South Boundary Turnout

South Boundary Turnout

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Wheelchair Accessible, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits

This viewpoint offers sweeping views of the Teton Range from a knob in Jackson Hole valley. Stop here to capture a classic image of the wooden park welcome sign and the vista. The National Elk Refuge and the town of Jackson lie to the south. Blacktail Butte is just north. The Gros Ventre Range stretches to the southeast and the Teton Range rises to the west.

Notice the abrupt change from the sagebrush flats of the valley floor to the mountains-no foothills block your view. The sagebrush flats reflect the leveling of ice-age glaciers that flowed across the valley numerous times. Movement on the Teton fault lifted the mountain block skyward while the valley floor hinged down resulting in a lack of foothills.