Yellowstone National Park Passes
Every Yellowstone National Park wilderness-permit entry point on recreation.gov - AllTrails ratings, demand scores, and a trailhead map.
A Yellowstone backcountry permit covers overnight trips to the park's designated camp areas, spanning corridors like the Heart Lake basin, Slough Creek, the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone, and the waterfall-rich Bechler region. It is one of the great wilderness backpacking experiences in the country, and permits are bookable online year-round. Peak-season trips are competitive, so popular sites for summer dates go fast.
Top Yellowstone National Park entry points
The most in-demand entry points, ranked by how fast each one books up on recreation.gov.
- 2H5 Hellroaring Creek Bench (Backpacker) - Very high demand
- 2S1 Lower Slough Creek (Backpacker, Stock) - Very high demand - 4.7 on AllTrails
- 2S3 Slough Creek (Backpacker) - Very high demand - 4.7 on AllTrails
- 2S4 Elk Tongue (Backpacker) - Very high demand - 4.7 on AllTrails
- 2S6 Upper Slough Creek (Backpacker) - Very high demand - 4.7 on AllTrails
- 2S8 Upper Slough Ck Stock N (Stock) - Very high demand
- 3L2 Cache Creek Ford South (Backpacker) - Very high demand
- 3L3 Lower Lamar (Backpacker) - Very high demand - 4.6 on AllTrails
- 3U1 Willow Creek Stock (Backpacker, Stock) - Very high demand
- 5L4 South Arm Cove (Non-Motorized Boat) - Very high demand
- 6C2 River's Edge (Backpacker, Stock) - Very high demand
- 8C1 Snake Hot Springs (Backpacker) - Very high demand
All Yellowstone National Park passes
Choose an entry point or campsite for permit rules, release timing, demand, and nearby alternatives.
- 1A1 Lower Blacktail Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 1A2 Rescue Creek (Backpacker)
- 1A3 Lava Creek (Backpacker)
- 1B1 Indian Creek (Backpacker)
- 1C1 Straight Creek South (Backpacker)
- 1C2 Straight Creek North (Backpacker, Llama)
- 1C4 Winter Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 1C5 Winter Creek SW (Backpacker, Stock)
- 1F1 Fawn Creek (Stock)
- 1F2 Fawn Lake (Backpacker)
- 1G2 Gardner's Hole (Backpacker)
- 1G3 Gardner River (Backpacker)
- 1G4 Upper Gardner River (Backpacker)
- 1G5 Soldier's Corral (Stock)
- 1R1 W Cottonwood Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 1R2 E Cottonwood Creek (Backpacker)
- 1R3 Little Cottonwood Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 1Y1 Turkey Pen (Backpacker)
- 1Y2 Knowles Falls (Backpacker)
- 1Y4 Crevice Lake (Backpacker)
- 1Y5 Yellowstone River Bridge (Backpacker)
- 1Y6 E Blacktail Creek (Backpacker)
- 1Y7 Yellowstone River Trail (Backpacker, Stock)
- 1Y8 Oxbow Creek (Backpacker)
- 1Y9 Black Canyon (Backpacker)
- 2B1 Buffalo Plateau (Backpacker, Stock)
- 2C1 Lower Coyote Creek (Backpacker)
- 2C2 Coyote Creek (Backpacker)
- 2C3 Coyote Creek Meadow (Stock)
- 2H1 N Yell/Hell Confluence (Backpacker)
- 2H2 S Yell/Hell Confluence (Backpacker)
- 2H3 Hellroaring Creek Ford (Backpacker)
- 2H4 Lower Hellroaring Creek (Backpacker)
- 2H5 Hellroaring Creek Bench (Backpacker)
- 2H6 Hellroaring Creek (Backpacker)
- 2H7 Hellroaring Mountain (Backpacker)
- 2H8 Hellroaring-Coyote Confluence (Backpacker)
- 2H9 Upper Hellroaring Creek (Backpacker)
- 2S1 Lower Slough Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 2S2 Hornaday Creek (Backpacker)
- 2S3 Slough Creek (Backpacker)
- 2S4 Elk Tongue (Backpacker)
- 2S6 Upper Slough Creek (Backpacker)
- 2S7 Upper Slough Ck Stock S (Stock)
- 2S8 Upper Slough Ck Stock N (Stock)
- 3C2 Lower Cache Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 3C3 Cache Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 3C4 Upper Cache Creek (Backpacker)
