No Wyoming rig is bookable on PickRV today. Tell us the dates you want and you get one email the day a local owner lists a rig that covers them — their own nightly price, your total itemized before you pay.
Wyoming is the only US state where the world's first national park (Yellowstone NP, designated March 1 1872 — NPS) AND the world's first national monument (Devils Tower NM, designated September 24 1906 by Theodore Roosevelt as the first NM — NPS) AND Grand Teton National Park (the only NPS unit where a US president's home overlooks a glacier — the Rockefeller Preserve, NPS) ALL sit within a 6-hour drive of each other.
When to go: June to September
Best window
Yellowstone and Grand Teton roads are open and wildlife viewing peaks; winters are long and cold with most roads closed.
Watch out: Bears are active; carry spray. Afternoon thunderstorms bring lightning in the mountains. Wildfires can close roads.
Shoulder-season tip: Late May and early October are beautiful in lower areas but high country can still have snow and many services close.
Wyoming, month by month
Pick your travel month for the honest verdict — weather, verified events, and what to watch out for.
When Wyoming is worth it — and where to go when it isn't
Filled months are the window our season notes recommend for each state, shown against the states people compare Wyoming with. Same notes as the “when to go” card above — no prices, no availability, just the months.
National public-market medians; every Wyoming listing sets its own price.
Every Wyoming owner sets their own nightly rate, and the listed price already includes everything they charge for the rig itself. At checkout your exact trip total is itemized before you pay — the rental, a transparent 10% service fee, and state tax. The per-class figures below are what rigs of that size rent for nationally; use them to size a budget, not to price a specific Wyoming trip.
Public-market nightly medians (NADA + RVTrader listings) — not PickRV booking data. The exact price for your dates is shown on every listing before you book.
Nothing in Wyoming is bookable today. Dated requests are what we take to owners in the state, so give us the window you actually want — you get one email the day a rig covers it, and nothing else.
Not right now — no Wyoming rig on PickRV is bookable today, and we would rather say that than send you to an empty results page. Tell us your travel dates on this page and you get one email the day a Wyoming rig covers your window, with the owner's own nightly price itemized before you pay.
Each host in Wyoming sets their own nightly rate, so pricing depends on the rig: smaller travel trailers typically rent for less, Class C motorhomes sit mid-range, and larger Class A motorhomes cost more. Your exact total — the rental, the 10% service fee, and tax — is itemized before you pay. No surprise fees.
PickRV is not an insurer and does not sell coverage. Trips run on the coverage you and the host agree on before pickup — your own personal auto / RV policy where it covers rental use, or the host's own commercial policy per their certificate of insurance. Confirm with your insurer before the trip.
The platform default is Moderate: full refund up to 48 hours before pickup. Hosts can set Flexible (full refund until 24 hours out, half even same-day) or Strict (full refund until 7 days out) on their own listing, and the tier is shown before checkout. Tax (standard state rate) auto-refunds with the booking.
Can I take an RV off-road in Wyoming?+
Most Wyoming listings are paved-road only per owner terms. Off-road-rated rigs (Class B and converted Sprinters) show an off-road rider on the listing when an owner offers one.
The Wyoming field guide
american bison
The Wyoming signature
Elk rut bugling under the Tetons
September dawns at Willow Flats and Oxbow Bend carry the sound first — a bull elk's bugle rolling off the Teton wall. Dawn and dusk, peak late September; listen from the pullouts and keep the meadow between you and the herd.
Aspen gold follows the rut into early October on the same valley floor.
Wyoming trips cluster around Jackson Hole + Jackson (the Grand Teton + south Yellowstone gateway), Cody (the Yellowstone east-entrance gateway + Buffalo Bill Center of the West), and Cheyenne (the state capital + Cheyenne Frontier Days — the largest outdoor rodeo + western celebration in the world, since 1897). Vehicle culture leans Class A + Class C motorhomes because Wyoming campgrounds are generous on rig size + power hookups.
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What this state demands of your rig
Wyoming caps non-commercial RVs at 14 ft height + 8 ft 6 in width (Wyo. Stat. §31-5-905). Yellowstone NP roads accept rigs up to 40 ft on Grand Loop + south entrance; the road over Dunraven Pass (8,859 ft, summer-only) accepts all RVs.
Beartooth Highway (US-212, NW Wyoming → Montana — 10,947 ft summit) accepts all RVs but the road is snow-closed mid-October through late May.
