Rocky Mountain RV Park & Lodging

This is in a great location for visiting Gardiner and it's right at the north entrance to Yellowstone. But the sites are really close together, and they charge a "kid tax". Kid tax is what we fulltime RV'ing families call it when an RV park charges extra for kids. Hotels do not charge extra for our kids to be in the room with us so it makes no sense for RV parks to charge extra for our kids to be in our RV. Plus my parents joined us for part of the week and it was extra for them to stay in our RV also. That made this park very expensive and considering how close we were to our neighbor, we just didn't think it was worth $70 a night. But, the location was where we wanted to be so it worked out. If we're in the area again though, we would probably look for some place else that doesn't charge extra for kids. Verizon 4G coverage was good here.

This is the closest RV park to the North entrance of Yellowstone National Park, about fifteen minutes from the Mammoth Hot Springs. Our site was a pretty average full hookup site with distant mountain views. The park also has a number of cabins.

There is a large laundry facility on site along with restrooms and showers. The campground also has a gift/souvenir shop with a little convenience store. There is a little fenced-in leash free area for dogs, the park itself is not the greatest place for walking a dog.

The location is in the center of the town of Gardiner, with a full grocery store nearby, as well as shops and restaurants. Aside from being minutes away from the park entrance, the Yellowstone Association office is just blocks away. This non-profit focuses on education and sells educational materials and their volunteers can provide information about Yellowstone National Park.

There is also a Visitor Center at Mammoth Springs. On route to Mammoth Springs, there is an area where big-horned sheep are frequently seen. Yellowstone is a huge park and there is no location that is close to everything, even within the park. Lamar Valley, one of two areas where wolves reside, is about an hour and twenty minutes away.