I would like to drive to Yellowstone for 6 days in mid-June. On the first day, I plan to drive from Salt Lake City to Yellowstone, and I want to visit Grand Teton National Park on the way and stay outside Yellowstone at night. Question 1: Do you have any recommendations for hotels and restaurants outside Yellowstone? I have no preference for the taste. On the second day, I will enter Yellowstone National Park in the morning and drive for 5 days inside the park. Question 2: How should I plan the route to make it more suitable, hoping to visit all the attractions? Question 3: Can you recommend suitable hotels based on the route without too much backtracking? My budget is 500-1000 RMB per day, and I can accept 2000 RMB if necessary. Question 4: How can I solve the dining problem inside the park? Any recommended restaurants along the way? This is my first time traveling so far from home, so I have quite a few questions. I hope friends who have been there can help me. Thank you very much ?

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Do not stay in those expensive hotels inside the park, are there guesthouses? How many kilometers is each Road trip line in the park? If it is hundreds of kilometers, I would like to stay one night on the longest line to avoid driving back and forth.

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Tourist1841036

Due to the different lengths of the itinerary and the different purposes of the trip, to put it simply, it may not necessarily suit everyone's tastes: 1) You can stay for one night at a leisure resort between Grand Teton and Yellowstone; 2) Yellowstone Park has five entrances spanning three states. You can play in a divergent manner from the central Old Faithful geyser in four directions. There are five entrances to Yellowstone. You should enter from the south entrance. The main entrances are east, west, and south. We haven't been to the north entrance and northwest entrance in the park for seven days. The east entrance has cheaper hotels and Chinese-style buffets, $10 per person; 3) There are several old expensive hotels near the Old Faithful geyser in the park; 4) There are only American/Western fast food in the park, usually we eat two meals at the Old Faithful geyser, have breakfast at the accommodation and set off to play, eat dinner on the way back in the afternoon, or eat some fruit or fast food in between; 5) The scenery/geysers and various animals in Yellowstone Park: bison, wolves, bighorn sheep, bears, etc., have different close encounters at different times, so it is repeated playing in the park, not like driving once on California Highway 1; I went to play last year, just cleared all the information, and said some for reference based on memory.

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Eastern Sea

1. Accommodation within the park is harder to get during peak season. 2. Jackson Town outside the south gate is a scenic spot and accommodation point. It's also convenient to get to Yellowstone National Park. You should stay at least one night. You are coming from Salt Lake City, a distance of 600 kilometers. Set up camp here and leave the next day, and you may feel rushed to visit Yellowstone, or you may just pass through some of its points. 3. If the road into the park from the south gate is not closed (I had to detour more than 300 kilometers last year due to forest fires), you can directly drive from the park's highway to West Yellowstone Town outside the west gate. This town is a popular accommodation point for many tour groups. Staying here for two nights allows you to visit the central and lower parts of the 8-shaped area (where the main attractions of Yellowstone are located). 4. Gardiner Town outside the north gate is very nice, and it's very close to Mammoth Hot Springs. It's suitable to visit the attractions in the upper left and upper right parts of the 8-shaped area from here. It's recommended to stay for two nights. 5. The famous Beartooth Highway is located outside the northeast gate. If you have time and want to take a detour, you can do so. There's no need to specifically go there. 6. Cody Town outside the east gate is very lively and has a large cowboy performance, but it's too far from the park. Entering the park will take more than 100 kilometers, so it's not recommended to stay in this town. 7. In order to protect the natural state of the park, most attractions, except for parking lots and restrooms, do not have dining restaurants. It takes more than 60 to 70 kilometers to enter and exit the park, so lunch is a must-consider. You can either learn from the foreigners and bring bread and water, or make some hot meals and bring them in with an insulated box. 8. There is no signal within the park, so be prepared for the possibility of losing contact with the outside world.