- 3F1 Cold Creek (Backpacker)
- 3F2 Lemon City (Backpacker, Stock)
- 3L1 Cache Creek Ford North (Backpacker, Llama)
- 3L2 Cache Creek Ford South (Backpacker)
- 3L3 Lower Lamar (Backpacker)
- 3L4 Lower Lamar Bench (Backpacker)
- 3L6 Middle Lamar Stock (Stock)
- 3L7 Middle Lamar (Backpacker)
- 3L8 Timothy Creek (Backpacker)
- 3L9 Warm Spring Meadow (Backpacker, Stock)
- 3M1 Appaloosa Meadows (Backpacker, Stock)
- 3M2 Lower Miller Creek (Backpacker)
- 3M3 Miller Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 3M4 Upper Miller Creek (Backpacker)
- 3M5 Canoe Lake Junction (Backpacker)
- 3M6 Hoodoo Basin (Backpacker)
- 3M7 Boundary (Backpacker, Stock)
- 3P1 Lower Pebble Creek (Backpacker)
- 3P2 Pebble Creek (Backpacker)
- 3P3 Bliss Pass Junction (Backpacker)
- 3P4 Upper Pebble Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 3P5 Upper Pebble Creek Ford (Backpacker)
- 3T2 Mist Creek Meadows (Backpacker, Stock)
- 3T3 Mist Creek Pass (Backpacker, Stock)
- 3U1 Willow Creek Stock (Backpacker, Stock)
- 3U2 Willow Creek (Backpacker)
- 3U3 Little Saddle Creek (Backpacker)
- 3U4 Cold Creek Junction (Stock)
- 4B1 Joseph's Coat Spring (Backpacker)
- 4B3 Broad Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 4B4 Wapiti Junction (Backpacker, Stock)
- 4C1 Old 7 Mile Hole (Backpacker)
- 4C2 Sulphur Creek (Backpacker)
- 4C3 Seven Mile Hole (Backpacker)
- 4D1 Ice Lake North (Backpacker)
- 4D2 Ice Lake East (Backpacker)
- 4D3 Ice Lake South (Backpacker/Handicap Accessible) contact Central Backcountry Office to book in advance
- 4E1 Washburn Meadows (Backpacker)
- 4E2 Cascade Lake West (Backpacker)
- 4E3 Cascade Lake North (Backpacker)
- 4E4 Cascade Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 4F1 Norris Meadows (Backpacker)
- 4G2 Grebe Lake SE (Backpacker)
- 4G3 Grebe Lake East (Backpacker, Stock)
- 4G4 Grebe Lake North (Backpacker, Stock)
- 4G5 Grebe Lake Outlet (Backpacker, Stock)
- 4G6 Wolf Lake (Backpacker, Stock)
- 4G7 Wolf Lake Outlet (Backpacker)
- 4M2 Moss Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 4P1 Observation Peak (Backpacker)
- 4R1 Ribbon Lake West (Backpacker)
- 4R2 Ribbon Lake North (Backpacker)
- 4W1 Wrangler Lake (Backpacker, Stock)
- 4W2 Wapiti Lake Point (Backpacker)
- 4W3 Wapiti Lake (Backpacker)
- 5B1 Fern Lake (Backpacker, Stock)
- 5B2 Upper Broad Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 5E1 Beaverdam Trail (Backpacker)
- 5E2 Terrace Point (Boat)
- 5E3 Brimstone Point (Backpacker, Boat)
- 5E4 Brimstone Bay (Backpacker, Boat)
- 5E6 Columbine Meadow (Backpacker, Stock, Boat)
- 5E7 Meadow Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 5E8 Park Point South (Backpacker, Boat)
- 5E9 Park Point North (Backpacker, Boat)
- 5H1 Midshore (Boat)
- 5L2 Monument Camp (Backpacker, Stock, Non-Motorized Boat)
- 5L3 Chipmunk Creek Outlet (Non-Motorized Boat, Sailboat)
- 5L4 South Arm Cove (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 5L5 Promontory Point (Boat)
- 5L6 Promontory Shore (Boat)
- 5L7 Promontory Bay (Boat)
- 5L8 Promontory Tip (Boat)
- 5L9 Promontory Saddle (Boat)
- 6A1 Promontory SE (Non-Motorized Boat, Sailboat)
- 6A2 Southeast Arm Inlet (Non-Motorized Boat, Sailboat)
- 6A3 Trail Point (Backpacker, Non-Motorized Boat)
- 6A4 Trail Bay (Backpacker, Non-Motorized Boat)
- 6B1 Lower Ford (Backpacker, Stock)
- 6B2 Upper Ford (Backpacker)
- 6B4 Beaverdam Meadow (Backpacker, Stock)
- 6C1 Colter Meadows (Backpacker, Stock)
- 6C2 River's Edge (Backpacker, Stock)
- 6C3 Turret View (Backpacker, Llama)
- 6D1 Lower Mountain Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 6D2 Mountain Creek Ford (Backpacker)
- 6D3 Mountain Creek Stock (Stock)
