Travel from Buffalo to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

We drove our coach 260 miles, about five hours of driving, from Buffalo to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:

Route map

Route with elevations:

Route with elevations

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Highway 16, west of Buffalo, Wyoming:

Highway 16 west of Buffalo, Wyoming

Signs indicated various rock strata, e.g. Granite Gneiss rocks:

Granite Gneiss rocks

Pull-off for a break:

Pull-off for a break

Runaway truck ramp and interesting rocks:

Runaway truck ramp and interesting rocks

Interesting rocks

interesting rocks

Interesting rocks

Ten Sleep is a cute little town:

Ten Sleep

Ten Sleep

Ten Sleep

Rest area:

Rest area

Wildlife:

Wildlife

Cody:

Cody

Shoshone River:

Shoshone River

Shoshone River

Buffalo Bill tunnels:

Buffalo Bill tunnels

Buffalo Bill reservoir:

Buffalo Bill reservoir

Shoshone River:

Shoshone River

Rest area:

Rest area

More interesting rocks:

Interesting rocks

Yellowstone National Park east entrance sign:

Yellowstone National Park east entrance sign

And entrance station:

Yellowstone National Park east entrance

Yellowstone Lake:

Yellowstone Lake

Fishing Bridge RV Park check-in area:

Fishing Bridge RV Park check-in area

Fishing Bridge RV Park registration

Our site:

Our site