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A few questions for all of the National Park Marriott forum TUGgers out there. Am planning a late June trip (9 nights total) to Summit Watch in Park City next summer (first timer at Summit Watch). Since my wife has never been to Yellowstone or Grand Teton National Parks (and I was a kid the last time I was there), we were pondering a possible side trip up that way to see those. Realizing you could easily spend a week+ in the parks, we were thinking of just a couple of nights in that area. Was pondering staying in the Jackson, WY area, which appears to be about a 4 ½ hour drive from Park City.
Now for the questions….
Is Jackson, WY a decent area to spend the nights, considering driving time to get to parks, etc? I already looked into the possibility of booking one night at the Old Faithful Inn inside Yellowstone, but it appears sold out for June and July 2016 already. From Jackson, it looks to be approx. 2 hour drive to get to the Old Faithful area of Yellowstone (assuming no wildlife decided to set up camp on the road and stop traffic for an extended period of time, which I understand can occur). Overall thoughts on Jackson as a home base for Park touring?
Was thinking of using the last half of the initial day (after drive from Park City) to explore Grand Tetons National Park a bit, then back to hotel in Jackson for the night.
Then next full day, get up early and drive into Yellowstone for the day, then back to Jackson for the night. With a 2 hour drive to the Old Faithful area…does that give us enough time to see some good sites inside of Yellowstone before we would have to head back to Jackson for the evening?
Day 3….spend part/most of the final day in that area for exploring anything interesting in the Jackson Hole valley.
Thoughts?
Also, I welcome any suggestions on the Park City area in the summer too. I have Mirror Lake on my list based on some other posts I have seen.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Now for the questions….
Is Jackson, WY a decent area to spend the nights, considering driving time to get to parks, etc? I already looked into the possibility of booking one night at the Old Faithful Inn inside Yellowstone, but it appears sold out for June and July 2016 already. From Jackson, it looks to be approx. 2 hour drive to get to the Old Faithful area of Yellowstone (assuming no wildlife decided to set up camp on the road and stop traffic for an extended period of time, which I understand can occur). Overall thoughts on Jackson as a home base for Park touring?
Was thinking of using the last half of the initial day (after drive from Park City) to explore Grand Tetons National Park a bit, then back to hotel in Jackson for the night.
Then next full day, get up early and drive into Yellowstone for the day, then back to Jackson for the night. With a 2 hour drive to the Old Faithful area…does that give us enough time to see some good sites inside of Yellowstone before we would have to head back to Jackson for the evening?
Day 3….spend part/most of the final day in that area for exploring anything interesting in the Jackson Hole valley.
Thoughts?
Also, I welcome any suggestions on the Park City area in the summer too. I have Mirror Lake on my list based on some other posts I have seen.
Thanks in advance for the help.