Yellowstone Park Lodging
Overnighting in Yellowstone is a must, but keep in mind that a planned out schedule is very helpful and lodging requires advance reservations and should be made at least six months in advance. more info
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Yellowstone Townhouses Vacation Rentals
Completely furnished 1-4 bdrm townhouse units sleeping up to 8, starting at $100/night. Stocked kitchens, TV, wood stoves. Just blocks from Yellowstone's west entrance.
(866) 252-6636
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Big Sky Resort - Stay on your Yellowstone visit
Having the largest inventory of rental condos, homes and family lodges in Big Sky, we have lodging for every situation. From budget motel to mid-range condo to luxury lodge.
Sleepy Hollow Cabins - 6 blocks from the Park
Comfortable log cabins (most w/kitchens) ideal for Yellowstone visitors. BBQ grills, picnic tables, fly tying bench & library, TV, continental breakfast and free advice.
(406) 646-7707
The Lodge at Big Sky (formerly the Mountain Inn)
Located slopeside, we feature free deluxe breakfast bar, heated indoor swimming pool, 4 Jacuzzis, exercise room, large guest suites, full service lounge & awesome location.
All accommodations provided within Yellowstone's boundaries are through their park concessionaire, Xanterra Parks & Resorts. Reservations can be made by calling them directly at (307) 344-7311. The first, best step you can take in planning a trip to the parks is to carefully examine a park map. You will want to be acquainted with the locations of the park attractions you want to see and their accommodations possibilites. Review any excursions you might want to make outside the park, too. You might want to stay near the appropriate entrance, or even get a room in one of the gateway towns.
Keep in mind that the characteristics of the lodgings vary considerably, and request specific information about the type of rooms available before making a reservation. If you are bedding down in one of the historic hotels or cabins in the parks, be aware that they offer fewer modern conveniences than your typical commercial motel. If you want television, air conditioning and other modern amenities, stay in a gateway town rather than in the park. Some of the the inns in the park are close to a century old and it is encouraged for their original style to be maintained. Though some of the park lounges now have televisions and telephones have been added to many rooms, the park and its concessionaires still provide a more old-fashioned type of vacation.
The north entrance to Yellowstone is Mammoth Hot Springs Area. This area is open year-round and houses the park headquarters. It is not a very popular place to stay, so it is often easy to find a room. Nonetheless, the area has lots to offer with the park's best visitor center, colorful travertine limestone terraces, and a historic hotel with one of the park's better restaurants. Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel and Cabins resides below the steaming, stair stepping terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, only five miles from the north entrance, is the only hotel open during both summer and winter seasons on the northern side of the park. The peaceful scene here, where elk often graze the strips of lawn around the hotel, is somewhat quickened by the flow of tourists stopping by the park headquarters and stores. The hotel itself is less distinguished than the Lake Hotel or the Old Faithful Inn, but its dormer windows and wood floors are attractive, and the high ceilinged lobby is comfortable and relatively quiet. In the winter, Mammoth is the take off point for cross country skiing and visits by tour bus to the wildlife rich Lamar Valley.
Canyon Village is one of the busiest areas in the park because of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. Accommodations here are in modestly priced motel units or a large campground, and there are restaurants and coffee shops that fit most palates and pocketbooks, as well as a visitor center, general store and post office. With the many amenities available here, it does not seem to matter that it is 38 miles from the north entrance and the gateway town of Gardiner, Montana. The Canyon Lodge and Cabins is a half mile from the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Inspiration Point, so you can leave the car and walk to one of the most popular spots in the park. Completed in 1993, the lodge offers tastefully appointed motel-style accommodations in the three story building, and in cabins that are scattered throughout the village. The motel units offer various sleeping configurations designed to accommodate the needs of couples as well as families. The cabins are single story duplex and fourplex structures with private bathrooms that are among the largest in the park.
The Tower-Roosevelt Area, located twenty three miles from the north entrance and twenty miles from the northeast entrance, is considered the park's family hideaway. The area feels out of the way and uncrowded, with no big complex of shops and services, and very few amenities. Roosevelt Lodge Cabins is a low-key operation with primitive cabins and a lodge restaurant that resembles a big ranch house. The bare-bones cabins are called Roughriders, and they are furnished with two simple beds, clean linens, a writing table, and a wood stove. The Frontier Cabins are a better option as they have their own bathrooms and showers. The lodge is a rugged but charming stone edifice with a long, deep porch outfitted with rockers so guests can converse with each other, nature, or the squirrels that scurry about. Inside the lodge you will find a registration desk, dining area with a massive fireplace, and a lounge that has a player piano. Stagecoach rides, horseback trips, and Western trail cookouts give this place a cowboy flavor. The lodge is well connected to hiking trails and the beautiful corridor of the Lamar Valley and River that runs to the northeast entrance.
