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String Lake Trailhead
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Location: 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 serves as a canoe launch for String Lake. The third lot provides access to the Leigh Lake Trailhead and the String Lake Picnic Area. Notes: This area is popular for picnicking and water sports. Parking is often congested mid-day especially on weekends. Restrooms and water are located at the Leigh Lake trailhead. Bears may be active any place and at any time-travel in groups, make noise and carry bear spray. Backcountry camping requires a permit-pick one up at a backcountry permits office. Destinations Hikers may choose from a wide variety of options. 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 enjoy a loop around String Lake with views of the Jackson Hole valley. For those looking for a longer hike, venture up Cascade or Paintbrush canyons to reach the alpine lakes such as Lake Solitude and Holly Lake. String Lake Loop 3.7 miles RT, 2 hours, 325 ft total climbing, Easy. Trail circles the lake through a burned area below Rockchuck Peak and Mount St. John. Paintbrush-Cascade Loop 19.0 miles RT, 13 hours, 4350 ft total climbing, Very Strenuous. Spectacular hike loops two canyons via Paintbrush Divide. An ice axe may be necessary through July. 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.
String Lake Trail
~0 min drive
3.1 mi · Easy
Cathedral Group Turnout
~1 min drive
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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 Launch
~0 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 />…
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…
Taggart Lake Trail
~10 min drive
7.3 mi · Moderate
Leigh Lake Trailhead
~1 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…
Talus Slope
~3 min drive
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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…
Aspen Knoll
~4 min drive
Aspen Knoll is located north along the path from Teewinot Overlook, at the top of a flight of 32 stairs from Rock Beach. <br /> <br /> Rising approximately 50 feet above the shoreline in a stand of Aspen trees, the knoll offers minimally obstructed views of Jenny Lake and the…
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