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Outdoor Adventures in Yellowstone Country

by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers

Feb 5, 2025

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Destinations / North America

Fans of Yellowstone already have a picture of the landscapes of backcountry Montana and ranches of Northern Wyoming. If your family is intrigued by these glimpses of Montana’s Big Sky country and landscapes of Yellowstone, consider traveling west for one of these adventures.

 

Yellowstone Ranch Getaway
Yellowstone National Park and Shoshone National Forest were America’s first protected landscapes, and you can appreciate them from a comfortable base at Blackwater Creek Lodge & Guest Ranch outside Cody, Wyoming. While in this cowboy town, you can enjoy the thrills of a Cody Nite Rodeo and spend days hiking and riding horseback through the forests and meadows, or you can go fly fishing in Blackwater Creek and learn archery at the ranch.

 

Dude Ranch in Montana
Horseback riding is only one of the classic dude ranch adventures you can have at the 520-acre Circle Bar Ranch in central Montana. Ride across the Judith River or up a ridge for a breakfast cookout, take up archery, and enjoy traditional ranch cooking and accommodations in the Ranch House or a historic cabin.

 

National Parks RV Adventures
Discover Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks at your own pace in a new Winnebago RV, taking as long as you like at any of the parks’ attractions. Blacksford RVs and camper vans are fully outfitted for camping and have all the amenities for a comfortable outdoor vacation. Blacksford can meet you with a van and drop you off wherever you choose.

 

Glamping Cowboy Style
Cowboys never had it this good. At the 80,000-acre Paintrock Canyon Ranch in the Bighorn Mountains, you can step into ranch life and explore your surroundings on horseback or use it as a base to discover the attractions and wildlife of Yellowstone National Park. However you spend your days, you’ll return at night to a luxury furnished safari-style tent and dinner of ranch-raised beef and local produce.

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