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One Week
Yellowstone to Paradise
Add this three-day scenic drive onto the previous four-day park itinerary and you'll get a
fantastic week of scenic drives, park highlights and even a trip through Paradise.
From
Red Lodge
, budget half a day to drive America's most scenic 70 miles, the
Beartooth Hwy
, stopping to stretch your legs or try some fishing at
Beartooth Lake
.
Overnight in Cooke City, then enter the park at the Northeast Entrance for some early
wildlife-watching in
Lamar Valley
and a hunt for petrified trees on the
Fossil Forest
Trail
, then join the previous itinerary at Canyon.
Heading north from Mammoth on day six, squeeze in a morning rafting trip or horse-
back ride from
Gardiner
before continuing north through the lovely
Paradise Valley
to
reminisce over a hot soak and gourmet dinner at
Chico Hot Springs
. Continue on to
Bozeman on your last day to spend a few hours at the
Museum of the Rockies
and some
last-minute shopping.