
Wyoming: Yellowstone National Park
Visiting Yellowstone is like touring adifferent planet. At 3,472 square miles, it’s bigger than RhodeIsland and Delaware combined. And it contains a world’s worth ofattractions: geysers, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and someof the best wildlife-watching anywhere. The park has 12campgrounds, and most visitors choose to bunk near the headlinerattractions: Canyon Campground near Yellowstone Canyon, or BridgeBay and Grant Village Campgrounds alongside Yellowstone Lake. Butif you’re looking for solitude and wildlife, consider farther-flunggems like Pebble Creek and Slough Creek, where the grizzlies andbuffalo play.
Camping
• Slough Creek. Tucked into the park’s northeast corner,Slough Creek is a full two hours from Old Faithful, at the far endof a 2½-mile gravel road. But look what awaits: creeksidebeauty, cutthroat trout, and some of the park’s bestwildlife-watching (bison and the occasional grizzly). 29 sites May26-late Oct; $12. 307/344-7381.
Also great
• Lewis Lake. Near Yellowstone’s southern entrance, Lewis Laketends to fill up more slowly than other park campgrounds ―which is strange, because it’s lovely, with trout fishing and goodhiking. 85 sites Jun 16-Nov 6; $12. 307/344-7381.