Jenny Lake in Grand Teton NP Car Length

[maria_bettina]

Exploring whether we can take the Tundra to Jenny Lake in Grand Teton. The Tundra is 18' but they say no cars over 14'... Saw a pic with a looong truck at a campsite.

Anyone bring their >14' truck and what was your experience? No issue or turned away?

[maddog348]

keep us posted. thnx

[maria_bettina]

BarabooBob wrote:
When I am in the Tetons, I always stay at Gros Ventre. They have some pull through sites and most back in sites are pretty long. If you go for sunrise walks along the river, watch out for moose and remember that they may look slow, but are very fast runners.

Yea, Gros Ventre was our 2nd choice. We like the smaller campgrounds, and we'd be tent camping and/or sleeping in the truck bed... I know I'd fit in many of those sites at Jenny Lake. I'd hate to bring the Outback and then end up seeing long trucks there.

What to do, what to do. Guess we can chance it and head over to Gros Ventre if we get turned away at Jenny Lake. Yes, those moose can be mean!!

We've camped at Colter Bay before. So I wanted to stay at a more "intimate" cg this time (sorta like Slough Creek or Pebble Creek in Yellowstone).

Thanks everyone!

[BarabooBob]

When I am in the Tetons, I always stay at Gros Ventre. They have some pull through sites and most back in sites are pretty long. If you go for sunrise walks along the river, watch out for moose and remember that they may look slow, but are very fast runners.

[maddog348]

The Jenny Lake campground is limited to 14 foot vehicles because it has a very limited number of campsites (49), it is tent camping only and the parking areas for the individual sites are very small and can only accommodate vehicles up to 14 feet in length. Any vehicles longer than that will be turned away by the campground manager.


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[GeoBoy]

maria_bettina wrote:

GeoBoy wrote:
Maria, are you planning on visiting the Jenny Lake area, and/or trying to stay at the campground at Jenny Lake?

Camping there. Need a site.

The campground is for tent sites only and vehicles are limited to 8’ tall and 14’ long. What about Coulter Bay?

[lampooner]

I think they might be worried about vehicle height not length.

[maria_bettina]

GeoBoy wrote:
Maria, are you planning on visiting the Jenny Lake area, and/or trying to stay at the campground at Jenny Lake?

Camping there. Need a site.

[GeoBoy]

Maria, are you planning on visiting the Jenny Lake area, and/or trying to stay at the campground at Jenny Lake?

[maddog348]

TC

[maria_bettina]

maddog348 wrote:
Looks like they are set up for tent camping only. Yes my Tundra is 18' long also ~ so will strike Jenny off of our list. Boo

Do you tow or have a 5th wheel?

I am not giving up on Jenny Lake quite yet. 😉 I may have to call and see if the site length is the issue or perhaps they just don't want the type of people that drive long vehicles in their campground :C Kidding.

[maria_bettina]

Beverley&Ken wrote:
I did the google map street view. and went around the campground. The sites may be large but the vehicle parking is small, controlled by strategically placed rocks and logs. From the images, might fit on certain sites IF you could put the back end over the log or rock that defines the parking space. The compact cars seem to fill almost all of the designated parking space.

Ken

Thank you for checking. I used campsitephotos dot com, and without a car parked in the spot, it's difficult to gauge. Definitely some are long enough, and the ones with logs I could backup into... I'll check google maps. Didnt even think of that!

[maddog348]

Looks like they are set up for tent camping only. Yes my Tundra is 18' long also ~ so will strike Jenny off of our list. Boo

[Beverley_Ken]

I did the google map street view. and went around the campground. The sites may be large but the vehicle parking is small, controlled by strategically placed rocks and logs. From the images, might fit on certain sites IF you could put the back end over the log or rock that defines the parking space. The compact cars seem to fill almost all of the designated parking space.

Ken