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10 Days and 5 National Parks 🏔️🦬
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items My fiancé and I are on mission to visit all 63 US national parks. For one of our vacations this year we decided to visit Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Badlands and Wind Cave. In this guide is a loose itinerary for our trip including where we stayed, food...
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Wyoming
Montana
South Dakota
North Dakota
Wyoming
I split this up by state since that’s kinda what we did haha. First stop Jackson Hole, WY ✈️🫎. We spent our first 3 days here before heading north into Yellowstone and Montana
We flew into JAC. We debated flying to Bozeman or Idaho falls but honestly the prices weren’t that much different specific trip and saved us some driving
Delta Air Lines | Flights & Plane Tickets + Hotels & Cars
We booked a one way car rental and went through the enterprise app which was cheaper for us than through a 3rd party but shop around! We choose a midsize SUV
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
I booked this through hotels.com and got a better deal. I scoured various apps and checked Airbnb. We thought about staying in Idaho or outside of Jackson hole but ended up deciding to stay in town even though it was more expensive due to convince. W...
The Virginian Lodge
National Park #1 - our new favorite national park! We drove the scenic loop, hiked cascade canyon and delta lake, took the boat shuttle across Jenny lake, visited all the icons stops and saw SO much wildlife!!
Grand Teton National Park
We stopped here twice! I tried a couple from their fall menu and they were delicious!
Cowboy Coffee Co.
Another great coffee shop in the area we tried! Honestly loved their huckleberry donut even more! 🍩
Snake River Roasting Company
Great food and drinks! Perfect for a casual dinner and loved their sour beer!
Snake River Brewing
Book the reservation and reward yourself with a nice dinner! I recommend the elk medallions!
Local Restaurant & Bar
A restaurant with such a perfect view of the Tetons! Also perfect after a long day driving around or hiking!
Pizza & Pasta Co – The Spur Bar
Another good after hike or shopping food stop! Such good sandwiches and ignore the prize of the milkshake and get one it’s worth it!
Jackson Drug
Recommend for a nice soak after some long days!
Astoria Hot Springs and Park
We cut back down into Wyoming from Montana on our way to South Dakota and made a stop at devil’s tower. Was super cool to see and crazy that stuff like this exists!
Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
Montana
The home of most of Yellowstone the beartooth highway for this section of our trip at least! We started out day early from Jackson and stayed in west Yellowstone one night and gardiner another.
This is where we stayed in west Yellowstone and it was so convenient and the check in/out process was extremely easy. Also obsessed with the heat floors in the bathroom!
The Willows cabins
We ended up staying here after our Airbnb in Gardiner fell through and honestly I’m so happy we did! Diane at the front desk was a lifesaver and couldn’t have offered better hospitality. Would stay here again in a heartbeat!
Yellowstone Hot Springs
Located in West Yellowstone and the perfect place to grab a quick lunch!
Ernie's Bakery & Deli
The burgers and huckleberry Moscow mules are 10/10
Antler Pub & Grill
National Park #2! We broke this up into about 2.5 days.
Day 1 - Geyser Day (old faithful, upper and midway geyser basin, grand prismatic, firehole canyon drive)
Day 2: Hayden valley, Yellowstone lake, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Mammoth h...
Yellowstone National Park
The beartooth highway is a scenic highway between cooke city and red lodge. The drive was gorgeous and I would highway recommend it to anyone! We spent the majority of our day driving it and spotting at a variety of place. Don’t forget to stop at the...
Beartooth Highway - Map | America's Byways
We stayed here in Billings before driving to Rapid City, SD the next day!
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Billings West by IHG
South Dakota
Honestly love this state more than I thought I would and would love to come back!
We stayed here in rapid city, SD and honestly the rest of the hotel seemed nicer than our room. I’d give it a 6/10
The Rushmore Hotel & Suites, BW Premier Collection
National Park #3! We booked a cave tour which we really enjoyed and highly recommend!
Wind Cave National Park
If you have time do the needles highway and hike the cathedral spires!
Custer State Park
We did a quick stop here! Cool to at least say we’ve been haha but the ice cream was 10/10!
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Super impressive! Another quick stop!
Crazy Horse Memorial
National Park #4 - Such a cool place and like nothing else I have seen! We spent the afternoon here and watched the sunset in the park. Lots of cool short hikes like the door and window trail and notch trail. This is park you could make a day or mult...
Badlands National Park
North Dakota
A state not originally on our itinerary, but we decided to drive the Theodore Roosevelt National Park to knock it off our list instead of spending another day in the badlands since we saw a good chuck of it the day before. It was a little under a 4 h...
National Park #5! We explored the south unit and drove the scenic loop. We hiked the wind canyon trail. We saw so many wild horses and prairie dogs! Was a different and such an underrated national park!
Theodore Roosevelt National Park - North Dakota
We stopped here for lunch and it was great! Highly recommend if you’re in Medora
Boots Bar and Grill
Such a cute town right outside the national park! Would love to have explore it more and was a little disappointed a lot of things had already closed for the season when we were there in late September
Medora