Day

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Travel Time (in hours)

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Day 1

Spokane, WA

4:15

-Visit Browne’s Addition Historic District for unique houses, each built from different architectures

-Go to Spokane Falls

Post Falls, ID

0:25

-Go to Post Falls Dam and explore the park a bit

St Regis, MT

1:40

-Stop buy a cute M&M styled, little smoothie truck and try any of the 200 flavors

-Visit $50,000 Lincoln’s Silver Antique store and go into the bar area to see the collection

Deer Lodge, MT

2:15

-Look at the Old Prison

Day 2

Butte, MT

0:35

-Sleep here

-Go up the hill to see “The Con” copper mine and walk around

-Visit the World Museum of Mining

-Go to Berkeley Pit ($2 per person, hours: 9am-5pm)

Yellowstone National Park (North Entrance)

2:35

-Drive through the Yellowstone National Park Arc Sign

-Enter the park ($35 per vehicle recommended to get America the Beautiful)

Mammoth Hot Springs

0:15

-Go to Mammoth Terrance and park in the lower parking lot by Liberty Cap

-Walk around the Lower and Main Terrance boardwalk

-Drive around the Upper Terrance loop

Lamar Valley

0:55

-Drive around Lamar Valley looking for animals (animals are more active in dawn and dusk)

Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel

0:55

-Sleep

Day 3

Norris Geyser Basin

0:35

-Drive through Roaring Mountains

-Walk around the Porcelain Basin, then the Back Basin

Artist Paintpot

0:10

-Walk the Artist Paintpot loop

Monument Geyser Basin

0:05

-Look at the Monument Geyser Basin

Beryl Spring

0:01

-Look at the Beryl Spring

Hayden Valley

0:35

-Drive and look for animals along Hayden Valley (animals are more active in dawn and dusk)

North Rim Drive

0:20

-Drive around North Rim and walk down to the Lower Falls and stop at the other lookouts, including Inspiration Point

South Rim Drive

0:10

-Drive around South Rim and walk around Uncle Tom’s Trail and Artist Point

Sulphur Caldron

0:15

-Look at the Sulphur Caldron

Mud Volcano

0:01

-Walk around the Mud Volcano loop and Dragon’s Mouth Spring

West Thumb Geyser Basin

0:35

-Walk around the entire loop

Lower Geyser Basin

0:45

-Walk around Fountain Paint Pot Trail (wait to see one of the Geysers as they erupt fairly frequently)

Midway Geyser Basin

0:05

-Walk around the boardwalk to see the huge hot springs, including Grand Prismatic Spring

Biscuit Basin

0:07

-Walk around the boardwalk and watch Jewel Geyser erupt (every 7-10 minutes)

Black Sand Basin

0:05

-Walk around the boardwalk and see Cliff Geyser erupt (every few minutes)

Day 4

Old Faithful and Hotel

0:05

-As a finally to the day, watch Old Faithful erupt

-Sleep

Old Faithful and Upper Geyser Basin

0:00

-Walk around Geyser Hill and begin to head up the boardwalk towards Morning Glory Pool and up until Mirror Pool, on the right side. Watch for erupting Geysers

-On the way back, walk and go around Daisy Geyser and back down to Castle Geyser, then head back to Geyser hill for a finally to Yellowstone park

Great Teton National Park

2:00

-Enter the park ($30 per vehicle)

-Drive through and look through the Willow Flat Valley for animals (animals are more active in dawn and dusk)

-Drive up to Signal Mountain

-See Mormon Row

-See Oxbow Bend and Schwabacher’s Landing

Day 5

Jackson Hole, WY

1:00

-Sleep

-Explore the town: visit the park with the Elk Antler Arcs, Funhouse, and more

Ayres Natural Bridge Park

5:05

-Drive through Bridge Teton National Park

-Great place to picnic

Day 6

Carhenge and Hotel in Alliance,

3:05

-Look at Carhenge

-Sleep

Badlands National Park

2:30

1:40

-Entrance fee ($25 per vehicle)

-Sheep Mountain Table

-Big Badlands overview

-Burns Basin Overview

-Yellow Mounds Overview

-Pinnacles Overlook

Wall, SD

0:20

-Visit Wall Drug Store

Mt Rushmore

1:20

-Visit Mt Rushmore

Crazy Horse Memorial

0:30

-Visit Crazy Horse Memorial

Day 7

Hulett, WY

2:15

0:12

-Sleep

-Walk around this Cowboy time

-Walk around Devil’s Tower

Great Falls, MT

8:00

-Drive around the lake, look specifically at Black Eagle Falls (Black Eagle Dam) and The Great Falls (Ryan Dam)

Cut Banks, MT

1:40

-Sleep

Day 8

Glacier National Park

1:00

-Lake McDonalds

-Going to the Sun Road

Kootenai Falls Suspension Bridge

2:25

-Walk to the Falls and Suspension bridge (they are different)

HOME

7:00