Half of the Yellowstone experience is “car hiking” through it. It’s such a huge park that completing either the north loop or the south loop, or the grand loop, is a multi-hour adventure with varying landscapes and natural beauty all along the way.
Car-hiking Yellowstone can easily fill a day including stops – to see a thermal feature, take a walk, recharge at a lodge, browse a gift shop, or view some wildlife (either by choice or by necessity such as when a herd of bison decide they want to be on the other side of the road right now).
Several of our day trips ended with an awesome drive at dusk, and this one in particular was spectacular.