Roosevelt Old West Dinner Cookout

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Activities in Yellowstone

Categories: Dining, Just for Kids, Horseback Trail Rides, Old West Dinner Cookout

Location: Tower and Roosevelt Areas

Season: Summer

Duration: 3-4 hours

Directions:

Yellowstone’s main park roads form a "figure eight," with spurs heading out from the "eight" to the five park entrances. For reference purposes, the “eight” is divided into an upper and lower loop.

From Mammoth Hot Springs, drive 18 miles/29 kilometers southeast along the main park road (upper side-upper loop) to Roosevelt Lodge and Tower Junction.

From the Canyon area, drive north 19 miles/31 kilometers along the main park road (eastern side-upper loop) to Tower and Roosevelt Lodge. This road crosses the scenic Dunraven Pass.

Maps: Printable Map

There once was a fella named, John Yancy. He owned a small place on a dirt road where you could rent a room for the night. He called it "Yancy's Pleasant Valley Hotel." While Yancy and his hotel are long gone, the location is now home to a modern day classic, Roosevelt Lodge's Old West Dinner Cookout!

Season: Summer, Duration: 3-4 hours, Location: Tower and Roosevelt Areas

Grab the saddles and hitch up the wagon for an evening you won't soon forget. You can ride out to Yancy's Hole on a horse or in a covered wagon. When you arrive you'll find those cooks dishin' up some real cowboy grub at our popular Old West Dinner Cookout. The coffee's brewin' over the open campfire, and our wranglers love talkin' your ears off over a strong "cup o' Joe!" When we ring the "dinner bell", you'll line up for real western beef steaks cooked to order, our signature Roosevelt Baked Beans, potato salad, coleslaw, cornbread muffins, and fruit crisp. And if all this is not enough, you'll find your boots tappin' to old western songs sung by our singin' cowboy. You may have come here as a city slicker, but you'll go back as a regular cowpoke!

Directions

Check in at the Roosevelt Corrals where you will get on your wagon or horse and head to Pleasant Valley. Once at the cookout site all guests are seated together at open-air picnic tables and dinner is served buffet-style under a protective canvas roof. There is entertainment at the cookout; usually a cowboy singer.

Intensity

Easy

Length & Time

Depending on your ride to the cookout location, via horseback or stagecoach, expect about three hours of your time enjoying the entire Old West Cookout experience.

Old West Cookout Menu

Steak (12 oz. serving for adults, 6 oz. for children)
All-you-can-eat coleslaw, potato salad, baked beans, chuck wagon corn, corn muffins, watermelon, fruit crisp, and assorted beverages.
Vegetarian meals can be accommodated with advance notice.

Horseback Ride to Cookout

One-Hour Ride

The one-hour ride goes through sagebrush flats (following the trail used for the regular one-hour horse ride) to the cookout site. The return ride is direct and takes about 30 minutes.

Two-Hour Ride

The 2-hour rides goes through woods, sagebrush flats, and meadows (following the trail used for the regular 2 hour horse ride) to the cookout site. The return ride is direct and takes about 30 minutes. Total time on the horse is about 2 hours.

Each departure time will accommodate 20 people.
Minimum age required to ride is 8 years old.
Minimum height required to ride is 48" (4 feet) tall.
Maximum guest weight permitted is 240 pounds.

Wagon Ride to Cookout

Ride takes 30 - 45 minutes and goes through sagebrush flats (following the same road used for the stagecoach rides) to the cookout site. The wagons are canvas-covered with padded bench seats; each wagon is drawn by two horses. There are six wagons total, each holding up to 30 people.

Children under 2 and under are free if they share from adult's plate and ride on a lap. Child rate applies for children 3 - 11 years who will have their own plate. Children 11 and under must be accompanied by someone 18 years or older.

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Insider Tips

Since the cookout begins at dusk, this is a perfect way to catch wildlife in the Roosevelt area.
One of the highlights of the cookout is enjoying a good old fashioned cup of coffee over a fire.
Some of the best cobbler around is served during the cookout. Be sure to save room for dessert.

Related Information

Interpretative Horseback Rides Operating Dates & Rates

Rates do not include tax and utility fee.

Interpretative Horseback Rides
Departs from:	2011 Operating Dates	Check-in	Adult Rate
Mammoth Corrals (1-hour rides only)	5/27-9/10	8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 3:00 p.m.	$38.00
Canyon Corrals
1-hour rides	6/26-8/15	7:45 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 5:45 p.m., 6:15 p.m.	$38.00
1-hour rides	8/16-8/27	7:45 a.m., 8:45 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 5:45 p.m.	$38.00
2-hour rides	6/26 - 8/27	8:45 am	$58.00
Roosevelt Corrals			$38.00
1-hour rides	6/11 - 8/14	9:45 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 1:45 p.m.
	8/15 - 9/4	9:45 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m.

2-hour rides	6/10 - 8-14	12:45 p.m.	$58.00
2-hour rides	8/15 - 9/4	12:15 p.m.	$58.00
Rates are subject to change per the National Park Service.

Old West Dinner Cookout Operating Dates & Rates

Rates do not include tax and utility fee.

Roosevelt Old West Dinner Cookout (Daily)
Departs from: Roosevelt Corrals	2011 Operating Dates	Check-in	Adult Rate	Child (3-11 years old)	Child 2 and under
Wagon ride to cookout site	6/11-8/14	4:45 p.m.	$57.00	$46.00	Free
	8/15-9/4	3:45 p.m.
				Child (8-11 years old)
1-hour horseback ride to cookout site	6/11-8/14	4:30 p.m.	$68.00	$57.00	Not Applicable
	8/15-9/4	3:30 p.m.
2-hour horseback ride to cookout site	6/11-8/14	3:45 p.m.	$84.00	$72.00	Not Applicable
	8/15-9/4	2:45 p.m.
Rates and dates are subject to change per the National Park Service.