Southeast Colorado
One of the nicer chain hotels, with a good breakfast, plasma TVs, and a pool and hot tub. There’s also a coin laundry.
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Jackson
Property manager with listings ranging from studio condos to two-bedroom town homes as well as multiple-bedroom houses.
West Yellowstone
Nothing flash here, but good-value motel rooms with refrigerators, some with kitchenettes, in a quiet part of town.
Southeast Colorado
Elk Creek is a choice location; free dispersed camping is also available just down the road at Elk Creek Trailhead.
Wyoming
One mile from the Beartooth Hwy, this forested campground has six sites and lots of mosquitoes in July.
Wyoming
Cramped and without potable water, but popular for hiking and horse-packing trips and open year-round.
Montana
Free dispersed camping with a toilet but no water. There are hiking options from Bear Creek Trailhead.
Idaho
Fairly standard but reliably clean and well-sized motel-style rooms near the eastern entrance to town.
Montana
Concession-run USFS campground with 63 sites near some scenic beaver ponds and good fishing close by.
Northern Colorado
Larger groups can try Split Mountain Campground, where you'll find four group sites along the river.
Bozeman & Gallatin Valley
Ample availability with 63 sites, some with electrical hookups, 48 miles south of Bozeman.
Wyoming
Standard, pine-walled rooms slopeside with two queen-size beds, full bath, TV and phone.
Montana
Just south of I-90, this place has laundry and showers and is open year-round. RVs only.
Montana
A good mix of cabins and motel-style rooms, some with kitchenettes. Open year-round.
Wyoming
Hard-sided campers only; the closest campground to the park and the last to open.
Montana
Has 16 woodsy sites and pit toilets but no water, 2 miles northeast of Gardiner.
Wyoming
Exposed, but has six sites with electrical hookups. Reservations possible.
Grand Teton National Park
Runs most of the park's private lodges, cabins and campgrounds.
Aspen & the Maroon Bells
This hostel hasn't been renovated in ages and hence rooms here are cramped and run-down. But if you need to save your nickels and dimes, it's the cheapest…
Grand Teton National Park
This tucked-away eight-site campground is 12 miles up the graveled Pacific Creek Rd (USFS Rd 30090) from Grand Teton's Moran Entrance Station. It's…
Northern Colorado
This campground has 98 sites and remains open through the winter. No reservations accepted. The only established campground on the western side of the…
Grand Teton National Park
Sheffield is a secluded five-site USFS (US Forest Service) campground, 2.5 miles south of Yellowstone National Park's South Entrance and just south of…
Grand Teton National Park
Among the most expensive campgrounds around, it features pull-through sites, propane for sale, 24-hour showers, laundry and a nightly campfire program…
Southwest Colorado
This lodge, 7 miles up the road from South Fork, is a faux-rustic B&B, restaurant and beauty salon. It’s housed in a former saloon with lots of deer heads…
Colorado
Hosteling International membership can provide you discounts at hostels, museums and more the world over. There are no Colorado HI affiliates, but their…
Crested Butte Mountain Resort Properties
Southwest Colorado
This property-management group, part of the Crested Butte Mountain Resort, handles reservations for dozens of the lodges, hotels and apartment buildings…
Grand Teton National Park
Atherton Creek has 20 sites, drinking water and pit toilets, located 7 miles northeast of Kelly on the shores of Slide Lake. No reservations.
Bozeman & Gallatin Valley
Riverside campground with good fishing and 14 sites, but very close to what can be quite a busy road. It's 9 miles north of Big Sky.
West Yellowstone
This friendly mix of 1950s-era wooden cabins and modern rooms is a good choice. Reception is in the nearby motel with the same name.
Grand Teton National Park
This USFS campground east of the park accepts hard-sided vehicles only. Vault toilet, and no water.
