We will be coming from Mt. Rushmore and spending several days in Cody. How is the best way to see both the Beartooth and Chief Joseph Highways in YNP?
Our trip will end in Jackson Hole.
Best way to see Beartooth and Chief Joseph Highways inYNPHi
Both routes are outside Yell. The best way to see them both is to make a loop from Cody. Drive to Red Lodge first. Maybe a cup of coffee here. Then drive Beartooth Hw (212) to 296. Turn left on Chief Joseph and drive back to Cody. Next day enter Yell by its east entrance. We have been driving BHW and JS a couple of times from both directions but this suited us best but we were not pressed for time.
Tet
Best way to see Beartooth and Chief Joseph Highways inYNPOur plan this summer is to head north after flying nto Denver, visit the Battlefield at Little Big Horn and Pompey%26#39;s Pillar, then head via the highway past Billings, down to Red Lodge . We will spend the night in Red Lodge then drive Beartooth to Cooke city and the NE entrance to YNP, spend a day or 2 and then drive Chief Joseph Highway to Cody where we will spend the night, visit the museum and enter the east entrance to YNP the next day.
Thanks for your input. I had made most of my plans but could not figure out which was the best way to see most of eastern part of YNP.
We are planning to drive BTH and CJH when we visit Yellowstone in early June. I had contemplated staying one night in Red Lodge go via BTH for one night in Cody, but then wondered if this was good as BTH can be closed sometimes this time of year.
We have now settled for two nights in Cody, but then got to thinking it may be too long a journey to drive Cody-Red Lodge-Cody via BTH and CJH in one day, but Tet%26#39;s advice has reassured me that perhaps it won%26#39;t be too long (we will have two drivers anyway so they can split it).
Its good to have this forum and people like Tet with their great knowledge of the area. There are so many factors to consider and decisions to make when planning a trip!!
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