Road Trip Yellowstone: Adventures Just Outside America's Favorite Park

by Dina Mishev

Overview

Everything you need to know for the perfect adventure Whether you're planning a trip to Yellowstone, cherish fond memories of the park, or hope to visit it someday, Roadtrip Yellowstone is an inspiring guide that offers insider information on the best things to do, see, and experience within 100 miles of America's favorite park, such as: ·the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, where families can explore interactive exhibits on Native Americans, natural history, firearms, and Buffalo Bill himself. ·the top five places to see or dig for dinosaurs. ·Wayne's Boot Shop—the place to buy a real cowboy hat or boots. ·some of the most quirkiest personalities in eastern Idaho...and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493030309
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/28/2018
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	1,041,802
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dina Mishev has written for The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, National Geographic Traveler, Shape, Sunset, and Via, among other publications. Dina is the editor in chief of Jackson Hole magazine and of RANGE Living and Design in Jackson Hole. Her book 20 Easy Day Hikes in Jackson Hole was published by Globe Pequot Press. She lives in Jackson, Wyoming. National Park Trips Media reaches more than 4 million consumers via a custom multi-media marketing program that covers seven national parks (Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Olympic, Rocky Mountain, all major national parks in Utah, Yellowstone and Yosemite). AIM reaches travelers through four annual magazines, seven websites, printed and online trip planners, e-newsletters and Facebook pages. For instance, the Yellowstone National Park program reaches 3 million Yellowstone travelers. More than 2 million visitors use MyYellowstonePark.com every year to plan their vacations, and 875,000 travelers trust our annual Yellowstone edition of National Parks Journal to help them plan their trips. More than 110,000 travelers rely on the weekly Yellowstone e-newsletter for the latest planning information. And 50,000 travelers annually request the trip planners and opt-in for information from AIM's travel partners.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Yellowstone Primer 1

Part 1 North and Northeast Entrances 31

Road Trip 1 Gardiner 33

Road Trip 2 Encountering Local Characters 40

Road Trip 3 A Trip to Paradise 48

Road Trip 4 Red Lodge 57

Road Trip 5 Cooke City 65

Road Trip 6 High Country 73

Part 2 South Entrance 87

Road Trip 1 Kelly 88

Road Trip 2 The West Bank 97

Road Trip 3 Art and Culture 113

Road Trip 4 Downtown Jackson 124

Road Trip 5 Public Lands 133

Part 3 East Entrance 149

Road Trip 1 All Roads Lead to Cody 151

Road Trip 2 Old West 159

Road Trip 3 Culture 175

Road Trip 4 Hot Springs and Meeteetse 183

Road Trip 5 Wild Lands 193

Part 4 West Entrance 207

Road Trip 1 Butte 208

Road Trip 2 Bozeman 221

Road Trip 3 Teton Valley to West Yellowstone 235

Road Trip 4 The Williamsburg of the West 249

Road Trip 5 Gallatin Canyon 256

Road Trip 6 Madison River Valley 266

Acknowledgments 276

Index 279