In-Park Communications | Yellowstone National Park Lodges (2024)

FAQs

Do Yellowstone Lodges have WiFi? ›

Lake Yellowstone Hotel-Wired, ethernet service is available in the guest rooms and business center (no wireless internet available). Internet is not available in Sandpiper Lodge or the cottages. WI-FI is NOT available at Lake Hotel.

Yellowstone lodging is not inexpensive. Roughrider Cabins, the most basic of Yellowstone lodging cost $125 plus tax. That's for one double bed and no bathroom. On the other end of the spectrum, rooms at the Lake Yellowstone Lodge can cost $550 or more.

Cellular Phone Service in Yellowstone

There are cell towers at Mammoth Hot Springs, West yellowstone, Grant Village, Lake Village, Old Faithful, and Mount Washburn. That means, at the park's north and west entrances, cell service is fairly dependable. It's also usually solid at most of the park's developed areas.

Lodging facilities in the national parks are operated by private concessionaires, not the U.S. government or the National Park Service.

The Lodge is included in the Old Faithful Historic District. Compared with the Inn, which is a full-service hotel, the Lodge provides only dining, social, administrative and registration services for lodgers, who are accommodated in detached cabins surrounding the Lodge.

There is no air conditioning, internet, TV, or radio, and neither pets nor cooking are allowed.

Winter and spring are the best time to visit Yellowstone to avoid crowds. Winter can be cold, but it has opportunities for different activities such as snowcoaches, skiing, wildlife spotting, and more. Spring is great because everything is still breaking out of the snowpack and beginning to bloom.

Once you arrive in Yellowstone, you'll never want to leave—and since you'll be staying in the park you won't have to! By not wasting time commuting into the park, you'll have more time to explore 3,500 square miles of Yellowstone wilderness, from mountains and forests to colorful hot springs, mud pots, and geysers.

To truly enjoy the park three to four days is best. You will get to see the must-dos, but also enjoy the sights that most visitors miss in their frantic rush to check off a list. At almost 3,500 square miles (over 2 million acres) of land, Yellowstone is massive.

Our Locations. Yellowstone Park Service Stations has seven locations in the Park with over 80 seasonal employees. Yellowstone Park Service Stations, Inc. (YPSS) operates seven convenience store/fuel facilities, four automotive repair shops and a central office/warehouse in Yellowstone National Park.

Can I sleep in my car at Yellowstone? ›

Can I Camp Anywhere in Yellowstone? Camping or overnight vehicle parking in pullouts, picnic areas, picnic grounds or any place other than a designated campground are not permitted and there are no overflow camping facilities. However, camping is often available in neighboring communities and forests outside the park.

With the exception of Fishing Bridge RV Park which is full hookup/hard-sided units only, tents are allowed in all other campgrounds in Yellowstone Park. I've been tent camping in Yellowstone for 40+ years.

A member of Historic Hotels of America and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Lake Yellowstone Hotel opened in 1891 after two years of construction at a cost of $46,000.

CONCESSIONER LODGING – An element of a concessioner operation involving facilities for overnight lodging such as hotels, motels, cabins, cottages, trailer villages, and trailer courts where trailers are available for rent by visitors.

All federal public lands are owned by U.S. taxpayers whose money goes toward maintaining national parks, forests, wilderness areas, wild rivers, and scenic rivers. That means that every person has a right to be there, and a say in how those lands can be used.

Viasat Internet's satellite connection blankets all of Yellowstone National Park with its services, offering 100% coverage. The provider's network reaches every corner of the park, supporting activities likes browsing, emailing, and social media with its maximum download speed of 10 Mbps.

Over the past 17 million years the North American continent has continued to drift west-southwest over this hotspot. The spectacular hot springs, geysers, and other hydrothermal features of Yellowstone National Park are the current manifestation of the hotspot activity.

Internet access is available to registered overnight guests at The Ahwahnee, Yosemite Valley Lodge, Curry Village, and Wawona Hotel. Computers with Internet access and Wi-Fi are available to the public at the small Mariposa County library branches in Yosemite Valley and Wawona.

The Yellowstone hotspot has long been suspected to be part of a mantle plume—a region of the mantle that is hot but still solid and that is buoyantly upwelling. Mantle plumes may originate from the boundary between Earth's mantle and core, nearly 3000 km (about 1850 mi) beneath the surface.