Colter Bay–Hermitage Point Trailhead

Looking out onto the Colter Bay Marina from the Colter Bay–Hermitage Point Trailhead.

NPS Photo/T. Chavis

Quick Facts

Amenities

1 listed

Trailhead

Hikes 

Lakeshore Trail
2.0 miles round-trip, 1 hour, 100 ft total climbing, Easy.
Level trail follows Colter Bay shoreline with views of Jackson Lake and the Teton Range.

Heron Pond & Swan Lake Loop
3.0 miles round-trip, 1.5 hours, 200 ft total climbing, Easy.
Follow mostly level trail to two ponds that are home to birds and other wildlife.

Hermitage Point
9.7 miles round-trip, 5 hours, 700 ft total climbing, Moderate.
Trail traverses rolling terrain through forests, meadows, and wetlands providing wildlife habitat.

Location

Access the Colter Bay–Hermitage Point Trailhead from Colter Bay Village. From Moran Junction, continue ten miles northwest on the main highway, and turn southwest at the Colter Bay Junction. The trailhead is located just south of the visitor center, and provides access to trails along the eastern edge of Jackson Lake.

Notes

Visitor services in this area include a visitor center, restrooms, water, stores, restaurants, laundromat, showers, cabins, corrals, campground and an RV park. Bears may be active any place and at any time; travel in groups, make noise and carry bear spray. Backcountry camping requires a permit-pick one up at a backcountry permits office.

Name Origin

A now unknown builder intended to use the site for a lodge or hermitage. After the dam was built in 1916, he floated the logs down river and sold them.

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