Elk Ranch Flats Turnout
Offers views across the grasslands to forests with the mountains rising above and framing the landscape.
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Elk Ranch Flats Turnout Details
Elk Ranch Flats Turnout offers views across the grasslands to forests, with the mountains rising above and framing the landscape. There are horses that graze here and visitors also occasionally see elk at this turnout. The grasslands are a reminder of a time when this land was used to raise cattle as part of the largest ranching operation in Jackson Hole.
Difficulty
Low
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Region
U.S. 89/191
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Where Highway 89/191 meets with Highway 26/287 near the Snake River.
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Cunningham Cabin
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