North to Jackson Hole - The Most Scenic Drives in America: 120 Spectacular Road Trips - page 353

Grand Teton National Park's spectacular landscape draws more than 4 million visitors each year.
9. Teton Point Turnout
The route follows Antelope Flats Road west to rejoin Rte. 89 and then heads three miles
northtoTetonPointTurnout.Whileyouarehere,lookuptoanimaginarypointthree-quar-
ters of a mile directly above you: That is where the surface of the ice lay when glaciers
filledJacksonHole.TothewestisasuperbviewofthetoweringTetons.Thoughthemoun-
tains are relatively young (less than 10 million years), some of them contain the gneiss and
schist of far older rocks, nearly 3 billion years old.
10. Snake River Overlook
This turnout, atop a giant glacial moraine deposited thousands of years ago, affords a pan-
oramic view across Jackson Hole to the Teton Range. The Snake River, as serpentine as
its name suggests, is lined with willows, cottonwoods, and aspens—an ideal habitat for
beavers, whose dams dot the myriad streams that feed into the great winding river.