- 6D5 Mountain Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 6D6 Howell Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 6D7 Table Mountain (Backpacker)
- 6D8 Upper Howell Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 6M3 Mariposa Lake (Backpacker)
- 6M4 Two Ocean Trail Junction (Backpacker, Stock)
- 6M5 Upper Passage Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 6M7 Fox Creek (Backpacker)
- 6T1 South Thorofare (Backpacker, Stock)
- 6T2 North Thorofare (Backpacker)
- 6Y2 South Yellowstone River (Backpacker)
- 6Y4 East Confluence (Backpacker, Stock)
- 6Y5 Cliff Creek (Backpacker)
- 6Y6 Three Mile Bend (Backpacker, Stock)
- 7F1 Frank Island Bay S. Anchor (Self-Contained Motorized Boat)
- 7F2 Frank Island Bay N. Anchor (Self-Contained Motorized Boat)
- 7G1 Grouse Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 7G2 Lower Grouse Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 7L1 Breeze Bay North (Boat)
- 7L2 Breeze Bay (Boat)
- 7L3 Breeze Bay South (Boat)
- 7L4 Ravine (Boat)
- 7L5A Wolf Bay Shore A (Boat)
- 7L5B Wolf Bay Shore B (Boat)
- 7L5C Wolf Bay On Boat (Self-Contained Motorized Boat)
- 7L6A Eagle Bay Shore A (Boat)
- 7L6B Eagle Bay Shore B (Boat)
- 7L6C Eagle Bay On Boat (Self-Contained Motorized Boat)
- 7L7 Bodego Bay (Boat)
- 7L8 Flat Mtn Arm North (Boat)
- 7L9 Flat Mtn Arm South (Non-Motorized Boat, Sailboat)
- 7M1 Grizzly Bay Anchor (Self-Contained Motorized Boat)
- 7M3 Flat Mountain Bay (Boat)
- 7M4A Plover Point Shore A (Boat)
- 7M4B Plover Point Shore B (Boat)
- 7M4C Plover Point On Boat (Self-Contained Motorized Boat)
- 7M5 Plover Bay (Boat)
- 7M6 South Arm Meadow (Boat)
- 7M7 South Arm (Boat)
- 7M9 South Arm Bay (Boat)
- 7N2 Gowdy Camp (Backpacker, Non-Motorized Boat)
- 7N4 Southwest Bay (Backpacker, Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8A1 Beula Lake South (Backpacker)
- 8A2 Beula Lake (Backpacker)
- 8B1 Basin Creek (Backpacker)
- 8B2 Basin Creek Lake (Backpacker, Stock)
- 8B3 Basin Creek Stock N (Stock)
- 8B4 Basin Creek Stock S (Stock)
- 8B5 Basin Creek Cutoff (Backpacker)
- 8C1 Snake Hot Springs (Backpacker)
- 8C2 Nine Mile Meadow (Backpacker, Stock)
- 8C4 Snake River (Backpacker, Stock)
- 8C5 Snake Heart Confluence (Backpacker, Stock)
- 8C6 Snake River Ford (Backpacker)
- 8C7 Snake Hot Springs Stock (Stock)
- 8C9 Crooked Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 8G1 Shoshone Meadows (Backpacker, Llama)
- 8H1 South Bay (Backpacker)
- 8H2 Sheridan Creek (Backpacker)
- 8H3 Hideaway (Backpacker)
- 8H4 West Shore (Backpacker)
- 8H5 Sheridan Trail (Backpacker)
- 8H6 Rustic (Backpacker)
- 8J1 Beaver Creek (Backpacker)
- 8J2 Beaver Creek Meadow (Stock)
- 8J3 Surprise Creek (Backpacker)
- 8J4 Heart River (Backpacker)
- 8J6 East Shore (Backpacker)
- 8M1 Moose Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 8M2 Moose Creek Meadow (Backpacker, Stock)
- 8O2 Outlet Creek (Backpacker)
- 8P1 Pitchstone (Backpacker, Stock)
- 8P2 Phantom (Backpacker)
- 8Q1 South Narrow Point (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8Q3 South Narrow Beach (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8Q4 Moose Creek Point (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8Q6 Moose Creek Outlet (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8Q7 Moose Creek Beach (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8Q9 Channel (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8R1 Windy Point (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8R2 Bluff Top (Backpacker, Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8R3 Cove (Backpacker)
- 8R4 Flat Top (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8R5 Basin Bay Point (Backpacker)
- 8S0 Outlet Hiker (Backpacker)
