Yellowstone-bound RV-ers: Your parking spot is waiting…

Families visiting the Buffalo Bill Center of the West are typically coming or going—to Yellowstone National Park, that is—and for good reason. Yellowstone is America’s first national park, and we just happen to be a convenient 50 miles from the park’s East Gate.

And, many of those travelers are camping. In fact, the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association says that 72 percent of RV-ers plan to visit a national park on their vacations. Here at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, we welcome a raft of campers all season long—from pull-trailers and pickup campers to mammoth-sized motorhomes.

Now, here’s the good news for our recreational vehicle friends: We have an oversized, day-use parking lot (no overnight parking) just for you while you’re visiting us! Our RV lot makes it easy for even the largest motorhome to navigate.

“In the evening we gathered around the campfire,” wrote William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody in his 1879 autobiography about an October 1871 campout. “…we all united in making that night the pleasantest of all that we had spent together. We had eloquent speeches, songs, and interesting anecdotes. I was called upon, and entertained the gentlemen with some lively…stories.”

Like Buffalo Bill, you’ll have plenty of tales of your own to share with family and friends around the campfire at the end of the day here in Cody Country—especially stories of your visit to the Center of the West.