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Help on Yellowstone park needed..

kissgoodnightkissgoodnight Member Posts: 4,063 ✭✭✭
edited May 2017 in General Discussion
The wife want to see Yellowstone National Park. I was wondering if any of you guys can give advise on the trip. We will be leaving Tulsa and driving there.
Is there anything to see on the trip there?
Also is there some do not miss sights to see when we get there?
Any help will be greatly appreciated, and I plan to take pictures.

Thanks
kgn
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,695 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can't answer your questions, but I can say, it is a great idea.
    Yellowstone is a fantastic place! I spent several days there back in the seventies. In fact I went through there twice, once in the summer and once again in September.

    It is lots better in mid September because the kids are back in school, much less crowded.
    Oh yeah, the second time I went through I was hitchiking and there was a griz alert at the campground I got a ride to. I was planning to sleep on the ground under a picnic table.

    Like Charley Pride said:

    "Sleeping under a table in a roadside park
    A man could wake up dead...."

    The alert said "NO TENT CAMPING RVS ONLY GRIZ ALERT"

    Well I didn't have much choice I slept under the table, but didn't sleep much.

    The bear didn't show up.

    But, by all means, go to Yellowstone it is just fantastic.
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  • dpmuledpmule Member Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by kissgoodnight
    The wife want to see Yellowstone National Park. I was wondering if any of you guys can give advise on the trip. We will be leaving Tulsa and driving there.
    Is there anything to see on the trip there?
    Also is there some do not miss sights to see when we get there?
    Any help will be greatly appreciated, and I plan to take pictures.

    Thanks
    kgn


    Send me a PM with your email with dates and I will work up a "hit list".

    Mule
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  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    One of my favorite places to go, my older brother has for the last two years working there in the summer. I'm thinking about retiring again and moving there permanently. I'll ask him what places in the best place to go but are not very popular, so that you can not be bothered with A bunch people around

    You got to go visit old faithful. If you do before you go only mail you my brothers name so you can look them up and ask where should grizzlies i've been cited so you can see them. He's working at Old faithful as project supervisor for the remodel.
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,572 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like the North east corner of the park the bests
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  • gruntledgruntled Member Posts: 8,218 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The first time my parents took me was in 1956. A very long traffic jamb.
    Several years ago I took my wife & son. We got there around Easter & when we tried to enter from the South we found it was closed.
    We went back to Jackson Hole & a cop overheard us in a dinner & told us he had heard the West gate was open even though the Park was closed.
    We tried & he was right. We didn't have to pay & we had the park almost to ourselves. We could stop anywhere we wanted, no traffic, the parking lots were almost empty.
    Best time to go is before schools let out or after the schools are back in session. If the park was jamb full in 1956 I would hate to think what it must be like now.
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Super volcano that going to explode.
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  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,091 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Certainly a must see!! Simply beautiful!
    I would suggest enter or exit by Cody and allow a day or 2 there. The Museum is nothing short of spectacular!
    Also, if it works you can exit on the Beartooth highway(one of the most scenic drives in the US) and come through Red Lodge and then your just 2-3 hours away from The Little Bighorn Battlefield. Another must see!
    So much to see and do around that area.
    Have fun!!
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  • patt7638patt7638 Member Posts: 369 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mt. Rushmore is really impressive.
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  • DPHMINDPHMIN Member Posts: 953 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you go to Yellowstone, then go to Glacier National Park in Montana - it's much more beautiful.

    The sights to see in Yellowstone are so far apart, that I'd didn't enjoy it as much as a lot of the other parks.

    Old Faithful is worth seeing. Hope you enjoy your trip.
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,572 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A few pictures from yellowstone
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I live right up the road from the West Yellowstone entrance to the park, been there a bunch on the bike for an afternoon ride and when I worked at Motorcoach I would go in the park to work on tour buses and RVs.

    FCD is right, wrong time of the year and week and the traffic in there is a killer. All it takes is one group of ciry dwellers to see a critter and the traffic comes to a halt.

    Buffalo, when you first get there you will be saying, "wow! Look at the buffalo!!" About mid day you will be like, "look honey, more buffalo". Then after a few more hours you will be like, "Goddang buffalo!! GET OFF THE DAMN ROAD!!!

