Getting there
Start at the Preserve Center, where parking is limited; its exhibits and visitor information are a separate stop. The viewpoint is identified as wheelchair accessible, though the route surface and slope aren’t specified.
Overview
About Lake Creek Overlook
Why stop
- The walkway brings you close to the stream and cascade
Heads up
- A small water stop rather than a Teton panorama
Map
Where it is
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Full mapPlan your stop
Before you go
Getting there
2 active Grand Teton alerts
- 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
- ClosureJackson Lake boat ramps closed; Signal launch riskColter 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
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Grand Teton Tour Guide
Your drive to Lake Creek Overlook, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Grand Teton National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Grand Teton audio tourRecorded for this place
Rockefeller Preserve: Listen Before the Lake Walk0:00 / 0:36
“You're nearing the Rockefeller Preserve Center, where I'd start with the soundscape room. A three-minute recording builds to a thunderstorm using sounds recorded here in the preserve.”
Plays as you drive up to Lake Creek Overlook in the Parkwolf Grand Teton Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- 118 audio storiesacross Grand Teton’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Grizzly Bear, Brown Bear, Gray Wolf, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 70 trails, 121 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“…We have been driving around with the audio tour and it has been informational and spot on. The whole family has been impressed. We used it for Yellowstone and Grand Teton.”
Guide
More about Lake Creek Overlook
A close-up of Lake CreekLake Creek Overlook is a short, wheelchair-accessible viewpoint on the clear mountain stream…
Lake Creek Overlook is a short, wheelchair-accessible viewpoint on the clear mountain stream near Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Center. It’s a small water stop, not a wide Teton panorama. From the center, follow the Lake Creek Trail for about 0.1 mile; the overlook is at the first fork, with a small waterfall at the next.
Snowmelt and rock snotLake Creek drains Phelps Lake.
Lake Creek drains Phelps Lake. Snowmelt makes it run higher and colder early in the season, then the flow drops as summer warms. Brownish-yellow or white mats on the rocks are didymo, or “rock snot.” Clean, drain, and dry gear between waterways so you don’t move the algae.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Grand Teton
172 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
195 sightingsBrown BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
32 sightingsGray WolfMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
1,816 sightingsMooseMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
614 sightingsBisonMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
738 sightingsElkMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Grand Teton. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
