jackson/Tetons there are a few full hookup places, inside Teton Park is Colter Bay RV Park.

Visit www.nps.gov/yell for more info on Yellowstone and www.nps.gov/grte for Tetons!

We just got back from our 4 day trip over memorial weekend. We stayed at Fishing Bridge RV park for the full hook-ups at night. I strongly disagree on the previous post recommending you bring a car to drive around. We drove our 32%26#39; class A all over the park without any problems. All of the roads were in good shape except North Rim Drive which was a little bumpy. The max speed in the park is 45mph which is plenty slow for any RV. There are some roads with posted 6% and 8% grades but didn%26#39;t seem to last very long and our RV did great.

Best pointers to driving your RV in the park

-You drive alot if you want to see everyting and there are few ammenities like food %26amp; bathrooms in between. The few bathrooms that were open this early in the season had people lined up waiting.

-Food.There is not many places to eat and it%26#39;s not cheap when you can find it. Our friends that came up in a separate vehicle always had to leave to go back to camp because they were hungery, wanted to rest or wanted to get out of the weather for awhile. We waited out a rainstorm at Old Faithful while eating lunch and watching a movie in the RV.

Gas was reasonabley priced in the park which surprised us. It was cheaper to get fuel at Canyon Village than it was in West Yellowstone.

My only other recommendation would be to maybe stay at different campgrounds every night as you travel around the park. As long as you don%26#39;t require full hook-ups. It will save on the gas.

Also, make sure you hit Firehole Flat Drive-it is like the Buffalo Nursery. It was the only place we seen babies and the largest gathering period! There were lots of Elk along the Firehole River between Madison and Fountain Flat Drive. Every time we drove by they were there without fail. Other places in the park they were around but only in ones and twos.

Have a great time!

This should be pretty easy. From central Minnesota to Yellowstone, I would advise Interstate 94 all the way to I90, then take that into Livingston, which would take you into Gardiner Montana, just on the border of Yellowstone. On the drive, a perfect ';layover'; stop is Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which is at the North Dakota/Minnesota border. Inside the park is a campground called Cottonwood:

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Which is really scenic. Lots of wildlife in the area too (Wild turkeys, bobcat, raptors, bison, mule deer).

From there it%26#39;s about 7 hours to the Yellowstone entrance. Once in Yellowstone, all of the campgrounds are good, but as far as RV focused campgrounds, look at Mammoth, Canyon, Fishing Bridge (full hookups)Madison and Indian Creek.

Wolverine, good information but this post is quite old. You have to check the posting date.