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Wyoming
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String Lake Launch
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Location: 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. Notes: This area is very congested during summer especially from late morning through afternoon. Please obey all regulations. There is no boat ramp at this location. Visitors must carry their watercraft to the lake. No motors are allowed on String Lake. Water, restrooms, picnic area and additional parking is available at the String Lake picnic area. Regulations All boats including paddleboards launched in Grand Teton National Park must have a park permit. Purchase permits at the permits desk in the Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center in Moose or the Colter Bay permits office. More information on park boat regulations. Boat inspections required for all boats entering Wyoming between March 1 and November 30 for Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS). AIS inspection stations near Moose and Moran. Boat owners must buy a decal to support this program. More information on state boat regulations . Name Origin The shallow lake between Leigh and Jenny lakes was named Beaver Dick Lake in 1931 after Richard "Beaver Dick" Leigh who guided the 1872 Hayden Survey. The name changed back to String Lake sometime later in the 1930s.
Teton Crest Trail
~0 min drive
71 mi · Hard
String Lake Trailhead
~0 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…
Cathedral Group Turnout
~2 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…
Cascade Canyon Turnout
~2 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…
String Lake Trail
~0 min drive
3.1 mi · Easy
Talus Slope
~3 min drive
A talus slope is a geologic term for large, sometimes even house-sized boulders that have accumulated on a hillside from higher up cliffs. This is different than a scree field, which tend to be made up of much smaller rocks. <br /> <br /> Talus slopes are more than just a geol…
Taggart Lake Trail
~10 min drive
7.3 mi · Moderate
Leigh Lake Trailhead
~0 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…
Mountain View Turnout
~3 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…
Jenny Lake Overlook
~2 min drive
<p>Jenny Lake is the most popular destination in the park. The view across the lake toward Cascade Canyon is stunning. Pleistocene glaciers carved the U-shaped canyon and the basin filled by the lake today. Many people have visited in the past-American Indians, fur trappers, s…
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