Grand Teton NP Moose-Wilson Road excludes RVs over 24 ft; the Inner Park Road (Teton Park Road) accepts all RVs. WY state-park generator hours are 10 PM – 7 AM (Wyoming State Parks).
Cheyenne Frontier Days (last full week of July annually) brings 200,000+ visitors; book 12+ months ahead for any Cheyenne-area RV.
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When to come
Best window: late May through early October for Yellowstone + Grand Teton. Yellowstone west + south + east entrances open mid-April through early November; north entrance (Gardiner MT) is the only year-round entrance.
Winter rentals (December–March) center on Jackson Hole + Snake River Canyon (Jackson Hole Mountain Resort + Grand Targhee — best snow in the US per Ski Magazine surveys).
Cheyenne Frontier Days (last full week of July) spikes Cheyenne RV demand 8× baseline. The 2017 total solar eclipse path crossed central Wyoming (Casper, Riverton, Glendo were in totality); 2024 + 2026-2028 paths do not return.
Fall foliage in the Tetons + Wind Rivers peaks September 20 – October 5.
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How to think about your trip
Classic 10-day Wyoming loop: Jackson Hole (Jackson Town Square + Snake River whitewater + Teton Village) → drive north into Grand Teton NP (3 days: Inner Park Road + Jenny Lake + Cascade Canyon + Mormon Row + Oxbow Bend + the Rockefeller Preserve) → drive north into Yellowstone NP (4 days: Old Faithful + Norris Geyser Basin + Grand Prismatic Spring + Mammoth Hot Springs + Lamar Valley wildlife — best wolf-watching in NA + Hayden Valley bison herd + Yellowstone Lake) → drive east to Cody (Buffalo Bill Center of the West — the most comprehensive Western heritage museum complex in the US) → drive east via Beartooth Highway to Red Lodge MT → return via I-90 east → drive south → Devils Tower National Monument (Crook County — the inspiration for the 1977 Spielberg film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind') → drive south to Cheyenne (state capital + Cheyenne Frontier Days grounds) → return Jackson via I-25 + I-80 + US-189.
For Wind Rivers + Pinedale + Bridger Wilderness: a separate 5-day backcountry loop. For Bighorn Mountains: a separate 4-day loop based out of Sheridan.
Three things only Wyoming can claim
Yellowstone National Park (designated March 1 1872) is the world's first national park (NPS)
Devils Tower National Monument (designated September 24 1906) is the world's first national monument — first use of the Antiquities Act of 1906 by Theodore Roosevelt (NPS)
Wyoming has the lowest US state population (~580,000 — US Census 2020) — fewer residents than San Francisco, despite being the 10th-largest US state by area
How Wyoming breaks down regionally
Four Wyomings. Northwest (Yellowstone + Grand Teton + Jackson + Cody): NPS country, the world's first national park, the Tetons, Jackson Hole. Bighorn Mountains + Sheridan + Buffalo (north-central): Cloud Peak Wilderness, Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark (the only Plains-Indian medicine wheel preserved at its sacred site, US Forest Service). Wind Rivers + Pinedale + Lander (west-central): Bridger Wilderness, the Continental Divide, the only US glacier in the lower 48 outside the Cascades (Continental Glacier, Wind Rivers). Southeast + Cheyenne + Laramie (the I-80 spine): the state capital, Frontier Days, Curt Gowdy State Park, the University of Wyoming.
Signature routes
Beartooth Highway US-212
Red Lodge MT → Cooke City MT (~68 mi peaking at 10,947 ft at Beartooth Pass — Charles Kuralt 'most beautiful drive in America')
Grand Teton Inner Park Road (Teton Park Road)
Moose → Jenny Lake → Signal Mountain → Jackson Lake Junction (~20 mi inside Grand Teton NP)
Snowy Range Scenic Byway WY-130
Centennial → Saratoga (~29 mi peaking at 10,847 ft at Snowy Range Pass)
Chief Joseph Scenic Byway WY-296
Cody → Cooke City MT (~46 mi over Dead Indian Pass at 8,071 ft — following the 1877 Nez Perce flight)
Jackson Hole pickup keeps you 1 hour from Yellowstone south + Grand Teton — browse Wyoming rentals on PickRV and check Beartooth altitude + Moose-Wilson Road length limits against your rig.
