Wyoming's Most Scenic Overlooks

Wyoming's overlooks operate at a monumental scale — the views from its mountain summits and canyon rims encompass hundreds of miles of wilderness.

Snake River Overlook (Grand Teton NP)
The location where Ansel Adams made his iconic 1942 photograph of the Snake River bending toward the Tetons — one of the most recognized landscape photographs in American history. The overlook on US-89/191 north of Moose gives a view of the entire Teton Range reflected above the river bend. Sunrise and sunset light is best.

Artist Point (Yellowstone)
The definitive view of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the Lower Falls — the canyon walls' yellow and orange rhyolite glows in the afternoon light. The overlook platform is safe, easily accessible, and one of the most-photographed spots in the national parks system.

Signal Mountain Summit (Grand Teton NP)
A paved road climbs Signal Mountain (7,593 ft) to give an aerial view of Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake, and the full Teton Range. The perspective from above reveals the glacial character of the valley and the dramatic fault scarp that lifted the Tetons.

Lamar Valley Overlooks (Yellowstone)
The "Serengeti of North America" — the broad valley of the Lamar River in northeastern Yellowstone gives the finest wildlife viewing in the continental US. Wolf packs, grizzly bears, bison herds, pronghorn, and elk are regularly visible from the road and the pullout overlooks. Dawn and dusk are the best times; spotting scopes are essential.

Wind River Canyon Overlooks
US-20 through Wind River Canyon passes through a spectacular 2,500-foot-deep canyon cut by the Wind River through the Owl Creek Mountains. The canyon exposes Precambrian basement rock 2.7 billion years old — some of the oldest exposed rock on Earth's surface. Multiple pullouts give views of the sheer canyon walls and the river below.