Originally Posted by
djp98374
ITs 2 hrs each way from idaho falls to west yellowstone. You dont want to drive that road in the dark because you can run into wildlife
July 1 into SLC night Idaho falls
July 2 early AM to Jackson then to grand teton. AM you get good pics of mountains from schwahbacher landing and ox bow bend. leave around 11am, get to old faithful around 1:15pm, see old faithful area and geyser basin, night west yellowstone
july 3 north loop to norris, mammoth hot springs, LAmar Valley, and then canyon, ten return to west yellowstone then to idaho falls.
in the park --its large---30 miles=1 hr drive time. in the north loop to do this will take around 4 hrs just the driving alone.
Good point; even though sunset is around 9pm during the time I'll be there it'd still be a lot of time in the car anyway. Since my last post availability has dwindled but I was still able to get a reservation in West Yellowstone for the 2nd.
Something else that I'll need to keep in mind too: everything in West Yellowstone seems to close at 9pm per Google Maps, so any dinner I'd like to have there would need to be had before that time. Meaning that I'd have to exit at least an hour beforehand, possibly two.