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Cheyenne Frontier Days (the largest outdoor rodeo + western celebration in the world, since 1897)
Wyoming open-container law (Wyo. Stat. §31-5-235) prohibits open alcoholic containers in the passenger area of a motor vehicle. Marijuana remains illegal for recreational AND medical use in Wyoming (Wyo. Stat. §35-7-1031) — among the most restrictive states. Yellowstone + Grand Teton wildlife safety: maintain 100-yard distance from bears + wolves, 25-yard distance from bison + elk + moose; bison have killed visitors who got too close. Backcountry permits required for overnight wilderness travel — apply via Recreation.gov for Yellowstone + via Grand Teton NP for the Tetons. Winter chain laws on I-80 + WY-22 + Teton Pass for vehicles over 26,000 lb GVW November through April.
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Insider tip: Grand Teton NP's Jenny Lake area (the most-photographed view in the park) requires no permit OR reservation, but parking lots fill by 8 AM in summer per NPS Grand Teton. The under-shared truth: the South Jenny Lake parking lot has 3× more capacity than the North + String Lake lots AND turnover faster — arrive at 7-7:30 AM South Jenny Lake for highest same-day-success rate in peak season.
Insider tip: Yellowstone's winter season (mid-December through early March) offers snowcoach + snowmobile access to the interior via Old Faithful Snow Lodge bookings (yellowstonenationalparklodges.com) — the entire interior road network is closed to private vehicles. The under-shared truth: winter is the ONLY time of year you can see Old Faithful + the Lower Geyser Basin + Mammoth thermal features with virtually no other visitors. The Snow Lodge sells out 13 months in advance; the Mammoth Hotel winter season is the realistic backup at lower prices.
Insider tip: Devils Tower NM (NPS) climbing closure runs the month of June by voluntary agreement with the Lakota + other Plains tribes who hold the formation sacred. Per NPS, the closure is voluntary but climber compliance is >85% — booking a Devils Tower trip in June for the cultural-respect-aligned hike rather than climb is the moat. The 1.3-mile Tower Trail loop is unaffected and the visitor center offers Plains tribal ranger talks during the closure month.
What the Yellowstone and Grand Teton brochures bury for RVers
A 30-foot Sylvan Pass restriction, a no-generators backcountry, a high-altitude road that doesn't open until late May, and a free-camping public-lands rule the state actually enforces.
Yellowstone's Fishing Bridge RV Park is the ONLY full-hookup option in the park — and it's hard-sided rigs only
Inside Yellowstone, Fishing Bridge RV Park (at the north end of Yellowstone Lake) is the only campground offering full water, sewer, and electric hookups. Per park policy it accepts hard-sided RVs only — no pop-ups, tent trailers, or soft-sided campers — because of grizzly bear activity in the Yellowstone Lake corridor. Reservations open through Yellowstone National Park Lodges (Xanterra) and the most popular summer dates book out 13 months in advance. Bridge Bay, Grant Village, Madison, and Canyon take RVs without hookups.
Source: NPS — Yellowstone National Park campgrounds
East Entrance road over Sylvan Pass restricts vehicles longer than 30 feet — and closes whole winters at a time
U.S. 14/16/20 between the East Entrance and Fishing Bridge crosses Sylvan Pass at 8,524 ft, a steep, avalanche-prone alpine grade. The park has posted advisory size limits warning that vehicles longer than 30 feet are not recommended on the Sylvan Pass section, and the road is closed to wheeled traffic every winter (typically the first Monday in November through early May). The east-side ski-area approach from Cody is one of the most hazardous winter roads in the system — plan an RV approach in summer only and via the East Entrance, not in shoulder seasons.
Source: NPS — Yellowstone East Entrance road and Sylvan Pass status
Grand Teton's Jenny Lake Campground is tent-only — RVs and trailers are flatly banned
In Grand Teton National Park, Jenny Lake Campground is restricted to tents only; RVs, trailers, vans converted with hard sides, and camper trucks with cab-over campers are not permitted. The park's RV-capable campgrounds are Colter Bay (full hookups available, plus standard sites), Headwaters at Flagg Ranch, Gros Ventre, Signal Mountain, and Lizard Creek. If you booked a Jenny Lake site as an RVer, you booked the wrong campground — the rangers will turn you away at check-in.
