10 Tips for Visiting Both Yellowstone AND Grand Teton!

Published 2024-05-12
Not sure how to visit both Yellowstone and Grand Teton in the same trip? Watch this video for our Best 10 Tips for visiting Yellowstone and Grand Teton.

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All Comments (21)
  • Love the videos! We went to Yellowstone(7days) and the Tetons(5days) last year. We were out west about a month. This summer we are doing Tetons(5 days), Yellowstone (3 days), Southern Idaho (4days) and Glacier (5 days). I think the best advice you have given was in an earlier video where you said to go early and pack a lunch. We are always in the park by 6 to see the wildlife, but stop by 11 to get the stove out and cook lunch by a beautiful setting. If any is reading this comment and has teens, hike to Phelps lake in the Tetons and do the Rock jump! Our kids had a blast! Thanks Matt and Cheryl!
  • Thanks for all the great info in your videos! Getting in my Prius and starting my 3 month road trip/ boondocking trip in less than 3 weeks. Planning on hitting every state north and west of Texas and almost every National Park on the way, so excited!
  • Funny how you added the Black Hills and Glacier to the mix; as this is exactly what I am planning to do in Sept of 2025. Driving from PA to the Badlands and progressing to Yellowstone. The jaunt to Glacier was just "put on the table" and is still under consideration. Then Craters of the Moon and Grand Teton followed by other National Monuments but ending at Rocky Mountain NP before the road trip back East.
  • @larrydraper4451
    Yellowstone for wolves and Tetons for moose and a toss up for the rest. I once asked a park ranger in Yellowstone where we could see moose and his response was Grand Teton NP. I've seen videos of moose in YNP but they are in the far backcountry. In Teton they are all over the place. My dream is to see a bull moose like you just did, maybe not that close. That will have to be in the fall for those full antlers. Thanks for the videos.
  • @yem2002
    what a great video!!! I cant wait to go back to tha area, my fav so far 🙏🏻
  • @kimharris2494
    Thanks again Cheryl and Matt. Continued on to Teton and Yellowstone following your channel after our 5 day stay in Rocky Mountain National Park. We spent 4 days in Jackson and Teton and 5 days in Yellowstone. Really helped to have your advice about time allocation for certain venues. We spent a tremendous amount of time sitting in traffic in Yellowstone, so glad we allotted the extra day there. Probably would have tried to do both parks from one base camp if we hadn’t watched your videos first. Excellent advice to stay in at least two different locations.
  • @Buddahgirl71
    Great video guys! Looking forward to more Summer adventures.
  • Hi Cheryl and Matt My name is Glenn and my wife is Cheryl and we have been following your Chanel for sometime now. We are from Australia and we travel to Canada and the USA every 16 months.We are renting an RV from Las Vegas for 21 days traveling to Utah and Wyoming.We are going to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons,should have about 2 weeks in both locations. I am a commercial and landscape photographer here in Australia. I must say your information on both of these areas has be of great help to both of us in the planning of our trip. We have subscribed to your Chanel and we look forward to more from you and Matt. Cheers Sniper Photography
  • @helenhsie5010
    Thank you so much! This video is very great! Full of information so helpful in planning our trip.
  • @robreed8823
    If you like the Tetons, you’ll like the Sawtooths which are every bit as pretty and the hiking is better.
  • @paulab984
    Just received the 4 guides I bought from you for Yellowstone, Teton, Glacier and Banff/Jasper! I've only gotten through the one for Glacier and already I've saved more than the entire cost of all 4 guides due to the information in that single guide! Thank you SO much! I'm a major planner and have probably spent 70+ hours planning our trip, yet your guides gave me information I had not even thought of. I love the way you've made the guides so readable and easy to follow. Excited about our trip being even better than we had hoped. Thanks for your help!
  • We did a white water float near Jackson and it was awesome. The hiking in Grand Tetons is way better than in Yellowstone. Both places are great, but I prefer Grand Tetons.
  • @owensfolx
    Such a timely video; and I truly enjoy all your content! We are flying in/out of Bozeman from NC in July. Had a full week booked at a hotel in West Yellowstone (probably booked it last September?); and the more I researched, the more I was feeling like this was going to short us on Grand Teton time. As of Thursday-we are now spending Sun-Weds in West Yellowstone; Weds-Fri at Colter Bay Village; and Friday night in Bozeman, before an early Saturday flight home. I feel MUCH better about this plan. I also booked the Kayak Yellowstone Lake Tour, just a few days ago; based on one of your other videos!
  • Hello Matt and Cheryl- we’ve been subscribers for a while and love the channel. My wife and I live in Oklahoma and have traveled to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons every summer for 25 years. I’m a paraplegic. We have a 40 foot handicap accessible RV. We’ve been over every mile of both parks. Love it. If ever you want to discuss handicap accessibility of these parks we can help. Go West!
  • @lsfanatic5954
    Never use one home base - this is the best advice! The two parks look very close on Google, but the speed limit is generally 45 mph, let alone the winding roads in Yellowstone further reduce the limit to 35 or even 25 mph. We stayed in West Yellowstone, translating to 30 miles one-way to get to the heart of Yellowstone. As for Grand Teton, we chose Victor, Idaho as the home base to avoid breaking the bank (Lodging in Jackson is beyond pricey), but the only downside is to drive the terrifying Teton Pass. lol