Basic Itinerary…
Monday, July 7th
Highlights…
1) Badlands National Park
2) The Notch Trail
Depart AM
Drive = 475 miles 6hr 45min (change to Mtn Time Zone)
Night - Badlands National Park: Cedar Pass Campground Site #41 (booked 1/13/2025)
Tuesday, July 8th
Highlights…
1) Wall Drug (Quick Stop)
2) Red Lodge Montana/Red Lodge Brewing
3) Bear Tooth Pass Highway
*never have found a good restaurant in Red Lodge
Depart AM
Drive = 425 miles 6hr 50min (to Red Lodge) & Beartooth Highway (25 miles from Red Lodge to Pass)
Night = Bear Tooth Pass Summit @ 10,947ft (free parking area)
Wednesday, July 9th
Highlights…
1) Breakfast at Beartooth Cafe, Cooke City
2) NE Entrance to Yellowstone National Park/Lamar Valley (take some time here)
3) Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
4) Upper and Lower Falls
Drive = 44 miles from Pass to Cooke City (Cook City is basically NE Entrance to Yellowstone)
Night = Yellowstone National Park: Canyon Campground
Thursday, July 10th
Highlights…
1) Upper Loop of Yellowstone (75 miles)
2) Tower/Roosevelt
3) Mammoth Hot Spring Area
4) Norris Geyser Basin
Drive = 72 miles of driving between Canyon & Madison Campground
Night = Yellowstone National Park: Madison Campground
Friday, July 11th
Highlights…
1) Firehole Canyon Drive (Swim potential in hot springs)
2) Upper Geyser Basin
3) Grand Prismatic Spring/Midway Geyser Basin
4) Old Faithful/Lower Geyser Basin
5) Yellowstone Lake/West Thumb
Drive = 55 miles from Madison to South Entrance & about 30 min from Yellowstone South Entrance to Colter Bay
Night = Teton National Park: Colter Bay Campground Site #73
Saturday, July 12th
Highlights…
1) Lake Solitude Hike via Jenny Lake (big hike)
2) Swimming in Jackson Lake
Night = Teton National Park: Colter Bay Campground Site #73
Sunday, July 13th
Highlights…
1) Jackson Hole Town
2) Snake River Brewing
Night = Craters of the Moon National Monument: Lava Flow Campground
Monday, July 14th
Night = Crater Lake National Park: Mazama Campground Site #A6
Tuesday, July 15th
Wednesday, July 16th
Thursday, July 17th
Friday, July 18th
Saturday, July 19th
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Monday, July 21st
Tuesday, July 22nd
Wednesday, July 23rd
Thursday, July 24th