Source: NPS — Grand Teton National Park campgrounds
Beartooth Highway (U.S. 212) typically doesn't open until the Friday before Memorial Day — and shuts on summer hailstorms
U.S. Route 212 between Red Lodge, MT and Cooke City, MT crosses 10,947-ft Beartooth Pass on the Wyoming-Montana line and is the highest paved road in the Northern Rockies. WYDOT and MDT plow the road open by the Friday before Memorial Day each year and close it in mid-October, but summer snow squalls and hail close it on short notice even in July and August. Wyoming 511 posts live status; a Yellowstone Northeast Entrance arrival via Beartooth is a coin-flip in shoulder seasons.
Source: WYDOT 511 — U.S. 212 Beartooth Highway seasonal status
Wyoming's Department of State Parks caps stays at 14 consecutive nights — and only Wyoming residents get the 50% off rate
Wyoming State Parks (under Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails) caps overnight stays at any individual park at 14 consecutive nights, after which you must vacate the park system for at least 5 nights. Wyoming residents pay roughly half what nonresidents pay for both day-use and overnight fees, and the resident-discount system requires presenting a Wyoming driver's license at the entrance — not a P.O. box. Reservations open 6 months ahead at wyo-park.com.
Source: Wyoming State Parks — Camping rules and resident-rate policy
BLM dispersed camping in Wyoming is free for 14 nights — but the meadow you pick may be closed under a Stage 2 fire order
On Wyoming Bureau of Land Management lands — the bulk of the open sagebrush country between Pinedale, Rock Springs, and Lander — dispersed camping is free for up to 14 consecutive nights in any 28-day period at any one site, after which you must relocate at least 30 miles. Stage 1 and Stage 2 fire restrictions in late summer prohibit open fires and limit generators and chainsaws; the Wyoming State Forestry Division and BLM Wyoming post current restrictions by district. Check the BLM Wyoming fire-restrictions page before lighting a fire near Pinedale or the Red Desert.
Source: BLM Wyoming — Dispersed camping rules; Wyoming State Forestry — fire restrictions
Yellowstone's backcountry has a generator-quiet-hour rule that's effectively a generator ban for most RVers
Inside Yellowstone, generator use at developed campgrounds is restricted to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (the park calls these generator hours, not just quiet hours) — and at the more primitive Slough Creek, Pebble Creek, and Lewis Lake campgrounds, generators are prohibited entirely. Solar charging and onboard battery banks are the only practical power source at those three campgrounds. A boondock-style RVer can still use Yellowstone's primitive campgrounds, but plan for true dry camping with no generator runtime.
Source: NPS — Yellowstone National Park campground regulations
The Yellowstone Grand Loop is 142 miles — but it's a 5-7 day RV trip if you stop where the geysers actually erupt on schedule
The Grand Loop Road is a 142-mile figure-eight, but the park's published average vehicle speed is 35 mph and animal jams can shut a lane for an hour. A realistic Wyoming-anchored Yellowstone loop in an RV is 5-7 days, not a weekend; Old Faithful erupts roughly every 90 minutes (±10), Castle and Riverside Geysers run multi-hour predictions you have to catch, and the south-side Tetons day-trip from Colter Bay adds another full day. See /road-trips/yellowstone-grand-loop-7day/ for the daily mileage, geyser-window pacing, and the Cody vs. Jackson vs. Gardiner gateway tradeoffs.
Source: NPS — Yellowstone Grand Loop Road planning
Top experiences in Wyoming
Public-land, state-park, and scenic-route entries sourced from official .gov and agency sites. Links open the operator’s page.
NPS unit preserving Eocene-era fossils in southwest WY; day-use only.
RV regulatory notes for Wyoming
Wyoming DOT and county treasurers split motor home registration: county collects a value-based fee, state issues plates. Fees scale with model year and value with no state personal property tax — a Wyoming owner advantage versus many value-tax states. Data as of June 2026 — confirm your county's exact value table before titling.
Touring the US from another country? For most rentals a valid driver's license from your home country is accepted for tourism — an International Driving Permit is often recommended (and required by some states or hosts when your license isn't in English), so bring both plus your passport. The listed price is the all-in host price shown before you book, with no drip-pricing surprises at checkout. Confirm each host's pickup requirements before you book.
Availability and pricing are shown on every page before you book.
