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Most travelers coming to Wyoming and Montana focus their time on the national parks, often trying to reserve campsites within park boundaries. What many people don’t know is that there are amazing campgrounds just outside Yellowstone and Grand Teton. These incredibly scenic spots won’t add much driving time to your vacation and are often significantly less crowded.  We have compiled a list of some of our favorites, including links that can help you gather more information.

Campgrounds Outside Yellowstone

North Yellowstone/Gardiner:

10 min from North Entrance

Eagle Creek Campground– A first-come first-served campground run by the forest service on the Yellowstone river. This beautiful site is also a great fishing hole, so don’t forget your rod.

Rocky Mountain RV Camp. If you are looking for a scenic campground with all the amenities, this is the spot for you. With elk and bison frequently passing through the campground, this is a great place to base as you explore the Upper Loop of Yellowstone.

West Yellowstone

20 minutes from West Entrance

KOA Campground– Located 6 miles from Yellowstone’s West Entrance. With added amenities such as mini golf, a hot tub, and WI-FI, this is camping at its most glamorous.

Rainbow Point Campground–  This campground is located on the north shore of Hebgen Lake, just a 20 minute drive from Yellowstone’s West Entrance. Rainbow point also accepts advance reservations, so you can make your bookings early to be safe.

Lonesomehurst Campground–  Located on the south shore of Hebgen Lake, only 20 minutes from Yellowstone’s west entrance. This campground also books in advance.

Cody

10-20 minutes from East Entrance

Buffalo Bill Campground–  Located on the shores of the Buffalo Bill Reservoir, one hour from Yellowstone lake.  This campground has both reservable and first-come first-served sites.

Newton Creek Campground– Located in the Shanone National forest, this small 31 site campground is all first-come first-served and reserved for hard sided campers only.

Campgrounds Outside Grand Teton

North of Jackson

5-15 minutes from Park Entrance

Shadow Mountain– Located in the Gros Ventre mountain range, this is one of the best view of the Tetons you can get!  All sites are first come first served, so you will want to get here early to get the best spots!

Hatchet Campground– Located 15 minutes from the northern Moran entrance this small 9 site campground offers primitive sites. All sites are first come first served.

South of Jackson

30-60 minutes from Park Entrance

Granite Hot Springs– Located 40 miles south of town, this gem is a well kept secret and often off the beaten track for most tours. All sites are first come, first served but rarely fill up. If they do, the campground is located in the National Forest, so you can park anywhere and camp for the night.

Hoback Campground–  Located south of the town of Jackson Hole. This small campground is first come first served, and offers incredible fishing opportunities just steps from your campsite!

Jackson KOA– Located south of Jackson Hole along the riverbank of the Snake River, this is possibly the best KOA anywhere. Just 20 minutes from the town of Jackson & 40-minutes from the Grand Teton National Park.

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Desert Southwest

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Press

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We’ve gotten quite a few new followers the past several weeks and wanted to take a moment to say hello and introduce our business:

Moterra was founded in 2016 in our dreamy backyard of Jackson, WY which is the gateway to Grand Teton National Park! Since then, we’ve expanded our fleet with a few different styles of vans and to 5 rental locations around the West. Behind the vans and beautiful landscapes, we’re a small but mighty team of experienced travelers and outdoor adventurers who have a serious passion for fresh air and freedom! Our mission is to inspire others to protect wild places by exploring more of the great outdoors and by bringing Mother Nature to your front door...the front door of your ‘home on wheels’ that is.

We aim to provide our guests with an experience and opportunity of a lifetime by equipping our vans with everything you need to camp, cook, and drive. We even offer package and custom itineraries along with a variety of add-on’s that can be chosen to customize every rental!

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Seeking: Larger parties who like having 1 queen and 1 double bed, seatbelts for 8, and the convenience of still being only 19 feet in length. 

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Dreaming of the Tetons this summer? Great news, we have extended our Early Bird summer itinerary season,  meaning you have until April 1 to lock in an itinerary for this summer before our prices go up! We have limited van availability left for summer in Jackson and Glacier, so we recommend booking in your dates as soon as possible. Check out the link in our bio, or contact us for more information!
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Pricing for all summer itineraries goes up March 1st! Give us a call today to lock in the current rates - we’d love to help plan your perfect adventure! 

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January update in response to California’s latest Stay Home Orders

On December 4th, San Francisco and many surrounding counties enacted a new Stay Home order which will go into effect on December 6th. This preempted a new state-wide Stay Home order that will be enacting restrictions on regions outside of the Bay Area. All non-essential travel, including driving more than 2-3 hours, is restricted as part of both orders. In accordance with our policy of complying with all local restrictions in the communities where we operate, we have chosen to suspend operations from our San Francisco location until the current Stay Home Orders are lifted. Current guidance suggests that this will not happen before January 14th, 2021.

While we’re disappointed that we will not be able to accommodate our renters’ holiday travel plans this season, we believe that it is important to support our local healthcare workers, first responders, and our communities at large by taking all reasonable precautions to help limit the spread of Covid-19.

Please contact us with any questions or concerns. We continue to take reservations for Spring and Summer 2021, and we hope to resume accepting reservations for winter travel very soon.


Cleaning Standards

You can be confident in our cleaning standards.  We have reviewed our cleaning standards to ensure that they meet or exceed CDC cleaning recommendations. The scope of these cleaning standards applies to all vans and camping equipment that are utilized on Moterra rentals.

As always, your rental will come with disinfectant wipes so that you can maintain clean and hygienic conditions during your rental.  We will also be including disposable masks for you to use.


Updated Cancellation Policy

We want to ensure that our guests are able to respond to the realities of traveling while focusing on the safety and enjoyment of your family. With that in mind, we have amended our cancelation policy for all reservations that take place in 2021.

The 25% deposit required to reserve a van is refundable outside of 45 days prior to your trip departure. The reservation remainder will be charged 45 days from your departure date, at which point it will be non refundable.

Moterra offers cancelation protection for additional peace of mind and flexibility within the 45-day cancelation window during these uncertain times. This can be added during the check out process.

Should you need to cancel or reschedule your reservation due to state or federally mandated travel restrictions, provided you are not able to receive reimbursement from an insurer (trip insurance or other), and you are between 8 and 45 days of your reservation’s departure date when placing the request, we will credit your rental amount towards a future rental with us with no expiration. Please note that rentals cannot be rescheduled within 7 days of departure and forfeit any credits upon cancellation.

One-way fees are non-transferable and will be non-refundable from booking.

Guests who have booked itineraries will be refunded, minus van rental cost, deposits on activities, lodging, transportation and the $500 itinerary deposit.


 

Nominate a Healthcare Worker!

Healthcare workers have been working tirelessly to nurture our community back to health. The Moterra team wants to do our part to thank them, and we need your help!  We will be giving away 5 vouchers, each redeemable for a 3 night trip in their choice of a Pop Top or High Roof van. This voucher will be valid beginning when it is deemed safe to travel through December 31, 2021.

Click the link below to nominate healthcare workers who you think may enjoy a vancation as an opportunity to unwind and reconnect with loved ones.  Have more than one person in mind? There is no limit to how many people you can nominate!  The five healthcare workers will be selected on May 30, 2020.

 

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