The Area
Town, On Foot
Jackson is the town; Jackson Hole is the valley around it, and the two get confused often enough that it is worth saying plainly: this is the valley’s only real town. There is a square with an arch at each corner, a grid of walkable blocks around it, a hardware store, a school, a town council. The National Elk Refuge begins where the streets end to the northeast, and Snow King — Wyoming’s first ski area, cut in 1939 — rises straight off the southern edge of downtown.
What surprises people is how much of the town’s life has nothing to do with visitors. Kids race gates on Snow King after school. The theatre runs year-round. In December the refuge fills with elk by the thousand, close enough that you can watch them from the road while your coffee is still warm — and the sleigh rides out among them leave from the edge of town all winter.
Our downtown residences are for guests who want to park the car on arrival and forget it. Dinner, galleries, coffee, the square — all of it on foot, which matters more than it sounds in January. The tram is 12 miles northwest when you want a mountain; the town does not require one.
Where It Is
The Downtown Jackson Portfolio, Plotted
8 Residences
Pins are plotted from each property’s coordinates in TRACK. Click a residence to centre the map.
Getting Here
Everything, in Minutes
Through the Year
Four Areas in One
Winter
Elk at the Edge of Town
The refuge fills by the thousand through December, and sleigh rides run among them all winter. In town: lit storefronts, full kitchens, and Snow King's night-lit runs above the rooftops.
Spring
The Honest Off-Season
April is the valley exhaling. A few kitchens close for a break, parking is easy, and the first green shows on the buttes. If you like a town to yourself, this is the window.
Summer
Nine O'Clock Light
The square stays busy until dark, which arrives well after 9. The rodeo runs 2 nights a week, the art fairs take over the park, and every patio earns its keep.
Autumn
Gallery Season
September belongs to the Fall Arts Festival and to the aspens on Snow King. Elk bugle from the refuge at dusk, close enough to hear from the north edge of town.
Stay Here
Residences in Downtown Jackson
House Downtown Jackson
Panda Ranch Vault
Townhouse Downtown Jackson
Glenwood 12
From $800 / night
Private movie theater Downtown Jackson
The Lookout
From $1,108 / night
House Downtown Jackson
Shoshone Lodge
From $929 / night
House Downtown Jackson
Panda Ranch Wing
11,885 sq ft estate Downtown Jackson
Pataheya
From $3,000 / night
House Downtown Jackson
Tatanka Lodge
From $3,402 / night
Grand Teton views Downtown Jackson
Panda Ranch
From $6,034 / night
What’s Close
Within Reach
Eat & Drink
- The Morning Counterscoffee worth walking for, open before the lifts spin.
- The Long Dinnerthe valley's serious kitchens sit within 4 blocks of the square.
- The Nightcaplive music most nights; follow the sound off the square.
In Town
- The Galleriesenough of them to fill an evening's walk on their own.
- Snow Kingthe town hill: race gates in winter, the summit trail in summer.
- The Town Squarethe arches, the stagecoach, the middle of everything.
Beyond
- The National Elk Refugebegins at the edge of town; sleigh rides all winter.
- Grand Teton National Park20 minutes to the Moose gate.
- The Tram12 miles northwest when you want the big mountain.
Elsewhere in the Valley