By Andrew Rossi
Publication Date: 2026-05-15 19:24:00
The East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park opened on May 1, but Google and Apple Maps apparently didn’t get the memo.
Even as vehicles streamed out of Cody into Yellowstone, the popular navigation apps insisted the East Entrance was closed, and would remain closed for almost a month.
“Anybody heading toward Yellowstone that opening weekend would have seen that it was six hours from Cody to Old Faithful, because they would have had to go all the way up through Gardiner and come back down,” said Jennifer Thoma, executive director of the Cody Country Chamber of Commerce.
The problem’s since been fixed, but this wasn’t the first time Apple and Google have gotten it wrong, and probably won’t be the last.
In the meantime, people who avoid Cody and Yellowstone because they mistakenly are led to believe the park is closed costs locals money.
For Cody business owners, it’s a frustrating problem that needs to be resolved, but there’s no one they can turn to.
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