- 8S1 Outlet Boat (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8S2 DeLacy Creek (Backpacker, Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8S3 Coyote (Backpacker)
- 8S4 North Grizzly Beach (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8S5 South Grizzly Beach (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8S7 North Narrows (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8T1 Basin Beach (Backpacker)
- 8T3 Hillside (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 8T5 Tranquility (Non-Motorized Boat)
- 9A0 Upper Boundary Creek Stock (Stock)
- 9A1 Boundary Creek Meadows (Backpacker, Stock)
- 9A2 Upper Boundary Creek (Backpacker)
- 9A3 Dunanda Falls (Backpacker)
- 9A4 Talus Terrace (Backpacker, Stock)
- 9A5 Buffalo Lake (Backpacker, Stock)
- 9A6 Robinson Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- 9A7 Little Robinson Creek (Backpacker)
- 9B0 Three Rivers Meadow Stock (Stock)
- 9B1 Lower Boundary Creek (Backpacker)
- 9B2 Bechler Ford (Backpacker)
- 9B3 Trail Spring (Stock)
- 9B4 Ouzel Falls (Backpacker)
- 9B5 Colonnade Falls (Backpacker)
- 9B6 Lower Bechler Canyon Ford (Backpacker)
- 9B7 Talus Spring (Backpacker)
- 9B8 Upper Bechler Canyon Ford (Backpacker)
- 9B9 Albright Falls (Backpacker)
- 9C1 Rocky Ford (Backpacker)
- 9D1 Ferris Fork (Backpacker)
- 9D2 Gregg Fork (Backpacker)
- 9D3 Douglas Knob Meadow (Backpacker, Stock)
- 9D4 Continental Divide (Backpacker)
- 9F1 Lower Falls River (Backpacker)
- 9F2 Upper Falls River (Backpacker)
- 9M1 Lower Boundary Creek Stock (Stock)
- 9M2 Bechler Ford Stock (Stock)
- 9U1 Falls River Cutoff (Backpacker, Stock)
- 9U2 Mountain Ash Creek (Backpacker)
- 9U3 Mountain Ash Creek Ford (Backpacker)
- 9U4 Union Falls (Backpacker)
- 9U5 Warm Fork (Backpacker, Llama)
- Apollinaris Spring Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Beaver Lake Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Bechler
- Bighorn Pass
- Blacktail
- Bridge Bay Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Caldera Rim Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Canyon Campground (Winter Camping)
- Canyon-Norris
- Cascade Lake Trail Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Cascade Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Central Plateau
- Chittenden Bridge Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- DeLacy Creek Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Dunraven Road Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- East Divide Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- East-Sylvan
- Eleanor Lake Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Fawn Pass
- Firehole River Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Fisherman's Access Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Fishing Bridge Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Gallatin NE
- Gallatin NW
- Gallatin SE
- Gallatin SW
- Gibbon Falls Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Gibbon Meadows Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Glen Creek Trailhead (Winter Camping)
- Grebe Lake Trailhead (Winter Camping)
- Gull Point Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Hard Road to Travel Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Heart Lake
- Heart Lake Trailhead (Winter Camping)
- Indian Creek Campground (Winter Camping)
- Iron Spring Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Lava Creek 1A3
- LeHardy Rapids Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Lewis Lake Campground (Winter Camping)
- Lower Lamar 3L1
- Lower Lamar 3L2
- Lower Lamar 3L3
- Lower Lamar 3L4
- Madison Jct Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Madison Plateau
