7 days / 366 miles / 29 hours 28 minutes
"Add this three-day scenic drive onto the Yellowstone Big Loop itinerary and you’ll get a fantastic week of scenic drives, park highlights and even a trip through Paradise." -
Lonely Planet Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks by Lonely Planet, Bradley Mayhew, and Carolyn McCarthy
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Day 1
"From Red Lodge, budget half a day to drive the Beartooth Hwy"
9:00 am - 20.4 miles / 28 minutes - 9:29 am
9:59 am - 10.5 miles / 19 minutes - 10:19 am
10:39 am - 10.8 miles / 22 minutes - 11:02 am
"Stop to stretch your legs at Beartooth Lake"
11:32 am - 4.4 miles / 15 minutes - 11:48 am
12:18 pm - 8.5 miles / 20 minutes - 12:39 pm
12:54 pm - 1.8 miles / 3 minutes - 12:58 pm
1:28 pm - 2.6 miles / 3 minutes - 1:32 pm
2:32 pm - 7.8 miles / 12 minutes - 2:45 pm
3:45 pm - 3.5 miles / 6 minutes - 3:52 pm
Day 2
9:00 am - 3.6 miles / 5 minutes - 9:06 am
9:06 am - 14.3 miles / 19 minutes - 9:26 am
"Enter the park for some early wildlife-watching in Lamar Valley’"
10:26 am - 9.3 miles / 13 minutes - 10:40 am
"Hunt for petrified trees on the Fossil Forest Trail"
2:00 pm - 2.4 miles / an hour 30 minutes - 3:30 pm
3:30 pm - 3.8 miles / 6 minutes - 3:37 pm
Yellowstone River Picnic Area Trail
"Enjoy the crowd-free views of the Narrows on the Yellowstone River Picnic Area hike"
3:37 pm - 3.5 miles / an hour 53 minutes - 5:31 pm
5:31 pm - 22.5 miles / 44 minutes - 6:16 pm
"Take the South Rim Trail & Ribbon Lake hike"
6:16 pm - 3.2 miles / an hour 32 minutes - 7:49 pm
7:54 pm - 4.7 miles / 2 hours 17 minutes - 10:12 pm
10:12 pm - 3.2 miles / 7 minutes - 10:20 pm
Day 3
"Spend day three visiting the geyser basins"
9:00 am - 7.9 miles / 15 minutes - 9:16 am
"Try some more early morning wildlife-watching in Hayden Valley"
10:16 am - 8.8 miles / 13 minutes - 10:30 am
"Hike Elephant Back Mountain for great views of Yellowstone Lake"
11:30 am - 3.7 miles / an hour 50 minutes - 1:21 pm
1:21 pm - 3.9 miles / 7 minutes - 1:29 pm
"Lakeshore picnic on the sand bars around Gull Point"
2:29 pm - 16.0 miles / 23 minutes - 2:53 pm
"Continue south to the hot springs of West Thumb Geyser Basin"
2:53 pm - 0.7 miles / 30 minutes - 3:23 pm
3:23 pm - 10.2 miles / 15 minutes - 3:39 pm
4:39 pm - 8.6 miles / 14 minutes - 4:54 pm
Day 4
9:00 am - 0.1 miles / a minute - 9:02 am
"Experience the Upper Geyser Basin"
9:17 am - 0.1 miles / 2 minutes - 9:20 am
10:20 am - 1.7 miles / 38 minutes - 10:58 am
11:13 am - 1.0 miles / 20 minutes - 11:34 am
11:34 am - 0.7 miles / an hour - 12:34 pm
12:34 pm - 1.9 miles / 39 minutes - 1:14 pm
1:29 pm - 2.5 miles / an hour 8 minutes - 2:38 pm
Day 5
9:00 am - 30.6 miles / 49 minutes - 9:50 am
"The geysers and hot springs"
9:50 am - 2.0 miles / an hour - 10:51 am
10:51 am - 21.2 miles / 41 minutes - 11:33 am
"Arrive at lunchtime to stroll the travertine terraces at Mammoth"
11:33 am - 1.4 miles / an hour 30 minutes - 1:03 pm
2:03 pm - 0.5 miles / 10 minutes - 2:14 pm
"Take a guided walk through historical Fort Yellowstone"
3:14 pm - 0.6 miles / 12 minutes - 3:27 pm
3:27 pm - 5.7 miles / 3 hours - 6:27 pm
7:27 pm - 0.3 miles / 2 minutes - 7:30 pm
Day 6
9:00 am - 5.9 miles / 14 minutes - 9:15 am
"Squeeze in a morning rafting trip or horseback ride from Gardiner"
9:30 am - 0.6 miles / 3 minutes - 9:34 am
9:39 am - 7.9 miles / 10 minutes - 9:50 am
2:50 pm - 27.4 miles / 29 minutes - 3:20 pm
Day 7
"Continue to Bozeman on your last day"
"Relax with a hot soak and gourmet dinner"
9:00 am - 49.1 miles / 56 minutes - 9:57 am
10:57 am - 0.7 miles / 14 minutes - 11:12 am
1:12 pm - 1.6 miles / 30 minutes - 1:43 pm
Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, South Grand Avenue, Bozeman, MT, United States
2:43 pm - 0.7 miles / 14 minutes - 2:58 pm
3:58 pm - 1.0 miles / 20 minutes - 4:19 pm