2025 National Parks

One of the main reasons for traveling the United States in a motorhome is to explore the many wonders around the country.

This is a summary of the National Parks we visited in 2025. You can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.

As with the previous summaries, I’ll include a link to the corresponding blog post, and a sample picture. Click or tap the link or picture to see more.

You can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the national park category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).

We visited 5 new National Parks in 2025 (plus revisited several), for a total of 52 so far of the 63 total National Parks. We have visited all of the National Parks in the contiguous states; a major milestone! Just those in Alaska, Hawaii, and American Samoa to go.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park: visitor centers:

Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Brandywine Falls:

Cuyahoga Valley National Park Scenic Railroad: Vamos Vino Grape Escape:

Acadia National Park: east loop:

Acadia National Park: west loop:

Acadia National Park: Cadillac Mountain sunrise:

Acadia National Park: Schoodic Peninsula:

Indiana Dunes National Park:

Isle Royale National Park:

Voyageurs National Park: Lake Kabetogama and Ash River:

Voyageurs National Park: Rainy Lake Grand Tour:

Wind Cave National Park:

Yellowstone Canyon area:

Yellowstone Norris area:

Yellowstone Midway area:

Yellowstone Lamar Valley area:

Yellowstone Old Faithful area:

Grand Teton National Park:

Yellowstone Artists Paintpots area:

Joshua Tree Hidden Valley Nature Trail hike: [This link won’t work until later.]

Several nice parks.

Video

Video: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming to Missoula, Montana motorhome travel timelapse

A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 329 miles from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming to Missoula, Montana.

Travel from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming to Missoula, Montana

We drove our coach 329 miles, about five hours of driving, from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming to Missoula, Montana.

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

Map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

An interesting trailer:

An interesting trailer

Check-out box:

Check-out box

Crowd watching something on the hill; I couldn’t see anything:

Crowd watching something

A lone bison:

Lone bison

Thermal feature:

Thermal feature

Madison River:

Madison River

Leaving the park:

Leaving the park

Welcome to West Yellowstone, Montana:

Welcome to West Yellowstone, Montana

West Yellowstone

Hebgen Lake:

Hebgen Lake

Madison River:

Madison River

Ennis:

Ennis

We had originally planned to stay at Ennis RV Park, but decided to just push on through:

Ennis RV Park

Route 359 North:

Route 359 North

Truck parking closed on I-90 West:

Truck parking closed on I-90 West

… because they diverted traffic through the parking area due to road works:

Truck parking closed on I-90 West

Continental Divide:

Continental Divide

I-90 West:

I-90 West

Rest area:

Rest area

Wildlife escape ramp:

Wildlife escape ramp

Interesting rocks:

Interesting rocks

Arriving at Jim & Mary’s RV Park:

Arriving at Jim & Mary's RV Park

Our site:

Our site

Yellowstone Artists Paintpots area

On our last day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Artists Paintpots area, then completed the lower loop, with a picnic dinner at a secret picnic area:

A bison swimming across Yellowstone River:

Bison swimming across Yellowstone River

Bison:

Bison

Artusts’ Paintpots:

Artusts' Paintpots

On the way home we had a picnic in a “secret” area that seems to have mostly fallen into Yellowstone Lake:

Picnic area

Grand Teton National Park

On our sixth day in Yellowstone National Park we headed south out of the park, to do a quick scenic drive of the neighboring Grand Teton National Park:

A picnic lunch at Lewis Lake:

Picnic at Lewis Lake

Lewis Lake

Lewis Falls:

Lewis Falls

Grand Teton National Park entrance sign:

Grand Teton National Park entrance sign

Jackson Lake:

Jackson Lake

Signal Mountain Overlook:

Signal Mountain Overlook

Grand Teton peaks:

Grand Teton National Park

Horses:

Horses

Grand Teton National Park

Bison:

Bison

Horses chasing after a bison:

Horses and bison

Horses

Bison

Dinner at Leeks Pizzeria (a very long wait):

Leeks Pizzeria

A bear across the lake:

Bear

Sunset over Yellowstone Lake on the way home:

Sunset over Yellowstone Lake

Yellowstone Old Faithful area

On our fifth day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Black Sand Basin, the Old Faithful area, and West Thumb Geyser Basin on the way back:

Black Sand Basin:

Black Sand Basin

Upper Geyser Basin:

Upper Geyser Basin

Old Faithful Lodge:

Old Faithful Lodge

Old Faithful erupting:

Old Faithful erupting

Kepler Cascades:

Kepler Cascades

Continental Divide, elevation 8262, and Isa Lake:

Continental Divide, elevation 8262, and Isa Lake

Ducks in Isa Lake:

Ducks in Isa Lake

West Thumb Geyser Basin:

West Thumb Geyser Basin

Yellowstone Lamar Valley area

On our fourth day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Lamar Valley area, all the way to just before the northeast entrance, then over to Mammoth Hot Springs, and around the upper loop:

Bison:

Bison

Tower Falls:

Tower Falls

Interesting rocks:

Interesting rocks

Bison in Lamar Valley:

Bison in Lamar Valley

NE Entrance Road:

NE Entrance Road

Bison in Lamar Valley:

Bison in Lamar Valley

Elk in Mammoth:

Elk in Mammoth

Mammoth terraces:

Mammoth terraces

Waterfall:

Waterfall

Sheepeater Cliff:

Sheepeater Cliff

Bison strolling on the road:

Bison strolling on the road

Elk:

Elk

Bison:

Bison

Yellowstone Midway area

On our third day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Midway area, specifically Fountain Paint Pots and Grand Prismatic Spring, with a spot of shopping in Canyon and a picnic dinner at the Firehole River Picnic Area beforehand. Here’s our route, going around the lower loop counter-clockwise:

Bison jam:

Bison jam

Bison

Fountain Paint Pots:

Fountain Paint Pots

We were standing around the junction of the boardwalk when Jenn spotted a bison approaching, grazing the grass, so we retreated to a safe distance (unlike those people, who are a bit too close):

Bison

Rather old and scrawny:

Bison

Fountain Paint Pots

Midway Geyser Basin:

Midway Geyser Basin

Rather too misty to get a good view:

Midway Geyser Basin

Yellowstone Norris area

On our second day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Norris area. We had actually planned to visit the Madison area, but it was a bit busy still, so we continued up to Norris, with a picnic nearby then a walk around the Porcelain Basin of Norris. Here’s our route, going around the lower of the two main loops in a clockwise direction:

A bison on the side of the road:

A bison on the side of the road

Picnic dinner at the Norris Meadows Picnic Area:

Picnic dinner at the Norris Meadows Picnic Area

Norris Meadows

Norris Geyser Basin:

Norris Geyser Basin

Yellowstone Canyon area

We seem to visit Yellowstone National Park every couple of years: we stayed in a rental trailer in 2021, stayed for a couple of weeks in our coach in 2023, and here we are visiting for nine days in 2025.

This time, we just concentrated on our favorite locations, for the most part, visiting different areas each day, or more accurately each evening after work during the week.

On our first evening, we visited the Canyon area. Here’s our route:

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone:

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone