Iconic Oxbow bend

Grand Teton national park's most photographic location is the Oxbow bend.

It is the most iconic image of the park with the meandering snake river with the Mount Moran las the perfect backdrop and the aspen trees that line along the snake river bank. It is a must see place if you visit Grand Teton and Yellowstone. If you visit Yellowstone via Jackson Hole your route will be through Teton National park and you can pass scenic overlook on your way. The Oxbow bend overlook is along highway 89 close to Jackson lake junction and Moran junction.

The Oxbow bend is a photographer's ideal place to capture fall colors in Autumn as the aspen trees change to yellow, gold and red during end of September. You could capture the reflection of the mount Moron on Snake river surface water giving you the mirror look. It is a spectacular view not to be missed.

The Oxbow bend scenic over look at Teton provide a breathtaking view of the landscape with the Teton mountain range as the back drop all year round what ever the season it is but Autumn definitely add more color to the scenery.

What you see looming over the snake river at the oxbow bend is the glacier carved eastern face of the Teton's range, Moran peak.

Mount Moran is named after Thomas Moran a landscape artist best known for paintings of Teton and Yellowstone and was part of the expeditions led by the government in unexplored American west.

An oxbow bend refers to a crescent shaped section of a flowing river created though erosion over time where deposits of soil has changed the course of the river and a small lake is created.

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