Traveling to Yellowstone from Florida.

[ifly1956]

Hi Fellow travelers. We have camped all over the east cost from tents to motorhomes.

A few months ago we purchased a Jayco 210QB. (LOVE IT !)

We are heading out April 1st, 2025. We Have 28 days booked in Yellowstone Starting May 1st, and 14 days booked afterward in Custer for 14 days. We plan to use these campgrounds as our bases to explore the areas. The highest hills we have been to is Mt. Mitchell, at around 6,000 feet off the Blue Ridge Parkway. We camped in the Smokies all year many years. Their campgrounds are very similar to Yellowstone I was told.

I know the Rockies are a lot higher. I want to avoid as many steep roads while towing as possible. We normally avoid interstates, and are not in any rush. Normal days are about 300+/- miles each day. We are planning on making this a 3 month trip, stopping frequently to see local sights.

For those of you who live out west, or near Yellowstone / Custer, can you recommend any good routes/apps ? We were planning on taking a northern route going, and a southern route return to Fl.

Thanks !!!

[embeleco]

We are planning a trip to YNP and GTNP in 2025 from Central FL as well. It will be the 1st time for us going west in our Alante with a toad. We are looking for best routes to get there...

[FireFlier]

I'll be interested to follow responses/suggestions regarding your trip! We plan to make a similar trip once the grands are older and don't want to to be seen with us <lol>

We've been to YNP several times with rented Class C's from Salt Lake City so I'm curious where you reserved camp spots. They have closed my favorite campground (Moran) last I knew. My only recommendation would be to camp somewhere as far as possible from the Southeast entrance around the big lodges and Yellowstone Lake. When we did that, we spent most of our time sitting in traffic between the lodges and Hayden Valley (bison and wolf watchers). You'll want to see that area, but no get stuck in that traffic day after day.
All the Best!

[ifly1956]

Thanks - We have 28 days in Yellowstone at Madison campground. We plan to use it as our base camp while we tour Yellowstone and the surrounding areas. Wife is also looking at some ghost towns to visit too.
From there we have 7 days at Custer Park. Other stops will be places along the way there, and a different route over to SC to attend a grandsons wedding. From there back home to Florida. We live in the Tampa Bay area.

We will be doing a picture blog of this trip.

[Mikemc423]

I loved Madison campground and wish I spent my entire stay there. It's at the confluence of the Firehole and the Gibbon rivers, which is the start of the Madison River.
Enjoy your stay. One thing to keep in mind is there is no cell service in the campground, at least there wasn't in 2015.

[ifly1956]

Thanks ! No cell service ? That might actually be good !

[Mikemc423]

At least not back in 2015. There was a bank of pay phones at the campground entrance, though. lol I don't think they get internet, though.
It's a relatively short ride to West Yellowstone from there. We had dinner there one evening and even went to a gun range where we shot machine guns. That was a lot of fun.