Upper Teton View - Toppings Lake Dispersed Campsites #8 - 16

We arrived on a Monday afternoon. We have a 34 ft airstream so planned on staying at the “lower” Teton view but never even saw clearly where this was? I’m assuming it was at the beginning. We kept driving, stayed left at the fork and somehow ended up at the upper view. We don’t have good clearance and truly had no problems at all.
Here are the exact coordinates: (43.7639198, -110.5539226)

It was super crowded and there were no front spots Monday but everyone left Tuesday by 11am so we moved up to one of the front spots. It filled up quickly by 2 other trailers.

The views are obviously incredible. Minimal cell service but Starlink worked great. Lots of sun for solar!

Filled up water, propane, and dumped at the Shell in Jackson on our way in.

This spot is crowded but there are spots further back in this area if you want privacy just not the best views.

The view from this place is absolutely incredible.

We stayed here for the maximum of 5 nights. We arrived on a Saturday morning and there were spots available, but it had been raining all day which impacted attendance. On Sunday evening after the weather cleared, it was jam packed. The sites farther down the road were less crowded and would be worth considering if you can find one with a view.

Campers were generally friendly though some weren't considerate and would park blocking others views. Very little trash in site and only some leveling required.

The access road in was in decent shape, just go slow. There isn't enough room for two rigs to pass side by side. I'll echo the note about the 30 foot restriction sign - I don't think that would actually be a problem. The rain didn't impact the road quality significantly

There is some road noise from the highway but it's modest. There is also noise from aircraft on approach to Jackson, but that applies to most areas of the park.

Water fill was available in Colter Bay.

AT&T signal was decent at around 10mbps download and 6mbps up with a roof mounted Pepwave MIMO antenna. There was considerable variability though. T-Mobile was faster at 20/5.

We have been traveling for a year and this is hands down the best view we ha e ever had! July 22, and it is not crowded at all, lots of spaces open to our surprised.
Although the sign clearly states no rigs over 30 feet, there are 45-foot fifth wheels at the campground. I have no idea what would happen if we ran into one of those on the road.

Finishing up a 3 week Southern Utah NP trip (10/1-10/22) we opted to head through The Tetons & Yellowstone for our final leg back home. We started up the road to this area with the TT hooked up but having had snow the week prior the road was not in great shape. We got to the fork in the road and there was lots of ice covering the road. Husband walked up it a way and with the narrowness of the road (about 1 1/2 car widths), trees very close to road and ice/snow in all the shady sections we opted to go further up the Rockefeller Pwy to another off-grid location. The road up to these sites is VERY narrow should you meet someone heading in the opposite direction.

We drove up the following day, w/out TT and looked it over. There were only two campers up there, an Airstream & a big Class A. The best sites are in one big group style parking area, all had own fire rings. A few other sites had guy-wires cutting the view for taking photos, but still had great views of The Tetons.

I fully understand everyone raving about this location and doing all they can to camp there as most people are doing a once-in-a-lifetime trip to this area and it does have spectacular views. But for us, living just outside the East entrance to Yellowstone we made the decision that we would most likely not camp up there, even in the "off season". If we were to camp over in this area again we would opt for where we stayed and leave this one for those of you who only get to see this beauty once in a lifetime =) No Grand Teton views where we stayed, but smaller mtn views and right on the river! We were the only ones (aside from an outfitters camp in use, not near enough to hear/see) out where we ended up staying for 4 nights! Had planned on 2 or 3 nights max but couldn't make ourselves leave until we absolutely had to make the drive through YNP to get home.

Reason for not caring about the "big" mtns views is that we have a 260º view of Absaroka mtns from our property everyday ;)

Stayed in Sept. Sign at entry said no more than 30'. Glad we saw some big rigs coming out which reassured us fine to go in.
We first tried to park at the lower spot (across from bathroom) but it was too unlevel. Glad we went up. Plenty of big rigs - some 40 + made it up. Go slow, take the second left turn once you get up as it is more generous. Fairly flat. If you are not sure of your driving, worth it to unhitch and check it out first.
Not all have the million dollar view - depends on when you arrive and what you get. But it def beats the lower spot (unlevel + too dusty from everyone kicking up dust as they drive up or down). Most folks are friendly and respectful; there was a class B campers blasting VERY loud music late into the night.

Definitely a gem to explore the Tetons from. Some folks also make day trips to yellowstone. We tried that for a day - too long a drive! So, we picked up and move to West YS for the base to explore YS.

Directions were easy for us to follow during the day. We drove past the lower spots and crept up and to the left to the upper spots. If someone’s coming down when you’re going up I could see some challenges getting by on this narrow dirt road. Take it slow and most rigs even large fish wheels make it up. The views are some of the best we’ve ever seen. People were very respectful even though at times it was packed. Very close to the park and Jackson. Hands down one of our favorite spots ever.