Thinking about a trip to the Yellowstone area with my 5th wheel.Does anyone have any campground recommendations.Good and bad.Have never been out there and hate to go blind.Thanks. Carl

 

there is a KOA at the edge of the park..look them up. I have done some research for a trip out there as well. It is on my bucket list.

I figured that is where I would stay. Make reservations early.

 

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Me and my wife go up there every memorial day weekend. I going to say our favorite spots are Madison, and Norris campgrounds. Madison is nice cause its close to West Yellowstone, if you need supplies.Old faithful is only a 20-30 min drive from there. They can also fit any size Rv. Nice wooded area and the madison river is a short 5-10 minute walk from there. If your lucky you"ll get a herd of bison roaming through the campground. The bad is its kinda cramped in there and the main road through the park is also close by. Norris is nice cause its more in the middle of park and you can get anywhere in the park pretty quickly. Its nice cause when you have to wake up at 3 am to drive to lamar valley to try to get to see the wolfs and bears. Well the bears are out all the time. Its a shorter drive to get there. And its about 20 mins from Canyon Village. Again you can get supplies and gas if needed. But they will gouge you. The scenery out there is also heavy wooded but if your lucky enough you"ll get a spot next to one of the meadows that is beautiful! The Bad summer time the mosquitos you eat you alive!! Rv size i'm not really sure about, cause we're tent campers. But i've scene some pretty big rigs in there. Senix the Koa on the outside of the park is kind of a dump! IF I remember correctly its out in the sage brush and hills. I never see anybody there unless its peak summer season. Again depending on the time of year reservations are highly recommended, up to a month in advance. Anyways those are my suggestions, hope you have a great time when you go. Its one of my favorite places to be. Also the pic in my avatar is in yellowstone last year, we got 4-6 inches of snow everyday!

 

This is a great Yellowstone map.

 

Great advice! Thanks

 

We went in the middle of june, and stayed at the camp ground near the yellowstone river , coming from Cody,Wy. there's a store laundry mat etc. You will love it, spent 4 days there to see it all, caught 33 trout in the streams, don't forget your fishing pole's. Bring warm clothes it gets chilled at any time. It's wild. Seen 500 elk every day! not counting the buffalo. Fishing is best on the river near ole"faithful

 

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is located in Cody WY / Contains the Whitney Gallery of Western Art .. Plains Indian Museum .. Buffalo Bill Museum .. Winchester Firearms Museum.

The Winchester Museum was formerly owned by and located at the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. of New Haven CT .. Oliver Winchester created this museum in the 1870's, as he was not only a gunmaker, but a collector.

This museum contains all the original Winchester Firearms records, so there's also a research library.

Cody was founded by Buffalo Bill himself, his Irma Hotel has been open since 1905, contains the ornate back bar given to him by Queen Victoria.

Heading west from Cody on hwy 14 takes you to the eastern entrance of the park. Just west of Cody on the north side of the hwy is Coulter's Hell. Pull over and take a look-see at the eerie landscape.

 

Great heads-up Bill. That is a must see. http://www.bbhc.org/

 

I drove there in early June of last year, and our campground had 2-3 feet of snow in the outlying sites - and some of the sunny sites were so wet as to be unusable (fire rings had 1' of water in them, picnic table in a muddy spot). We were at Bridge Bay, which is otherwise nicely sited. The sites were tight for our pop-up and Powerstroke, and very tight for 5th wheels. It was 45 degrees (cold and wet) most of the time we were there - bring warm clothes. We requested a different site when we got there, so don't be shy if you get there and your assigned site is not what you want. Read some of the RV blogs on Yellowstone - I learned (critically) at the last minute to bring many slabs of 2x10 lumber to level out your RV. I learned more from the blogs than I ever could have gleaned from the (fairly useless) official Yellowstone Nat'l Park site.

 

I'm pretty sure we stayed at the RV park at Fishing Bridge and it was a glorified parking lot. No fire rings, no room for picnicking and lots of people that cannot park an RV in a space.

 

I camped at Yellowstone for a week in 1971 in a cabover Freightliner with my new bride!

 

We stayed at an RV park about 20 minutes outside the west side of the park at Mack's Inn. We commuted into Yellowstone each day which was a nice drive. The RV sites at Mack's were a little tight, full hookups but rustic, and well treed for privacy. The reason I'd go back is the dinner theater! Ample simple good food (prime rib, chicken, fish) and a live stage show. We saw "Less Miserable" and it was a riot!

Don't try to take your rig to see the sights in Yellowstone. I saw some traffic nightmares in the little parking lots that serve each destination in the park. Too many cars for an RV.

South of Yellowstone is the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, both worth the time. Close to the Tetons are a couple campgrounds that were full on our trip, so we stayed at the nearest private cg out the east side of the park. Its an ex-KOA and does the job, and has a nice view. Next time I'd try the Gros Ventre campground. Locals at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar recommended it for abundant wildlife and it never fills up even tho it is first come first served.

Take a scenic detour on Mormon Row road and don't be surprised if the buffalo take their time walking across the road in front of you. Seems like diesels make them ornery.

Also worth a visit near Jackson is Nat'l Museum of Wildlife Art. Quite a collection of art for a sparsely populated area.

Post up pics when ya get back!

 

June is early for Yellowstone. Most of the parks with hookups I know in Yellowstone are tight. Sites are not big rig frendly.

If I had to choose a park in Yellowstone with hookups I would probably choose Bridge Bay. Make Reservations early...... Hopefully diesel will not be 6 bucks a gallon by then...

 

Sorry it took me so long to reply and say thank you.Have been on the road with work but many thanks for all your replies,they have been helpful.I hate to go somewhere blind especially that far.Carl