- Madison River Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Nez Perce Ford Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Nez Perce Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Norris Campground (Winter Camping)
- Norris Meadows Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Northern Range
- OA1 Lone Star (Backpacker, Stock)
- OA2 Upper Firehole (Backpacker)
- OA3 Firehole Springs (Backpacker)
- OB2 Mallard Lake SE (Backpacker)
- OB3 Mallard Lake E (Backpacker)
- OB4 Mallard Lake Outlet (Backpacker)
- OD1 Fairy Meadows (Backpacker)
- OD2 Firehole Meadows (Backpacker)
- OD3 Firehole Falls (Backpacker)
- OD4 Imperial Meadows (Backpacker)
- OD5 Goose Lake (Backpacker/Handicap Accessible) contact Central Backcountry Office to book in advance
- OE1 Summit Lake (Backpacker, Stock)
- OG1 Sentinal Meadows East (Backpacker)
- Old Faithful
- Old Faithful East Lot Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Otter Creek Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Outside Park: Bridger-Teton National Forest (Backpacker, Stock)
- Outside Park: Caribou-Targhee National Forest (Backpacker, Stock)
- Outside Park: Custer- Gallatin National Forest (Backpacker, Stock)
- Outside Park: Shoshone National Forest (Backpacker, Stock)
- Pebble Creek
- Pelican Trailhead (Winter Camping)
- Pelican Valley
- Pitchstone
- Polecat-Crawfish
- Pumice Point Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Sand Point Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Shoshone Lake
- Slough Creek
- Slough Creek Campground (Winter Camping)
- Snake River
- Specimen Ridge
- Spring Creek Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Spruce Fir Exhibit Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Steamboat Point Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Sylvan Lake Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Thorofare-Two Ocean
- Tower Fall Campground (Winter Camping)
- Tuff Cliffs Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Upper Cache
- Upper Lamar
- Upper Lava Creek
- Virginia Cascades Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- WA1 Gneiss Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- Wapiti-Broad Creek
- Washburn
- WB1 Gallatin River (Backpacker)
- WB3 Gallatin River Stock (Stock)
- WB4 Upper Gallatin River Stock (Stock)
- WB6 Upper Gallatin River (Backpacker)
- WC2 Lower Fan Creek (Backpacker)
- WC3 Fan Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- WC4 North Fork Fan Creek (Stock)
- WD1 E Fork Specimen Creek (Backpacker)
- WD2 Sportsman Lake Meadow (Backpacker, Stock)
- WD3 Sportsman Lake (Backpacker)
- WD4 High Lake Outlet (Backpacker)
- WD5 High Lake (Backpacker, Stock)
- WD6 High Lake-Sportsman Junction (Stock)
- WE1 Specimen Creek Junction (Backpacker, Stock)
- WE4 Specimen Creek (Backpacker)
- WE5 Shelf Lake (Backpacker)
- WE6 Crescent Lake (Backpacker)
- WE7 Shelf Lake West (Backpacker)
- West Thumb Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- WF1 Black Butte Creek (Backpacker, Llama)
- WF2 Upper Dailey Creek (Backpacker, Stock)
- Whiskey Flats Picnic Area (Winter Camping)
- Yellowstone Lake
Popular trails
- Yellowstone River Trail - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Heart Lake Trail to South Entrance - 4.7 on AllTrails
- Slough Creek Trail - 4.7 on AllTrails
- Union Falls via Mountain Ash Trail - 4.7 on AllTrails
- Pebble Creek Trail via Northeast Trailhead - 4.7 on AllTrails
- Bechler River Trail via Bechler Ranger Station Trailhead - 4.6 on AllTrails
- Beula Lake Trail - 4.6 on AllTrails
- Shoshone Lake via Delacy Creek Trail - 4.6 on AllTrails
Yellowstone National Park permit guide · Book on recreation.gov