The Area
Where the Valley Opens
South of the town square the valley does something most visitors never see: it opens. The buttes step back, hay meadows run flat to the water, and the Snake spreads into braided channels between cottonwood banks. This is the working, agricultural end of Jackson Hole — barns, horse pasture and river bottom along Highway 89, beginning minutes south of town.
The surprise is the wildlife arithmetic. About 1,000 elk winter on the South Park habitat area 8 miles south of town, bald eagles hold the cottonwood snags year-round, and the river through here carries the Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat — a native trout found in this drainage and almost nowhere else. Drift boats go in at the South Park ramp at first light all summer; by September the fishing is the best of the year and the meadows have gone to gold.
Our residences in the south valley trade walkability for room — acreage, sky, water, and neighbors you wave to across a field. The practical advantage is that the trade is small: dinner in town is a 12-minute drive up 89, with the river out the window most of the way.
Where It Is
The Snake River & South Park Portfolio, Plotted
5 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
A Thousand Elk
About 1,000 elk winter on the South Park habitat area, and bald eagles keep the cottonwood snags. The meadows hold the low light; town's bustle feels farther than 8 miles.
Spring
Runoff
The Snake runs high and brown through June while the meadows green up and the herds move off the feedground. Fish early, before the melt, or wait for the drop.
Summer
First Light on the Water
Drift boats slide in at dawn and the hay comes off the meadows in July. Evenings run long over open ground; this is the end of the valley with the most sky.
Autumn
The Fishing Peaks
September and October are the best months on this stretch of the Snake — fat cutthroat, gold cottonwoods, no crowds. The elk drift back down as the meadows frost.
Stay Here
Residences in Snake River & South Park
House Snake River & South Park
Western Star Ranch
House Snake River & South Park
Horsethief Hideaway
From $910 / night
House Snake River & South Park
Solitude At Shootin' Iron
From $2,061 / night
Overlooking the Snake River Snake River & South Park
The Cottonwoods
House Snake River & South Park
Horsethief Canyon Lodge
From $1,386 / night
What’s Close
Within Reach
Eat & Drink
- Dinner in Town12 minutes north, river out the window most of the way.
- The Home Kitchenthis end of the valley is where you grill; stock up in town.
- The South Gate Stopsfuel, coffee and river-guide breakfasts at Hoback Junction.
The River
- The Town Stretchbraided water holding native fine-spotted cutthroat.
- South Park Boat Rampthe classic put-in, minutes from the door.
- The Canyonthe whitewater begins where the Snake turns at Hoback.
Beyond
- The Elk Feedgroundabout 1,000 head winter next door; binoculars beat a closer look.
- Munger Mountainempty trailheads 10 minutes south.
- Town & the Tram12 minutes to the square, about 30 to Teton Village.
Elsewhere in the Valley