Located twenty seven miles from the east entrance is the Lake Village Area. The lodge on the lake has the feel of an old-fashioned resort. The village area provides access to the lake's recreational opportunities, but also provides access to hiking trails, accommodations in a historic hotel, motel and cabin units. Lake Yellowstone Hotel and Cabins will carry you back to the Victorian era, with its ionic columns, dormer windows, and deep porticos of this yellow frame building. Sipping a drink in the huge sunroom overlooking the lake while someone plays the piano strenghtens the illusion of a time long ago. The facility was completely restored in the early 1990s, and its better rooms are the park's most comfortable and roomiest. Accommodations are in three and four story wings in the hotel, in a motel style annex, and in cabins. The upper end rooms here have stenciled walls and traditional spreads on one queen or two double beds. The freestanding cabins, a desirable low priced alternative, are decorated with knotty-pine paneling and furnished with double beds and a writing table.
Grant Village Area is near the south end of the beautiful Lake Yellowstone and twenty two miles form the south entrance of the park. The village was completed in 1984 and is one of the more contemporary choices in Yellowstone. The lodge consists of six motel type two-story chalets set back from the water's edge. Rooms are tastefully furnished, most outfitted with light wood furniture, track lighting, electric heat, and laminate counters. Nicer and more expensive rooms have lake views with mullioned windows. A lounge and two restaurants overlooking the lake are found in Grant Village.
The most popular lodging spot, similar to Canyon Village, is Old Faithful. Try to ignore the crowds and the frenzied pace, because this is a truly magical location. Spending the night in the midst of the most famous geyser basin in the world allows you to see the geyser erupt at all hours of the day and night, with various lighting conditions. The Old Faithful area has more choices of rooms, restaurants, and services which include a visitor center and gas station, than anywhere else in the park. Located thirty miles from West Yellowstone, the west entrance, you will have excellent access to attractions in every direction.
Old Faithful Inn, desinged by Robert Ringer in 1904, is a perfect blend of rustic and regal, a grand building that blends beautifully with the native timbers and rock. There are three hotels within viewing distance of the geyser, but the inn is the crown jewel of Yellowstone's man-made wonders. Seven stories tall with dormers peaking from a shingled, steep-sloping roof, it looks like a lodgepole jungle gym inside. This is the first place visitors think of when they want a bed for the night inside Yellowstone National Park, so make reservations far ahead during the busy summer months. The dining room is warmed on cool evenings by a fieldstone fireplace. Guest rooms are in the main building and in the wings that flank the main lodge. Original rooms are well appointed with conservative fabrics and park theme art, but may not have private bathrooms, where the wing rooms offer better facilities and more privacy. The Old Faithful Snow Lodge and Cabins were reconstructed in 1999, and offer spacious and comfortable rooms. The big beam construction and high ceiling in the lobby echo the Old Faithful Inn, and a copper lined balcony curves above the common area, where guests can relax in wicker furniture. For a less expensive option, rent a cabin through the Old Faithful Lodge Cabins. You are within a short walk of the cafeteria, snack bar, one of the largest gift shops in the park, and an old gymnasium that occasionally hosts square dancing and movies.
Try to spend at least one night within Yellowstone National Park's boundaries. When the sun dips below the horizon, you will see a summer sky that sparkles more brightly than in the gateway cities, and you will hear coyotes and other wildlife. You will discover that the hours just after daybreak are an ideal time for exploring. The paths are empty, animals go about their early morning routines oblivious to visitors, and the silence is deafening.
Yellowstone National Park encompasses 2.2 million acres of protected land and draws millions of visitors to explore the natural wonders, outstanding scenery, diverse wildlife, and vast open spaces. The park is comprised of heavily forested mountains in arid, high country plateaus. Yellowstone's natural marvels include inspiring waterfalls, river gorges that rival the Grand Canyon, and diverse thermal activity, renowned for the world's largest and most spectacular display of geysers, hot springs, and stem vents. Some 200 to 250 geysers spout off each year, a greater concentration of geysers than anywhere else in the world.
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