Snake RiverSnake River Looking north at the south entrance to Yellowstone National Park
We stopped on our way into Yellowstone National Park to view the Snake River. This picture is near the entrance to Yellowstone looking north into Yellowstone National Park.
Fork in the Snake River as seen from the pullout at the southern entrance to Yellowstone National Park
When I saw that pile of logs from the highway I thought it might be a beaver lodge but when I got down here it turned out to be nothing but large pile of dead trees that got stranded in the shallow water created when the Snake River made a fork to go around the island those trees are piled up on. I suspect that the right fork will disappear when the spring flood subsides. This is mid-July of 2011 and the Snake River is at flood stage. There was record snowfall up here this winter and the snow melt has really produced a lot of runoff. From this viewpoint the Snake River has just exited Yellowstone National Park (at the South Entrance to Yellowstone) and is heading to Flag Ranch a few miles south of here where it will turn west and cross under US-81 (the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway) past Flag Ranch and into Grand Teton National Park where it will empty into Jackson Lake. 25-miles downstream the Snake River will flow out of Jackson Lake at the Jackson Lake Dam not Far from Signal Mountain and Jackson Lake Lodge.
The northern reaches of Jackson Lake which is just a wide spot in the Snake River
We are about than 10-miles south of Yellowstone National Park in Grand Teton National Park looking across Jackson Lake at the Teton Range. When the Snake River flows out of Yellowstone National Park and through Flag Ranch it is a normal river. But between this location and Flag Ranch the Snake River empties into Jackson Lake. The Snake River returns to looking like a regular river below Jackson Lake Dam about 25-miles south of here near Jackson Lake Lodge. The Snake River is flowing under US-81 (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway) at Flag Ranch
In this picture the Snake River is flowing under US-81 (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway) at Flag Ranch. Flag Ranch is located a few miles north of the northern boundary of Grand Teton National Park so we are in between Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park in an area known as John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway.
Snake River flowing past a National Forest Campsite on Grassy Lake Road west of Flag Ranch
This campsite on Grassy Lake Road and along the Snake River is actually in the area know as John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. When I saw the sign out on US-81 saying this was John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway I thought that was the name of the highway. In a way it is the name of the highway but it is also a large parcel of land surrounding some of the highway.
Snake River emerging from Jackson Lake at Jackson Lake Dam
The Snake River is flowing out of Jackson Lake at Jackson Lake Dam in Grand Teton National Park. From here the Snake River will flow through Idaho then Washington for 800-mile before joining the mighty Columbia River and heading to the Pacific Ocean west of Portland, Oregon. Click here for more Wyoming travellogsUntil next time remember how good life is. More Wyoming AdventuresSome Utah Adventures ** More 2011 Travel Adventures
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