Last year we stayed a couple of night about an hour north of Yellowstone at a Montana SP called Lewis And Clark Caverns. They have a nice cave tour. There was another SP in the area that was an old ghost town that was restored. We heard very good things about it but we did not stop.
East of Yellowstone we stayed a KOA in Custer (WY) for a few days. There is a LOT to see and Do Custer.
As for in Yellowstone, your rig might be to large for any of the NP run CGs, they are also a first come first serve CG I was told they fill up by 11am at the latest, and the popular CG file up by 9:30am. I think they have about a 25-35 foot rig size limit (I called Yellowstone for info, as I did not like their webpage). We stayed at Tower Falls, again it was a first come first, there was really only two spots where I could get into luckily one was open, and I had to put into 4x4 mode to get into the space. We left a little sooner than planned as my DW did not enjoy the crazy crowds and all the driving. My recommendation if you are going to try to stay in the park is to find a more central location to stay.
If you are looking to stay outside of the park there are a lot of options, including an incredible number of state and federal forests CGs.
We really did enjoy Yellowstone, and would like to go back during the non peak season.
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