Seeking Recommendations - Virginia to Montana/Idaho Trip

[Nomadik Nova]

I'm pretty excited to be planning a 20th Anniversary Trip for August 2019.

My wife and I, along with our pup, will be attending the Mid-Atlantic Overland Festival (MAOF) in Huntingdon, PA August 8-11. This will kick off our adventure as we will leave from there and head WEST! Nothing concrete yet, but I'm tentatively looking at heading up through OHIO to the upper peninsula of Michigan, through Wisconsin and Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana, and Idaho. I'm considering Coeur d'Alene as our pivot point to return, hitting Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana on our way back home to Northern Virginia.

Looking for comments/suggestions of places to be sure to hit and others to avoid along the path.


Thanks in advance!

 

[Vantams]

That sounds like an amazing trip! Yellowstone is a great one to put on the list!

 

[Nomadik Nova]

That sounds like an amazing trip! Yellowstone is a great one to put on the list!

Yellowstone is definitely on there. :)

 

[Leslie Morrison]

There is a Trans Wisconsin Adventure Trail. Also the UP has 6500 miles of trails. We do have a trail system northern Minnesota that I will send you coordinates. Do you use Gaia maps?

 

[reaver]

There are some great trails in Southern Idaho if you make it to the Boise area. I'm sure other people know some great trails up north as well.

 

[Nomadik Nova]

There is a Trans Wisconsin Adventure Trail. Also the UP has 6500 miles of trails. We do have a trail system northern Minnesota that I will send you coordinates. Do you use Gaia maps?

Thanks!

I don’t have Gaia yet.... waiting to see what the OB App looks like.

 

[Nomadik Nova]

Here is my tentative list for National Parks:

1. Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio
2. Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
3. Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota
4. Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
5. Badlands National Park, South Dakota
6. Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
7. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
8. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
9. Glacier National Park, Montana

 

[Steve in Roanoke VA]

Sounds like a FANTASTIC trip!! If you haven't already, get a National Parks Pass for the year, you will save a lot on entrance fees. Looking forward to seeing your route & camping spots. I am planning to do a west trip in the future (next 2 years?) that will include Yellowstone & Grand Tetons, Grand Canyon & parts of Arizona north. Have relatives in Cody Wyoming and in northern AZ, so lots of planning ahead! Great tie-in to MAOF.

 

[Nomadik Nova]

Thanks Steve!

Yeah, we been annual national parks pass holders for a couple years now. [emoji106]

 

[Nomadik Nova]

Now that my move is behind me.... time to start planning for this trip!!!!! [emoji16]

 

[Nomadik Nova]

Counting down.... we leave in 5 days!