Weather · Jackson, WY
Open-Meteo
54°F
Partly cloudy · H 69° / L 52° · wind 7 mph · UV 7
Mon · Partly cloudy78° / 47°
Tue · Rain75° / 51°
Wed · Partly cloudy75° / 49°
Air quality · Jackson, WY
Open-Meteo · US AQI
41
Good · dominant pollutant ozone
Park alerts · Yellowstone
NPS
We can't read the live alert feed on this page. Conditions change fast — the park service posts every closure and warning on its own page. Check alerts on nps.gov →
Wildfire & burn bans · Wyoming
InciWeb · NWCG
InciWeb feed unavailable — see inciweb.wildfire.gov directly.
6% state tax + 1% avg local · estimated — statute verification in progress · exact tax confirmed at checkout · PickRV does not collect this — your host is responsible for state and local tax.
Min driver age
16+ standard · 21+ Class A
Gravel road policy
Allowed — no restriction
Generator quiet hours
22:00-08:00
OHV permit
Required · ~$15
Alcohol policy
Open container prohibited in cabin
Dump-station regulations
Permissive
Must know
›Yellowstone: rigs >35ft restricted from Dunraven + Beartooth passes
›Bear country: same protocol as Alaska — all scented items locked
›Geothermal areas: stay on boardwalks — Yellowstone NPS enforces off-trail violations under federal park regulations (36 CFR 2.1)
Compliance notes (1)
· WY G&F watercraft inspection certificate required for boats coming from out-of-state
Per-state legal callout · WY
Before you rent in Wyoming — key local rules
Personal motorhomes under 26,001 lbs need no special license
Wyoming's standard Class C license covers any single vehicle or combination (except motorcycles) that does not require a CDL; a special Z endorsement on Class C is required only for recreational vehicles with a GVWR of 39,001 lbs or more. A personal motorhome under 26,001 lbs is well within plain Class C.
Aquatic Invasive Species inspection required at WY waters
Wyoming Game & Fish does NOT require a general boater education card but mandates Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) inspection for all watercraft entering Wyoming waters from outside the state. AIS decal ($30 resident / $50 nonresident) funds prevention. Yellowstone Lake + Flaming Gorge + Boysen Reservoir add NPS/USBR federal rules.
WY ORV permit: $15 per calendar year, same price for residents and visitors
Wyoming State Parks requires an annual ORV registration decal costing $15 per calendar year for any off-road vehicle ridden on designated ORV trails and areas — one permit, same price for residents and non-residents, sold at wyotrails.onewyo.gov and through local agents. BLM is the largest land manager within Wyoming at roughly 18 million acres, while Yellowstone and Grand Teton ban OHV use on backcountry trails.
Wyoming BAC 0.08%; open container in passenger area prohibited
Wyoming enforces 0.08% BAC for non-commercial drivers (0.04% commercial). Open alcoholic containers prohibited in passenger areas on public highways. Living-quarters use while parked may be permitted but is officer-discretion at roadside stops.
Yellowstone: Recreation.gov sites open 6 months out; five book via park lodges
Six Yellowstone campgrounds — Indian Creek, Lewis Lake, Mammoth, Pebble Creek, Slough Creek and Tower Fall — are booked through Recreation.gov, and each site opens on a rolling basis exactly six months before your arrival date. Bridge Bay, Canyon, Fishing Bridge RV Park, Grant Village and Madison are reserved separately through Yellowstone National Park Lodges, which releases dates further ahead. Fishing Bridge RV Park is the only campground offering water, sewer, and electrical hookups (50 amp service), making it the one option for larger rigs needing full hookups.
You set your own rate and your own cleaning fee, and applying is one form — photos, rig details, and the host checklist. The full fee split is on the listing page.
This guide is provided for general informational purposes only. PickRV is not an insurer, legal advisor, or vehicle-safety authority. Trip planning, route selection, rig suitability, weather, and emergency decisions are the renter's responsibility. Always consult the rig manufacturer's owner's manual, your insurance provider, the U.S. National Park Service (nps.gov), NOAA / NWS weather alerts (weather.gov), state and local emergency-management agencies, and current local regulations before and during travel. Cost figures, season windows, road conditions, and fee references on this page are estimates as of May 2026 and vary by season, location, rig, carrier, and operator. Mentions of brand names, state-tourism marks, national-park feature names, or third-party programs are informational only and do not imply affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement.
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