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Arizona Island Picnic Area in Grand Teton National Park

Picnic area · Grand Teton National Park

Arizona Island Picnic Area

A quiet meadow picnic with a surprisingly grim namesake.

Photo: National Park Service
Type
Picnic area
Nearest trail
0.6 mi
Audio stories
5 nearby
  • Picnic tables
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Arizona Creek: A Full Day in the Forest

Overview

About Arizona Island Picnic Area

Why stop

  • A few picnic tables in a meadow ringed by mature forest.

Heads up

  • No restrooms or trash receptacles at the site.

Map

Where it is

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Picnic areaArizona Island Picnic Area43.96734, -110.63964
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Plan your stop

Before you go

2 active Grand Teton alerts

  • ClosureJackson Lake boat ramps closed; Signal launch riskMentions Jackson Lake, referenced in this guideColter Bay and Leeks boat ramps are closed; Signal Mountain Boat Ramp is open, but water is below the ramp edge and loose cobbles make launching risky.Official details
  • ClosureConstruction closures and delaysConstruction is causing current road and area closures and delays across Grand Teton; use the signed Taggart Trail detour. - Moose-Wilson Road is closed between Moose and Laurance S.Official details
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Arizona Creek: A Full Day in the Forest
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“You're nearing Arizona Creek Trailhead, for a long hike through a forested creek canyon. The route climbs steeply out of the valley before leveling onto a plateau.”

Plays on the road 0.5 mi from Arizona Island Picnic Area in the Parkwolf Grand Teton Tour Guide.

More stories near here in the app

  • A Squirrel’s Winter Store
  • Lakeview Picnic Area: Lunch above the Lake
  • Jackson Lake Overlook: A Landscape Shaped by Fire
  • The Bird That Plants Pines
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More about Arizona Island Picnic Area

A pause on the driveArizona Island Picnic Area is a small picnic spot with a few tables in a meadow surrounded by…

Arizona Island Picnic Area is a small picnic spot with a few tables in a meadow surrounded by mature forest. It's a short place to stop for a snack while you're traveling to or from Yellowstone; the tables and meadow are the reason to pause.

Make it a simple picnicKeep expectations simple: a few tables, meadow and forest.

Keep expectations simple: a few tables, meadow and forest. There are no restrooms or trash receptacles at this stop. For those, drive north to Lakeview Picnic Area or south to Leeks Marina. Bears use developed areas in Grand Teton, so keep food easy to pack away and put trash in bear-resistant dumpsters.

The island and its namesakeBefore Jackson Lake was dammed, this land was a peninsula; the changed shoreline turned it into…

Before Jackson Lake was dammed, this land was a peninsula; the changed shoreline turned it into an island. The picnic area is named for Arizona George, a trapper who worked here with his partner, Dog-faced Pete. Arizona George was found dead in 1888 on the creek that bears his name. It's an unexpectedly grim story behind a quiet lunch stop.

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Wildlife

Wildlife in Grand Teton

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Grizzly Bear172 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapBrown Bear195 sightingsBrown BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting mapGray Wolf32 sightingsGray WolfMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapMoose1,816 sightingsMooseMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapBison614 sightingsBisonMost seen around 6 AMSighting mapElk738 sightingsElkMost seen around 7 PMSighting map

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Trails nearby

ChallengingArizona Creek Trail15.8 mi · 8 hr · 0.6 mi awayA long forested return beside Arizona Creek and into the backcountry.ChallengingWebb Canyon Trail9.9 mi · 10 hr · 4.3 mi awayA remote creek canyon that climbs steeply to Moose Basin Divide.EasyColter Bay Lakeshore Trail2.2 mi · 1.5 hr · 4.5 mi awayTwo shoreline loops trade forest walking for big Teton views.EasyHeron Pond-Swan Lake Loop Trail3.1 mi · 1.8 hr · 4.6 mi awayAn easy loop linking two ponds beneath the Tetons.ModerateHermitage Point Trail9.5 mi · 5.5 hr · 4.6 mi awayA boulder shore opens onto Jackson Lake and the Tetons.EasyHeron Pond Trail2.9 mi · 1.5 hr · 4.6 mi awayLily pads frame a quiet pond beneath the Teton skyline.EasySwan Lake Trail1.9 mi · 1.5 hr · 4.9 mi awayA short lake walk through meadow and pines to lily-pad shallows.

More stops nearby

Scenic pullout · 0.8 mi awayArizona Meadows TurnoutA small pullout with a memorable camas food-history story.Picnic area · 1.1 mi awayLakeview Picnic AreaA shaded lunch stop with Jackson Lake and Teton viewsSight · 1.5 mi awayJackson Lake OverlookTetons across the lake, and a visible story of fire.Picnic area · 2.2 mi awaySargents Bay Picnic AreaA few tables with bay views make a calm picnic stop.Restaurant · 2.6 mi awayLeeks PizzeriaPizza and ice cream on a Jackson Lake deck.Sight · 2.6 mi awayLeeks Marina & Boat LaunchJackson Lake launch with private-boat service and a lakefront pizzeria.Picnic area · 3 mi awayMud Flats Picnic AreaOne table, a Teton view, and a changing Jackson Lake shoreline.Campground · 3.5 mi awayLizard Creek CampgroundA forested basecamp on Jackson Lake near two national parks.

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