Wildlife Route Planner for Yellowstone + Grand Teton

Know Where to Start. Let the Wildlife Adventure Follow.

Planning a Yellowstone or Grand Teton trip? Tell the planner where your day begins, which wildlife matters most, and how much time you have. It builds a practical route with a clear first move, firsthand field context, written directions, scenic stops, and a backup if the day changes.

Build a Free Sample Route Get Both Parks · $29 Once

No account or card for the sample. One payment for both parks. Lifetime access. 30-day money-back guarantee.

Save Your Route Before Cell Service Disappears. Save the finished route as a PDF before you drive. Once it is saved to your phone, the route, written directions, stops, and field notes stay with you. Use a separate offline maps app for turn-by-turn navigation.
  • 14 years in the parks
  • Hundreds of firsthand field observations
  • Not live tracking. Wildlife sightings are never guaranteed.

Tap the dots or swipe to see the route and saved plan.

See the Finished Plan

A Route Built Around Your Day.

This is what the planner gives you. One practical wildlife route built around where you are starting, what you want to see, and the time you actually have. You leave with a clear first move and a backup instead of another screen full of pins and another morning spent deciding where to drive.

  • A clear place to begin
  • Why the route fits your day
  • Directions + scenic stops
  • Backup Move Ready
Build a Free Sample Route Get Both Parks · $29 Once

No account or credit card for the sample. Wildlife sightings are never guaranteed.

Where The Wild Beasts Roam and Google Maps work together. Use the planner to choose the wildlife route that fits your day. When you are ready to go, open the route’s starting point in Google Maps and let it get you there.

A Real Sample Route Plan

See Your Wildlife Plan. Take It With You.

This is a condensed preview of one page from the sample route PDF. It shows the route, why it fits, written directions, and illustrative field entries along the drive.

The planner builds the full route around where your day begins, the wildlife you care about, the time you have, and when you are going.

  • Route map + starting point
  • Why the route fits your day
  • Written directions + field notes
  • Backup move + wildlife safety

Save It Before Cell Service Disappears. Save the PDF before you drive. Use an offline maps app for turn-by-turn directions.

Build a Free Sample Route Get Both Parks · $29 Once
Sample Bison and Big Views to Moran wildlife route plan with map, route fit, written directions, and field note
Sample route PDF. Illustrative markers, not current sightings. Tap to enlarge.

What Travelers Are Saying

A Clearer First Move Can Change the Whole Trip.

A little planning before you hit the road can make a big difference once the wildlife day actually begins.

Grand Teton · Moose Photography
“I LOVE THE MAP!!!! I’m so excited about getting to GTNP and using it!!! This is a huge help!!! I want to take pictures of Moose and now I know where to go!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!”
Catherine WTWBR customer
Yellowstone + Grand Teton · Trip Planning
“I didn’t even know Grand Teton existed. That changed our whole trip. ”
Chris WTWBR customer
Grand Teton · One Morning to Explore
“We only had one morning and didn’t want to waste it driving around guessing. ”
Megan R. Grand Teton traveler
Yellowstone · No Cell Service
“The part I liked most was being able to save the route before we left the hotel. ”
Daniel K. Yellowstone traveler

The Wildlife-First Way

Find the Wild. Let It Stay Wild.

The planner does more than point to wildlife. Built from firsthand field knowledge, it helps you read the country, use safe and legal pullouts, give animals room, and know when to move on. You get a better wildlife day without taking the wild out of it.

  • Read the Country
  • Use Safe, Legal Pullouts
  • Give Wildlife Room
  • Know When to Move On

What Shapes Your Route

4 Decisions That Shape a Better Wildlife Day.

Tell the planner where your day starts, which wildlife matters most, how much time you have, and when you are going. From there, it builds a practical route with field context, directions, scenic stops, safety guidance, and a backup move.

  1. Starting Point

    Where does your day begin?

    Choose where you are starting so the route begins with a practical first move instead of sending you across the park before the day even gets going.

  2. Wildlife

    What wildlife matters most?

    Choose the animals you most want to see so the planner can shape the day around the wildlife that brought you here.

