Sightseeing in Grand Teton

Roadside pullout facing the southern Teton Range — Buck Mountain, Static Peak, and Albright Peak — with Death Canyon visible cutting deep into the range to the south.

Best at sunrise

Site of one of Jackson Hole's first dude ranches (1912); preserved historic cabins and corrals on the Snake River's west bank, accessed by boat across Jenny Lake or a 2-mile hike.

Roadside pull with a layered landscape — ponds and wetlands, sagebrush flats, conifer moraines, and the Teton Range — particularly vivid at sunrise.

Best at sunrise

Historic Manges homestead cabin set against golden aspens and the Grand Teton in the background — one of the best fall color foreground shots in the park.

Open valley pullout where the Teton Range rises abruptly with the Middle Teton and Teton glaciers visible on the northeast flanks; best at sunrise.

Best at sunrise

A 230-foot cascade invisible until you're within 100 yards — the spray is heavy in peak runoff; reach it via the Jenny Lake boat shuttle or a 2-mile hike along the south shore.

Rocky ledge 420 feet above Jenny Lake reached by hiking through Hidden Falls; panoramic views stretch to the Yellowstone Plateau, the Absaroka Range, and the Snake River Range to the south.

View of the 1916 concrete dam that raised Jackson Lake 39 feet; the drowned forest snags along the shoreline are a visible record of the flooding.

Roadside pull on US-89/191/287 where the highway hugs the eastern shore of Jackson Lake, with Mt. Moran and a patchwork of burned forest across the water.

Short walk to the top of Signal Mountain, 1,000 feet above the valley — the park's highest drivable point, with views spanning the Teton, Gros Ventre, Absaroka, and Yellowstone Plateau ranges.

Classic Teton reflection shot across Jenny Lake toward Cascade Canyon; the most photographed view in the park, best at sunrise before the crowds arrive.

Best at sunrise

Clear mountain stream flowing south from Phelps Lake through a valley accessible to visitors of all abilities; shockingly cold even in summer.

Roadside pull with a sweeping view — elk meadows, beaver ponds, Jackson Lake, and the Teton Range — one of the park's best wildlife overlooks; grizzlies and sandhill cranes are regulars.

A row of weathered homestead barns and cabins on Antelope Flats, settled by Mormon pioneers in the early 1900s, and the foreground for one of the most photographed views in the park — the T.A. Moulton Barn with the Teton Range rising behind it. Dirt pullouts along Antelope Flats and Mormon Row roads put you right at the barns. Come at sunrise for warm light on the peaks; the dirt roads turn to mud after rain or snow.

Best at sunrise

Roadside pullout where the central Teton Range fills the skyline; close-up views of the Cathedral Group explain why this fault-block uplift is one of the steepest in the Rockies.

Best at sunrise

Viewpoint at the south end of Jenny Lake where the outlet stream begins; Teton Range reflections and indigenous history interpretation panels.

A wide bend in the Snake River below Mount Moran, and one of the park's best wildlife-and-reflection stops — a roadside turnout on US-89/191 just east of Jackson Lake Junction. On a still morning Mount Moran mirrors in the slow water; moose, otters, beavers, and pelicans work the channel, and in fall the cottonwoods turn gold. Bring a long lens and come early.

Best at sunrise

Former 1923 sawmill site now rewilded as a beaver and moose wetland near Moose; dawn and dusk bring the most wildlife activity against the Teton backdrop.

Ansel Adams shot the definitive image of the American West from roughly here — the Snake River sweeping across sagebrush flats below the full Teton Range; come at sunrise.

Best at sunrise

Jenny Lake shoreline overlook with Teewinot Mountain (12,325 ft) dominating the foreground — one of the most glacially dramatic close-up views in the park.

Best at sunrise

Roadside pullout on Teton Park Road with close-up views of the Cathedral Group — Grand, Middle, and South Teton — rising abruptly from the glacially carved valley floor.

Best at sunrise

Slightly elevated version of the willow flats view — Jackson Lake, the Teton Range, and wildlife-rich wetlands below; best in early morning light.

First major Teton view climbing out of the Moose Entrance, with parking for multi-use pathway users; bull elk bugle here at dusk in fall.

Best at sunrise