four days

Yellowstone’s main road is the Grand Loop, and it is a difficult drive to tackle in one day. During the winter season, most of Yellowstone’s roads are closed to wheeled vehicles. The park can still be accessed through the North Entrance by car, or other entrances by snowmobiles, cross-country skis, or snowcoaches.

Salt Lake City International Airport

463 miles

The Best of Yellowstone: A 3 Day Itinerary

1. Day 1—Geysers and Hot Springs. Norris Geyser Basin. Grand Prismatic Spring. Old Faithful Geyser. Old Faithful Inn.
2. Day 2—The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Lamar Valley. Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces. Hike Mount Washburn Trail.
3. Day 3—Lakes and Valleys. Hayden Valley. Yellowstone Lake. Hike Storm Point.

Budget Tips for Yellowstone National Park

1. Sleep Outside The Park. There are several lodges, cabins, and campgrounds located within Yellowstone National Park, BUT once again with location comes a cost. Sure you could stay at the lodges within the park but that has a price tag.
2. Gas Up Outside The Park. Learn from our mistake…
3. Pack A Lunch.

Cheap Hotels in Yellowstone National Park

1. Old Faithful Inn – Inside the Park. 2.5-star.
2. Old Faithful Snow Lodge & Cabins – Inside the Park. 2.5-star.
3. Mammoth Hot Springs & Cabins – Inside the Park. 2.5-star.
4. Grant Village – Inside the Park. 2.5-star.
5. Lake Lodge Cabins – Inside the Park. 2.5-star.
6. Roosevelt Lodge & Cabins – Inside the Park. 2-star.

In general, one pass covers the fees listed above for a driver and all passengers in a personal vehicle at per-vehicle fee areas or up to four adults at sites that charge per person. Children age 15 or under are admitted free.

For campground and lodge reservations, contact Yellowstone National Park Lodges. Reservations are not needed to enter the park.

Yellowstone’s road system is extremely safe. You may want to avoid the road between Tower Junction and Canyon Village and don’t take the Beartooth Highway outside the NE entrance, past Cooke City. Otherwise the roads are generally quite flat, with guardrails anywhere there is even a minor drop off.

2 hours, 5 minutes

The Yellowstone National Park historian knows horror stories far scarier than made-up specters. They are haunting, disturbing and particularly terrifying because they actually happened. Whittlesey was 4 years old the first time he visited Yellowstone from Oklahoma.

Heading up the east side, the views are mostly in front of you uphill and to the west. Heading up the West side, a lot of the views are downhill or across the valleys and to the west. East to West is fine on Beartooth.

2 hours

It’s also one of the most dangerous routes; reaching an elevation of 10,947 feet, Beartooth Highway winds and wends its way through twenty peaks that exceed 12,000 feet on hairpin curves marked by sheer drop-offs and guardrails that offer the barest illusion of safety.

e name “Beartooth” comes from a Crow name, Na Piet Say, meaning “the bear’s tooth” and refers to a sharp spire that juts from the Beartooth plateau. Traveler on the Beartooth All-American Road should watch for “the bear’s tooth” at the West Summit pull-out.

The Top 5 Most Dangerous Roads in Montana

1. Interstate 90: Don’t Let the Good Times Roll.
2. US Highway 2: The Lonely Road.
3. US Highway 93: Where the Wild Things Are.
4. US Highway 12: The Road of Treachery.
5. US Highway 191: An Icy Gauntlet of Death.

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The Pollard hotel

Make a stop at the Top of the World Resort where you can hike, kayak Beartooth Lake, or camp and watch the sunset from 9,400 feet. For a unique view, a dirt road just off of the Beartooth Highway provides access to the Clay Butte Lookout Tower, a refurbished fire tower with an observation deck.

68.7 mi

The Beartooth Highway is an All-American Road on a section of U.S. Route 212 in Montana and Wyoming between Red Lodge and the Northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park, passing over the Beartooth Pass in Wyoming at 10,947 feet (3,337 m) above sea level….