Owl Peak, Mountain summit in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, US.
Owl Peak is a 10,617-foot (3,236 m) summit in the northern Teton Range of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, standing just east of Elk Mountain and west across Jackson Lake from Lizard Creek Campground. Its slopes rise above Webb Canyon to the south, and the Berry Creek and Owl Creek trails approach it from Wilcox Point.
Owl Peak lies just east of Elk Mountain in the northern Teton Range, within Grand Teton National Park, and rises above Webb Canyon to the south. The name appears on maps of the range, and the peak is reached from the Berry Creek Trailhead at Wilcox Point, across Jackson Lake from Lizard Creek Campground.
The name comes from Owl Creek, which drains the mountain's western side; the creek and peak appear on early USGS maps of the northern Teton Range. Today the summit is reached by boat across Jackson Lake to Wilcox Point, then on foot along the Berry Creek and Owl Creek trails.
Access begins with a boat ride across Jackson Lake to the Berry Creek Trailhead at Wilcox Point, west of Lizard Creek Campground. From there, follow the Berry Creek and Owl Creek trails west for about 2 miles (3.2 km), then continue off-trail up a steep 2 miles (3.2 km) to the summit.
Owl Peak stands just east of Elk Mountain, and north of it the Tetons merge into the Yellowstone Plateau while Webb Canyon lies to the south. The summit is 10,617 feet (3,236 m) high, reached by boat to Wilcox Point and then off-trail above the Berry Creek and Owl Creek trails.
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