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01-16-2021, 02:01 PM
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1 Rivet Member 
2016 27' International
Wadsworth
, OH
Join Date: Oct 2019
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Best Route Badlands to Colter Bay (Grand Teton)
Never been to Grand Teton National Park and will be traveling in from the Badlands National forest area. Whats the best route to take? I have like 3 nights in between the two parks so we be looking for a place to stay as well until we can check in at Colter Bay. Any thoughts? Trying to avoid any super crazy mountains narrow roads. Thanks in advance.
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01-16-2021, 05:02 PM
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Rivet Master 
2018 30' Classic
Thousand Oaks
, California
Join Date: Mar 2017
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Do you wanna see Yellowstone at all?
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01-16-2021, 05:23 PM
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Rivet Master 
1986 31' Sovereign
Miami
, Florida
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Badlands to Buffalo, WY to Cody, WY in to Yellowstone through the East Gate, hang a left at Fishing Bridge Junction, left again at West Thumb Junction and you will enter Grand Teton in about half an hour.
Lots of campgrounds Federal, State, private along the way.
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01-16-2021, 07:30 PM
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Rivet Master 
2015 28' Flying Cloud
2012 25' Flying Cloud
2007 20' Safari SE
Fuquay Varina
, North Carolina
Join Date: Oct 2006
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From The South Dakota Area to Yellowstone/Tetons
Hi,
Here is a great analysis of the roads. Once we left the Keystone, S.D. area and Mount Rushmore we spent the night in Buffalo. We crossed the Big Horns using Hwy. 16. Pretty route and plenty of places to stop. Never scary.
http://www.rvtechmag.com/travel/4_ye...yrv.php?pg=all
A really pretty place to stay if you are close to Cody, Wy. is the Buffalo Bill State Park.
https://wyoparks.wyo.gov/index.php/a...s-buffalo-bill
If you just need a place to overnight there is the Homesteader Museum in Powell, Wy.
You can stay there for free.
https://twomeander.com/campsite-revi...owell-wyoming/
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01-17-2021, 10:39 AM
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3 Rivet Member 
1965 24' Tradewind
almena
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 137
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All Good!
Between the two points you specified, just about any route you choose is going to be ok. Been on all these roads with a big truck over the years. The direct GPS route many times. Unless you choose to go through Yellowstone. Any road through there will be hilly, narrow and crooked but VERY scenic!
Motor On!
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01-17-2021, 02:03 PM
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1 Rivet Member 
2016 25' Flying Cloud
2018 28' International
2020 30' International
Plainfield
, New Hampshire
Join Date: May 2016
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Just did this in reverse last summer. Our route had some big passes, but all with very good roads, and some of the best scenery of our whole east coast to west coast and back trip!
In reverse, we went from the badlands to Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, drove through the black hills over to Devils Tower, WY. Stayed at Devils Tower KOA: Dusk screening of Close Encounters of the Third Kind every night. Next stop was Thermopolis, WY: Small town with some nice hot springs that will put Yellowstone into scale  , and a great Dinosaur museum.
Then we took the Wind River Canyon route (20/26) over to the south entrance of Yellowstone and Colter Bay. Stunning.
We did it in two nights, but three would be nicer.
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01-17-2021, 02:42 PM
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4 Rivet Member 
2015 30' International
FREDERICK
, Maryland
Join Date: Jan 2014
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You could take a Southerly route from the Badlands and check out Scott's Bluff NM, very nice RV park very close is https://www.gering.org/robidoux-rv-park where we stayed last year, then from there head over to Fort Laramie, if you like history, we did that last year also - https://www.nps.gov/fola/index.htm is was worth the stop even with the visitor center closed. More history along that route - https://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvis...toric-site.htm, made a nice lunch stop for us and near there is Register Cliffs - https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/register-cliff. Guernsey State Park is also nice.
In Wyoming there is a lot of cool stuff to see around Thermopolis, Lander and Riverton, many nice campgrounds as well. Hot Springs, Wyoming Dinosaur Museum, Legend Rock, Castle Gardens Petroglyph site, Wind River casino (RV parking with electric, Sinks Canyon state park, etc.
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01-18-2021, 08:24 AM
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1 Rivet Member 
2016 27' International
Wadsworth
, OH
Join Date: Oct 2019
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Thanks everyone for the tips! Can't wait for the trip
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01-18-2021, 09:00 AM
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Rivet Master 
2019 27' Flying Cloud
Kansas City
, Missouri
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,754
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Following. We usually go through the wind river range (coming from I-80), but I will check out these other places of interest.
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01-18-2021, 10:34 AM
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Rivet Master 
1988 25' Excella
1987 32' Excella
Knoxville
, Tennessee
Join Date: Oct 2010
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Not the shortest or maybe the best road way but we usually go to Livingston, up Paradise Valley to Gardner, and down through Yellowstone and Grand Teton. It is a beautiful trip. It is not a bad drive through Yellowstone with a trailer if you are not in a hurry. I fish so there is a reason for a stop in Livingston.
It is all good and pretty in that area.
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01-18-2021, 03:00 PM
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Trilla the Traveling Tube
2018 22' Sport
Somewhere between Cheyenne & Dayton
, WY
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 275
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Reservations are required in advance to all national parks in Wyoming. Make sure to get these in place before you head out!
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01-26-2021, 09:09 AM
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4 Rivet Member 
2017 20' Flying Cloud
Williamson County
, Texas
Join Date: Apr 2017
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Colter Bay and Gros Ventre
Now taking summer reservations as of this morning 01/26/2021. We were able to book without much problem (you register first at recreation.gov)
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01-26-2021, 04:15 PM
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Trilla the Traveling Tube
2018 22' Sport
Somewhere between Cheyenne & Dayton
, WY
Join Date: Jul 2019
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc Foster
You could take a Southerly route from the Badlands and check out Scott's Bluff NM, very nice RV park very close is https://www.gering.org/robidoux-rv-park where we stayed last year, then from there head over to Fort Laramie, if you like history, we did that last year also - https://www.nps.gov/fola/index.htm is was worth the stop even with the visitor center closed. More history along that route - https://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvis...toric-site.htm, made a nice lunch stop for us and near there is Register Cliffs - https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/register-cliff. Guernsey State Park is also nice.
In Wyoming there is a lot of cool stuff to see around Thermopolis, Lander and Riverton, many nice campgrounds as well. Hot Springs, Wyoming Dinosaur Museum, Legend Rock, Castle Gardens Petroglyph site, Wind River casino (RV parking with electric, Sinks Canyon state park, etc.
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Doc, you covered our state like a pro! Love that you included Fort Laramie & Guernsey - I am an Oregon Trail nut so it is my favorite place to stop when I am in town.
:0)
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01-26-2021, 09:37 PM
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3 Rivet Member 
Villa Park
, Alabama
Join Date: Nov 2017
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Made reservations this morning also, and found things to be a bit more hectic, but got what I wanted. June 21-28 we'll be in Gros Ventre campground.
When will you be there?
Quote:
Originally Posted by SYC2Vette
Now taking summer reservations as of this morning 01/26/2021. We were able to book without much problem (you register first at recreation.gov)
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01-29-2021, 10:35 AM
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1 Rivet Member 
2016 27' International
Wadsworth
, OH
Join Date: Oct 2019
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Colter bay from July 16th through the 22nd.
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