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This rustic campground is in a remote park of Grand Teton National Park. The campground is 11 miles south of Yellowstone and eight miles north of Colter Bay Village providing easy access to both parks. The campsites are in a spruce and fir forest on the shores of Jackson Lake. One mile across the lake is the northern portion of the Teton Range including Webb Canyon, Owl and Ranger peaks. Looking south, the expanse of the Teton Range towers over Jackson Lake. ADA Access: The Lizard Creek Campground has two loops with 60 individual sites. At this time, none are ADA accessible. In the future, the campground will redesign sites to be compliant. Restroom facilities are partially accessible. No showers are available. No payphone is available. Route into the amphitheater is well-compacted gravel and on a slight slope.
Heading north from Jackson on US 26/89/191, turn left (west) at Moran Junction. Travel north on US 89/191/287, 18 miles to the Lizard Creek Campground sign, turn left (west) into the campground. Heading south from Yellowstone on US 89/191/287, continue 11 miles and turn right (west) at the Lizard Creek Campground sign continuing into the campground.
All payments are made through recreation.gov. No onsite payments accepted.
Starting January 2021, we are moving to reservations only via Recreation.gov
Very sad the site didn't end up a 5 star, apart from the inappropriate actions of the host, it absolutely would have been. My sister and I stayed here on a birthday trip (2 females alone, which they knew) the male host came by once and rudely asked if it was our site, we told him yes, he asked nothing more and left. We continued to pack up to leave for the day and while changing he came back storming into our campsite insisting that that is not our campsite and that we needed to leave now, thankfully I was closer to dressed and hoped out of the van confused to tell him that yes it is our site, I have my reservation, my ID and everything, he tells me once he sees my reservation he will apologize... He saw it and somewhat apologized. The lady with him was much more apologetic. We stayed at 3 sites between Tetons and Yellowstone on this trip as well as 2 other parks and this was sadly the only bad experience we had.
Very quiet and nice campground. We were unaware there were no showers and they only accepted cash for firewood/supplies, not sure if that info is on their website or not so could have been my fault for not knowing this ahead of time. Other than that we loved the space between tents and how big the camping spots were.
As a WY resident we frequently come up to Teton on the weekends and this is one of our favorite places to camp. Great spots, host is fantastic. Make sure to book far ahead since they fill up fast. The bathrooms are clean and the grounds are well kept. Some people that come through are rather annoying and loud but that’s to be expected with tourists.
We tent camped for two nights. On our arrival we saw a cinnamon bear within 100 feet of our campsite. We watched it walk down to the lake. Almost unbelievably we also saw a black bear which within minutes of seeing the other bear. It wandered around above the adjacent campsites and ours for about 8 minutes before heading up into the thicker woods.
The site provided a fire pit, picnic table(for 8) and trees with spacing perfect for our two hammocks. It also had a convenience building which had a men’s bathroom including sink, toilet, urinal, and mirror. The same accommodation for women’s except replacing a urinal with a toilet.
Perfect location for visiting the quieter end of the park. The campsite was lovely and the camp hosts were the kindest I've yet encountered! It was a lovely stay. Water and restrooms well placed throughout camp.
We were in site 18 and loved it. Only downside was that it didn't have much privacy from site 17 and parking was a bit tight in our van. Next time I'd choose site 15. That being said, the fire ring and tent site were placed nicely to give the most privacy possible.
Easy walk down to the lake, with a big step off of a social trial to get down to it. Absolutely beautiful if your mobility is pretty good! Even had cell signal in some places.
