Best route from Sturgis to Yellowstone
 

I am looking for a good route from Sturgis to Yellowstone and a nice place to stay on the east side of Yellowstone. Any recommendations??

Well back in 04 we ran this as part of our trip from Ohio. From Sturgis we went up and saw Devils tower, passed thru Gillette, into Sheridan were we spent the night, over the Bighorns (great ride) and onto Red Lodge, where we spent the night. From Red Lodge we went over Bear Tooth (a dont miss ride) and into Cooke City. At this point you are just about at NE entrance to Yellowstone. We did lunch in Cooke City but backtracked to Chief Joseph Highway (another outstanding ride) and took this into Cody, where we spent the night. Plenty of hotels and food there. From there you can ride into Yellowstone. I have the exact routes saved but dunno where at the moment. Let me know if ya cant find any of this on a map.

Good info, thanks.

+1 done that ride in 2007 just have a reservation or arrive early in Red Lodge or might have trouble finding a place to stay some times.

once you get close to wyoming get to hiway 24 and do the devils tower. this is a nice ride. once on I-90 go as fast a you can to just north of sheridan. the take hiway 14 over the bighorn mountains. this ride will surprise you for it's beauty. there was some road work on this road last september. doubt if it is complete but it is still nice. we took 14 south into greybull, but i would recommend 14 alt to lovell. we spent the nite in cody. one day from deadwood to cody is a full day. cody has a nice gun museum if your into guns. easy ride from cody to the park. only ate dinner in red lodge, but the town looked interesting with some charm. beartooth is a must but we got a little snow in july/08. you can have a snowball fight at the summit in july. never stayed east of the park, always west yellowstone, mt. this town is a little pricey. cody, wy is a nice town, stayed downtown in old hotel across from the harley dealership. need reservations. watch out for suicidal antelope all across wyoming. have a nice trip.

This is the exact route we took to Yellowstone after Sturgis last year. I was surprised at how many of the roads through the mountains were torn up, some of it was darn near treacherous on a bike! I was also surprised that it took us a full day to get to Cody, it didn't look that far on the map! You WILL want to ride the Chief Joseph and Bear Tooth, amazing scenery! We did it twice while we were out there.

We left Sturgis around 7am went into Montana and headed west to Billings, went through Red Lodge, Bear Tooth pass and the the second town after Bear Tooth pass was Silver Gate if I recall and Its right at the North entrance to Yellowstone.

Anyhow, we stayed in a whore house right there in the middle of Silver Gate. No bullshit, we took a step back in time about 100 years, the rooms were cheap just a bed, a night stand and a light. Community shower was good enough. Kinda neat each door had a wooden plaque with the girls name from back in the day.

In '08 we rode from Deadwood to Cody and stayed at Holiday Inn then on to Cooke City then to the NW corner of Yellowstone where we camped out. Plan on getting to campsite early enough to find a campsite. It's crowded in July/August.

Whatever route you take, these are the must....1. Beartooth Pass 2. Redlodge 3. Chief Joesph pass 4. Cody (The Irma Hotel for Prime Rib Buffet, Best in the west) and then roll right into East Yellowstone from Cody.

I don't know Bigsky, how can you beat gettin a good nights sleep in a whore house in Silver Gate. Gonna have to get some pics in here. lol

Cooke City is a nice small town to stay in on the Eastern side of Yellowstone. From Sturgis we hit Devils tower then jumped on 90 through Sheridan and spent one night at the top of the Bighorns at Bear Lodge http://www.bearlodgeresort.com/ (Burgess Junction) then headed south through Shell and Greybull to Cody. Much better scenery in my opinion than the Northern route through Lovell but that was nothing to shake a stick at either. Check out the falls at Shell Falls on your way by. On our way back from Cooke City we did Beartooth Pass and had Lunch in Red Lodge, then rode to Lovell and back to the Bighorns for night #3, back to Deadwood the next day. Made it a 4 day trip rather than 3, got to see more sights that way.

http://www.pineedgecabins.com/rangeriderlodge.htm

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About 30 bucks a night for a room, or the four corner rooms have a bunch of bunks that a group can get for 10 bucks a head iirc.

After reading the link, it was built in 1937 so maybe just looks like an old brothel

We headed to Billings after Devil's Tower. Going this way allows Beartooth and Chief Joseph
easily the next day. This will drop you into Cody. We continued on that day thru Yellowstone and stayed outside Jackson. We only stayed in Yellowstone long enough to see Old Faithful which I had seen and buddy hadn't. Might be better for you to stay in or around Cody if you want to spend alot of time in Yellowstone.