Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Washington Road Trip Itinerary

 

Flew CLE-DFW-BOI Twin Falls 9,074 steps

Drove to Twin Falls

Thousand Spring State Park – Malad Gorge, Niagara Springs

Perrine Bridge

Shoshone Falls

 Twin Falls 13,399 steps

Sawtooth National Forest – Ross Falls, TeePee Rocks- awful dirt road

Caldron Linn

Shoshone Falls & Dierkes Lake

Centennial Park – falls, Perrine-Coulee Falls

 Driggs 10,639 steps

Perrine-Coulee Falls

Craters of the Moon – Devils Orchard, Inferno Cone – hiked up, Spatter Cones, Snow Cones, Big Craters, Broken Tops

Grand Teton – Mormon Row, Moulton Barn, Overlooks, Oxbow Bend, Cascade Canyon

 Driggs 26.859 steps

Grand Teton

Jenny Lake to Hidden Falls & Inspiration Point – saw a moose

Signal Mountain – elk

Swan Lake to Heron Pond

Float trip – 4 eagles, 2 beavers, ducks, geese, heron

 West Yellowstone (White Buffalo) 11,258 steps

Mesa Falls lower, upper, hike to lower falls

Yellowstone – Old Faithful, Firehole Lake Dr – Great Fountain Geyser – elk, bison crossing the bridge in front of us

West Yellowstone - 32,098 steps

Yellowstone

Firehole Canyon & waterfall

Grand Prismatic boardwalk

Biscuit Basin – hike to Mystic Falls & Overlook

Old Faithful boardwalk trails, Geyser hill

West Thumb Geyser Basin – boardwalk

Kepler Cascade

Black Sand Basin

Grand Prismatic Overlook

West Yellowstone 19,614 steps

Yellowstone

Gibbon Falls

Artist Paint Pots

Virginia Cascade – fox

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone – North Rim - Lower Falls, Inspiration Point, Upper Falls, Crystal Falls, South Rim – Artist Point

Hayden Valley – 150+ bison

Sulfur Caldron, Mud Volcano

Lee Hardy Rapids

West Yellowstone 12,624 steps

Yellowstone NP

Lamar Valley – 1000’s bison, 1 coyote, 5 pronghorn

Trout Lake

Petrified tree

Wraith Falls

Undine Falls

Roosevelt Arch

Mammoth Hot Springs – 50 elk

Missoula 7,006 steps

Ousel Falls – Big Sky

Kalispell 15,367 steps

Glacier NP - Going to the Sun Road

Waterfall hike – Baring Falls, St Mary Falls, Virginia Falls - deer

Jackson Glacier overlook

Lunch Creek – 4 bighorn sheep

Kalispell 14,285 steps

Glacier NP

Logan Pass – Hidden Lake hike – 10 mountain goats – 7 right in front of us, marmots

Lunch Creek – Bighorn sheep right in front of us, hike to falls

Bird Woman Falls overlook

Heaven’s Peak

Trail of the Cedar – Avalanche Creek

Sacred Dancing Cascade

McDonald Falls

Yakima 6,187 steps

Spokane Falls

Olympia 17.277 steps

Mt Rainier NP

Sunrise Nature trail & Emmons Vista

Silver Falls

Cougar Falls

Box Canyon

Ruby Falls

Reflection Lake

Paradise– Nisqually Vista, Myrtle Falls

Narada Falls

Christine Falls

Forks 14,590 steps

Olympic NP

Hurricane Ridge – Sunrise Point

Madison Falls

Marymere Falls

Lake Crescent

Salmon Cascade

Sol Duc Falls

 Portland 13,671 steps

Olympic

Rialto Beach

Hoh Rainforest – Spruce Nature Trail, Hall of Mosses

Ruby Beach

Home 4,539

Fly PDX – DFW-CLE

3404 miles driving

4930 miles flying

228,487 steps

2085 pictures

33 named falls

Mesa Falls - Idaho

We stopped at Mesa Falls - lower and upper overlooks on our way to Yellowstone.  Also did a hike from the upper falls to the lower falls overlook.

Craters of the Moon - Idaho

We stopped at Craters of the Moon on our drive to Grand Tetons.  It was a good place to buy our National Park pass for our trip to save time in line at the national park.  There is a cave area with lava tubes, but these were closed because of Covid when we were there.

 There was a nice 7 mile scenic drive with lots of stops along the way.

North Crater Flow 0.3 miles trail

Devils Orchard - 0.5 mile loop

Hike up Inferno Cone short steep 0.2 mile

Spatter Cones, Snow Cone, Big Crater stop - short hikes

Broken Tops hike 1.8 miles loop

Sawtooth National Forest - Ross Falls, Teepee Rocks, Caldron Linn Idaho

I don't recommend this part of our trip.  The road was dirt and rough most of the way.  Plus it's pretty isolated if you have any trouble.

Ross Falls

Car was pretty dirty half way through.

  Teepee Rocks

Reservior

Caldron Linn.  You can get to this without the dirt roads but it's a longer way from Twin Falls

Centennial Park and Perrine Bridge - Twin Falls Idaho

We stopped to see the bridge from both sides of the river.

 walking across the bridge

 View from Visitor Center

Random waterfalls on a hike toward the bridge

 Perrine-Coulee Falls

 Gliders off the bridge