Playground

If you’re rolling through Gardiner on your way in or out of Yellowstone and the kids are losing their minds in the backseat, this fenced school playground is worth a quick stop. It’s nothing fancy, but that’s kind of the point — it does the job when you need somewhere contained to let them run it out. The fence makes it easy to relax a little without hovering. Locals know it as a reliable pit stop rather than a destination, but honestly, when you’re this close to the park, a place to decompress for 20 minutes is exactly what families need.