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Spalding Bay Campsites
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Location : The Spalding Bay road turns north off the Teton Park Road between the Mountain View and Mount Moran turnouts. The junction is not signed. Follow the dirt road about 2.25 miles to the shore of Jackson Lake. The last part of the road may be rough. Please use caution. Description : The Spalding Bay campsites face east across the bay and are partly sheltered from the prevailing southwest winds. Enjoy the vista across Jackson Lake toward Donaho Point, and waves lapping on the lakeshore. Conifer trees and grass cover the area. People who want to camp here need to get a backcountry permit in advance. Backcountry permits are available at three permits offices: Moose and Colter Bay visitor centers and the Jenny Lake Ranger Station. Submit reservations between early January and mid-May, or stop by a permit office to see if a site is available (fee charged). Facilities These two campsites are classified as backcountry sites, but they have several improvements. Picnic tables, bear boxes, tent pads, fire grates and a vault toilet make this location a front country/backcountry site! But, there is no running water. A backcountry permit is required for camping. Please visit our website for more information. Name Origin Bishop Franklin S. Spalding was part of the team who documented the first ascent of the Grand Teton in 1898 along with William O. Owen, John Shive and Frank Petersen. Spalding was the climber who figured out the key move. Owen attempted the climb several times before starting in 1891.
Mount Moran Turnout
~4 min drive
<p>Mount Moran, named for the famous landscape painter Thomas Moran, is the dominant peak of the northern Teton Range. The mountain also reflects all the geologic forces that formed the Teton Range. Ancient igneous and metamorphic rocks comprise the mountain core, sedimentary…
Leigh Lake Trailhead
~6 min drive
<p>Leigh Lake Trailhead provides hikers a wide variety of options from easy level trails to access to mountain passes. Some may opt for the relatively level trail that begins along the east shore of String Lake and extends north to Leigh, Bearpaw and Trapper lakes. Others may…
Teton Crest Trail
~6 min drive
71 mi · Hard
Cascade Canyon Turnout
~7 min drive
<p>Most visitors find it challenging to reach the alpine community in the park, but the view from Cascade Canyon turnout provides a glimpse. The canyon climbs through the forest community where many conifers thrive-lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, Douglas fir and subalpine fi…
Mountain View Turnout
~4 min drive
<p>The Teton Range appears unchanging, but the opposite is true. The rocks found in the mountains formed hundreds of millions to billions of years ago. Movement on the Teton fault generated earthquakes that began to lift the mountains less than 10 million years ago. Ice age gl…
String Lake Trailhead
~6 min drive
<p><b>Location:</b> Access the String Lake Trailhead from the Jenny Lake scenic loop drive. Turn west at North Jenny Lake Junction, bend north where the road splits and choose from a series of parking lots. The first parking lot is the String Lake Trailhead. The second lot ser…
Potholes Turnout
~5 min drive
<p>This odd stand of conifer trees took root in a depression within the sagebrush flats. Locals called these depressions "potholes" while other regions of the country call these features "kettles." As ice-age glaciers retreated, blocks of ice dropped from the glacier's face on…
String Lake Trail
~6 min drive
3.1 mi · Easy
Cathedral Group Turnout
~5 min drive
<p>The Cathedral Group refers to three peaks: Teewinot Mountain, the Grand Teton and Mount Owen. These spires tower above Cascade Canyon casting long shadows during a summer sunset. Looking west, the Teton fault breaks the lower slope on Rockchuck Peak recording the last sever…
String Lake Launch
~6 min drive
<p><b>Location:</b> The String Lake Canoe launch is the middle of three parking lots in the String Lake area. Access String Lake from the Jenny Lake Scenic Drive. The farthest parking lot provides access to the String Lake picnic area and the Leigh Lake Trailhead.<br /> <br />…
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