  3. Time Available

    How much time do you have?

    Build around the time you actually have so you are not trying to squeeze a full-day wildlife route into a few available hours.

  4. Date + Time

    When are you going?

    Add the month, day, and part of the day so the route can better fit the time of year and the hours you will actually be in the park.

What the route makes room for

The Route Is the Beginning. The Moment Is the Reason.

The planner gives your day direction, then leaves room for the park to surprise you. The goal is not to get closer. It is to know where to look, when to stop, and how to give wildlife room to stay wild.

Drive Pause Watch

Grand Teton road leading toward the mountains 1 · Follow the Route Begin the day with a clear direction
Iconic Grand Teton landscape reflected in calm water 2 · Make the Stop Leave room for the places along the way
Bull moose standing in golden autumn light 3 · Stay and Watch Sometimes the reason for the drive steps into view
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Get Lifetime Planner Access · $29

Yellowstone + Grand Teton

Build a Better Wildlife Day Before You Hit the Road.

Get the complete wildlife route planner for Yellowstone and Grand Teton. Build your day around where you are starting, the wildlife you most want to see, the time you have, and when you are going. Then leave with a practical route you can actually use.

Lifetime access includes:

  • Routes built around your starting point, wildlife, time, and date
  • Recent wildlife observations and firsthand field notes
  • Written directions plus scenic and historic stops along the route
  • Save finished routes as a PDF for your phone or print them before you drive
  • Wildlife safety guidance and a backup move when the day changes
  • Lifetime access plus future core planner updates with no renewal fee
Cover of Your First Wildlife Move Cover of Bring Home the Moment

Two Field Guides Included

Hard-Earned Field Knowledge You Can Take With You

Two downloadable guides covering wildlife field cues, tracking, responsible viewing, and photography techniques learned through years spent working in and around these parks.

Built for responsible wildlife planning. This is not live animal tracking and wildlife sightings are never guaranteed. The planner helps you make a better decision about where to begin, what to watch for, and when to move on.

Use Each Tool for What It Does Best

You Don’t Need to Replace the Other Apps.

They solve different parts of the trip. WTWBR has one specific job: help you decide how to build the wildlife day. Your starting point, wildlife priorities, date, and available time become one practical route you can follow, save, and change when the day does.

Where The Wild Beasts Roam

Best for

Building the Wildlife Day

Use WTWBR before you drive to turn the choices you are already trying to make into one practical wildlife route.

  • Built around your starting point, wildlife priorities, date, and available time
  • Dated firsthand wildlife observations and field notes
  • Directions, scenic stops, responsible viewing guidance, and a backup move
  • Save the finished route as a PDF so the plan stays with you when cell service disappears

Google Maps

Navigation + offline maps

Get to the Route

Once WTWBR helps you choose the wildlife route, open its starting point in Google Maps and use Google Maps to get there. Download an offline map before you enter areas with poor service.

WTWBR + Google Maps work together

NPS App

Official park information

Check What’s Official

Use the official National Park Service app for park maps, amenities, tours, current news and alerts, and downloadable park content for offline use.

Best source for official park information

GuideAlong

GPS-triggered audio tour

Hear the Story

GuideAlong automatically plays location-based stories and travel tips as you drive. It is self-paced and its tour content can work offline.

Best for narration while you drive

Wildlife Drives

Wildlife locations + tips

Browse Wildlife Locations

Wildlife Drives provides suggested wildlife drives, species and location browsing, viewing tips, nearby-location context, and links into Google Maps for navigation.

Best for browsing known wildlife areas
The Simple Setup

Let Each Tool Do Its Job.

1 Plan With WTWBR Decide where the wildlife day should begin and build the route around the day you actually have.
2 Navigate With Google Maps Open your route’s starting point and use Google Maps to get there and handle turn-by-turn navigation.
3 Check the NPS App Keep the official park app handy for current alerts, closures, services, and park information.

Still wondering whether the planner adds anything to the tools you already use? Build a sample wildlife route and see the difference before you buy.

