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Grand Teton National Park & John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway
Camping in Bear Country
A bear locker located in a frontcountry campground.

A bear locker located in a frontcountry campground. Campers must use bear lockers when available or protect food in a hard-sided vehicle. Coolers and ice chests are not bear-proof.

Bears can be anywhere in the park at any time, even if you can’t see them. Odors attract bears into campgrounds and picnic areas. When not in immediate use, all food, drinks, garbage, toiletries, cookware (clean or dirty), stoves, grills, coolers and food containers (empty or full), pet food/bowls, and any odorous item, must be kept in a bear-resistant food storage locker or in a hard-sided vehicle with doors locked and windows closed, day and night. Only have the food out that you are actually using; if you are not using it, put it back into your food storage locker or hard-sided vehicle.

 



 
Placard showing list of items to protect from bears and other wildlife

 

 

 

 

 

Read the Be Bear Aware! Placard

  • Keep a clean camp! Improperly stored or unattended food will be confiscated and you could be fined
  • Treat odorous products such as soap, toothpaste, fuel products, suntan lotion, and bug spray in the same manner as food
  • Never store food, garbage or toiletries in tents or sleeping bags
  • Place all trash in bear-resistant garbage dumpsters
  • Pets must be kept under physical restraint and never left unattended
  • Immediately report careless campers nearby and all bear sightings to the campground kiosk or nearest ranger

 
Grand Teton National Park Foundation's bear box fundraiser flyer

Grand Teton National Park Foundation

Care about Bears? Join the Bear Box Campaign.

Grand Teton National Park and the Grand Teton National Park Foundation have mounted an important campaign to make food storage lockers, which make it convenient for visitors to store their food, available to all front-country campers. Learn more>>

Become a Grand Teton National Park Foundation member>>

Read the "Trash Talk" advertisement>>

 

 

 

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Never approach a bear.
Never feed a bear.
Stay 300 feet (1 football field) from bears at all times.
Uinta Ground Squirrel  

Did You Know?
Did you know that Uinta ground squirrels, sometimes mistaken for prairie dogs, hibernate up to eight months a year? These animals leave their burrows in March or April to inhabit the sagebrush flats, but may return by the end of July.

Last Updated: July 13, 2009 at 12:53 EST