    Old faithfull must be your first stop, it is truly an awsome thing to see. There are the hotsprings with beautifull landscapes to see. Waterfalls, a couple of them you need to hike a bit to see but are worth the walk. If hiking stay on the trails, don't want to read about you in the local paper.

    Bear spray, would be a good idea to have a can on each of you but hiking with groups should keep you from running into Yogi and Boo Boo.

    I live just north of West Yellowstone, another GBer, 1Fisher lives here in town and that crazy Montana Joe is in Bozeman. If you want to venture north out of the park hit me up, I'll see if we can get the other two here, I'll go in to Deemos (Chris cuts some killer 2" steaks!) grab some grillers and we'll get fat and happy on ribeyes and NY Strips. Plus I have the bar that is well stocked, we can pour drinks and gossip about the rest of these goobers [:D]
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  • yonsonyonson Member Posts: 950 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gearheaddad has it right, the museum in Cody is not to be missed and if you have just one full day for it, you'll wish it was more, it is five museums in one. He also mentioned Beartooth Pass, the northeast entrance to the park. It is truly spectacular. That road may be shut down on short notice at any time of year due to snowfall so keep apprised of the weather. Advice has been given to avoid the park in summer, I have been there many times and personally, I would go anyway. Finding a campsite can be iffy, investigate that beforehand, reservations may be needed. The north end of the park is less crowded as people congregate at the south end due to Old Faithful. Norris campground is the one I try for. Failing that, the town of West Yellowstone is just outside the park & accommodations may be had there. The park is huge & there is much to see including diverse wildlife (large animals may seem tame but have largely lost fear of man which makes them potentially dangerous, don't take chances). Plan to make many stops to take short hikes as a lot of things are not visible from the vehicle. The south entrance of the park goes into Grand Teton park, also spectacular. This is just a quick overview of the area, there's a lot more.
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    Lots to see on the way there for sure. Go through WY. Take the Hiway through Gillette Tensleep GreyBull and Cody. But before you get there, hit the Badlands and the Jewel Caves in SD. And make sure you visit the Griz museum in the park.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,572 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    Lots to see on the way there for sure. Go through WY. Take the Hiway through Gillette Tensleep GreyBull and Cody. But before you get there, hit the Badlands and the Jewel Caves in SD. And make sure you visit the Griz museum in the park.


    Plus 1 on the badlands
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Watch out for these big boys on the road. We rounded a curve and this one was just walking along the road and didn't even bother looking at us.

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  • Rocky4windsRocky4winds Member Posts: 760 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My recommendations are to visit the Badlands in South Dakota, visit either Wind Cave National Park or Jewell Cave National Park in SD, Mount Rushmore in SD, Devil's Tower in NE Wyoming, Custer Battlefield in SE Montana, visit the forts and historical sites in NE WY as well, then go over the Big Horns through Tensleep. Alternatively, you could go over the Big Horns through Sheridan and stop at Medicine Wheel at the top of the world. Stop in Cody at the Museum there and spend a day solely at the Museum. Visit the Big Horn Sheep exhibit while you're there in Cody. Plan to spend 2-3 or even 4 days in Yellowstone itself.

    Call now and make your reservations for campgrounds and hotels both in Cody, West Yellowstone, Yellowstone, National Forest campgrounds, etc. We have tried taking a tent and just winging it and ended up driving around at 10:00 at night looking for a place to put a tent. While it makes for a memorable trip, it doesn't increase the love.
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  • SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'll be in the area mid-June. Hope to catch the Gardiner rodeo.

    This time I'm again leaving thru Beartooth but will detour due west at Red Lodge. Adds three miles and 35 minutes ...

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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    Yellowstone's the bomb, time bomb more like it!
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 17,042 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Great place, Old Faithful blows off more than I do in my younger days. Hear the crowds are getting bigger, but so is the population.
    I went a little off season and it was fascinating!
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Be aware that bear poop smells just like pepper spray.
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Grasshopper
    Great place, Old Faithful blows off more than I do in my younger days. Hear the crowds are getting bigger, but so is the population.
    I went a little off season and it was fascinating!


    Tour buses is why the crowds are big, bus after bus after bus of tourists, mostly Asian and they are a curious bunch [:D]
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