Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway

The Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway follows US Highways 14, 16 and 20 for the trip between Cody and the eastern entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The route passes through the scenic Wapiti Valley by following the North Fork of the Shoshone River for about 27.5 miles. This, too, is incredible countryside, following the canyon cut by the river over millions of years through the backbones of the Absaroka and Beartooth Mountains on the east side of the Yellowstone Caldera. Depending on the traffic level in summer, you could take a couple hours to drive this road... but what a beautiful couple hours.

If you are interested in camping anywhere along this very scenic route, do it only in the designated campgrounds, or make the couple-mile hike into the woods to get well within the boundaries of the surrounding wilderness areas. This is also an area that has a very strict regimen in regards to open fires: think about it before you take on that responsibility.