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Things to do in Jackson, Wyoming (WY): The Best Nature & Parks
What outdoor activity can’t you do here? In the winter, there’s skiing (regular, cross-country, snowcat and heli-), snowshoeing and dogsledding. In summer, there’s fly-fishing, rafting (white-water or scenic) and hot-air balloon rides.
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1. Coburn Creek Trail
2. Laurance Rockefeller Preserve
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 835 reviews
Reviewed By cscushman - Houston, United States
This is a great hike for the whole family. You can do a short hike to Phelps Lake or a much longer hike around the whole lake. Put lunch in your backpack and head off through a beautiful wooded trail along parts of a trickling stream. Make sure you take bear spray with you. I have seen bears on more than one occasion. After your hike, stop in at their visitor’s center to learn more about the Rockefeller family and their generous donation of land for our Park’s system. Make sure to save time to watch the all seasons slide show showing the park and it’s animals in all four seasons. Then step back into the zen like room where you can sit and listen to all the sounds of the many wonders of GTNP. They only allow so many cars to park in their lot. Get their early or take a book and wait in line, in your car, for the next parking place.
3. Phil Baux Park
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By JLavino - Jackson, United States
This is a great park at the base of Snow King Mountain. There is playground equipment for children, a rock climbing feature for adults and children, and covered picnic pavilions. On Wed. evenings in summer there is a "People's Market," an outdoor farmer's produce, food truck, art market.
4. Ski Butlers Jackson Hole
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 38 reviews
Ski Butlers delivers top quality ski and snowboard equipment through the simplest and most convenient processes, all while keeping you and your family safe with their COVID-19 protocols. After trying Ski Butlers' service you will never want to stand in a crowded ski shop again. Ski Butlers Jackson Hole delivers equipment rentals to Jackson, Teton Village, Wilson and more. - Delivery: We will deliver all your rentals directly to your accommodations. We bring extra boots for a guaranteed perfect fit. - Support: We will meet you to switch out any equipment you like throughout your rental period within 45 minutes of a phone call. - Pickup: On your final rental day, we will come to your accommodations to pick up all your rental equipment. You do not need to be present for pickup. - Safety: Team members will be wearing gloves at all times and will be disinfecting the shop, equipment and vans throughout each shift. Customers will have the option for no touch, socially distant fittings.
5. Wilson Canyon
6. Crystal Butte Trailhead
7. Munger Mountain North Trailhead
8. National Elk Refuge
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,780 reviews
A wildlife refuge located north of Jackson, WY that provides winter habitat for Jackson's elk herd. Seasonal hours of operation are listed on the web site for the Visitor Center, Historic Miller Ranch, and Winter Sleigh Ride tours.
Reviewed By cmhprh - Kenosha, United States
This is a fun way to see elk -- lots and lots of elk -- up close and personal, in a very safe manner. Tickets are $25 a person, but the sleigh only holds 12 or so passengers, so it's a small group. Bundle up, because this is, after all, outside, in the winter, in Jackson Hole, where it can be snowing, blowing, and downright cold! Or, as on our day, a gloriously sunny day, as luck would have it. You must get a reservation for this trip, which lasts about an hour or so. And you show up at the Jackson Visitor Center to pay and get your ticket. A small shuttle bus takes you a couple miles up the road to the Elk Refuge, where you disembark, meet your sleigh driver, and get going rather quickly. They do hand out a liberal amount of blankets, to help keep you warm, but do dress accordingly -- in layers, and wisely. Our driver was very interesting, conveying lots of facts about the horses (we had Percheron draft horses; the other horses they use are Belgian draft horses), about the elk refuge, about the elk, about feeding in the winter, and on and on. He stresses safety, so, while the sleigh is moving, keep your seats, please. He does stop frequently, both so he can continue his stories, and so you can take pictures. The scenery is beautiful, the elk are magnificent creatures, the sleigh ride is fun, and it gives you a chance to cuddle up to your sweetie. What more could you want?
9. Game Creek Loop
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 49 reviews
This 23-mile scenic ride offers wide jeep trails past a beautiful canopy of conifers to high alpine meadows.
Reviewed By jesseo582 - Jackson, United States
I don’t know where they got 23 miles for the loop; I found it to be 9.5 miles/15.3 km from Cache Creek Trailhead to Game Creek TH. Of course, one can go further up Cache but that’s not the loop. This trail offers outstanding and easy access to the national forest from Jackson. I fondly remember my first hikes up here in 1980 before there were the myriad of side trails enjoyed now. It is a refreshing place in which to connect with nature and fine tune ones fitness.