Build a Free Sample Route Get Both Parks · $29 Once

Product descriptions are based on official or publicly available feature information reviewed September 4, 2026. Features can change. Where The Wild Beasts Roam is an independent product and is not affiliated with the National Park Service, Google, GuideAlong, or Wildlife Drives.

Straight Answers

A Few Things to Know Before You Go.

The planner is built to help you make better decisions before and during a wildlife day. It is not live animal tracking, and wildlife sightings are never guaranteed.

Wildlife Safety

Give wildlife room and check official park conditions before every drive. Stay at least 25 yards from most wildlife and 100 yards from bears and wolves. Roads, weather, closures, alerts, and access can change.

What do I get for the one-time $29 payment?

One $29 payment gives you lifetime access to the wildlife planner for Yellowstone and Grand Teton. There is no subscription or yearly renewal.

You can build routes around your starting point, wildlife priorities, available time, and date, or open the full map and build the route yourself. You also get 899 dated wildlife field entries, firsthand field notes, directions, scenic and historic stops, safety guidance, saved route PDFs, backup moves, two downloadable field guides, and future core planner updates.

Want to see how it works first? You can build a free sample route without an account or credit card.

What happens when I lose cell service?

Build your route while you have a connection, then save the finished route as a PDF to your phone before you drive. Once that PDF is saved, your route, written directions, scenic stops, field notes, safety guidance, and backup move stay with you even when cell service disappears.

For turn-by-turn navigation, download the area in Google Maps or use another offline navigation option before entering parts of the parks with poor service.

Does the planner track live wildlife or guarantee a sighting?

No. Where The Wild Beasts Roam does not track animals live and does not promise that an animal will be waiting at a specific location.

Wildlife entries are dated and added after fieldwork to show what has been happening in the parks. Some observations may also be delayed or made less precise so one animal does not become a destination for a crowd. Wildlife moves. That is part of what keeps it wild.

How do WTWBR and Google Maps work together?

They do different jobs. WTWBR helps you decide which wildlife route makes sense for your day. Once you choose the route, you can open its starting point in Google Maps and use Google Maps to get there.

WTWBR gives you the wildlife planning, field context, route details, stops, safety guidance, and backup move. Google Maps handles turn-by-turn navigation.

What if I have no idea where to begin?

That is exactly what the guided planner is for. Tell it which park you are visiting, where your day begins, which wildlife matters most, how much time you have, and when you are going.

It turns those choices into a practical route with a clear first move, field context, directions, scenic stops, safety guidance, and a backup if the day changes.

Can I choose every stop myself?

Yes. If you already know what you want to do, open the full map and build the route yourself.

Choose Yellowstone or Grand Teton, select the wildlife you care about, explore field entries and notes, and add scenic or historic Places to Explore that make sense for your day. You can use the guided planner or take full control.

How does the planner support responsible wildlife viewing?

The planner uses habitat, season, timing, dated field observations, legal pullouts, and firsthand field context rather than sending everyone toward a live animal pin.

It helps you understand where to look, what behavior matters, when to give animals more room, and when it is time to move on. The goal is to help you find the wild without taking the wild out of it.

What does the 30-day guarantee cover?

Use the planner to build your wildlife plan. If it does not help you build a clearer plan for your trip, email within 30 days of purchase for a refund.

The guarantee covers the planning product. It does not guarantee that wildlife will appear during your visit.

Is Where The Wild Beasts Roam part of the national parks?

No. Where The Wild Beasts Roam is an independent wildlife planning business. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park, or Grand Teton National Park.

Your $29 payment purchases lifetime planner access. It is not a donation or tax-deductible contribution. Purchases help support continued fieldwork, route updates, product development, and free wildlife-safety education.

The Wild Stays Wild

Build the Wildlife Day. Leave Room for the Wild.

Start with a clear first move instead of another morning spent guessing where to drive. Build a wildlife route around the day you actually have, take your plan with you when cell service disappears, and use the field context to know when to stop, watch, and give wildlife room.

  • Yellowstone + Grand Teton
  • Lifetime access. No renewal.
  • Save route PDFs before you drive
Cluster Sample field entry
Sample map preview

These entries are examples only. They are not current sightings.

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