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

Used to be a special place for the intrepid who were willing to look at maps, find public lands/dirt roads, and go exploring up rugged dirt roads...and be rewarded for the effort. Now, people don't even unfold a map, they just see the reviews, hit the GPS coordinates, and hit the road. Along with everybody else. The result? Perpetually full, bad etiquette (people set up tents outside the door of your rv or van, not kidding), and zero relaxation. And the same thing is happening everywhere else as well. Oh, if you do get a spot, hopefully you enjoy the sound of contractor-grade open frame generators as well. SO peaceful. LOL. Actually, not LOL. It's really sad what is happening in the off-grid boondocking world.

We stayed 3 days. Views are amazing I can’t deny that.. but the road was rough!! 8/10. Bumpy with bigs rocks. We have a 30 foot and we made it to the top fine. We saw bigger rigs made it too. I recommend you drive to the top without the trailer to see the road before going with your rig. It was not q busy weekend. For a moment we were the only rv there. Great views all over!

The access was easy but it was very crowded. We were in the upper area that normally has great views of the teton range but it was super smokey / cloudy when we were there. We could see them for a moment in the evening. We found a spot, but lots of last minute folks arrived after parking anywhere they could on the side. Not bad for free and quick overnight stay.

Beautiful views and good amount of space even though it gets pretty busy up front closer to the mountains to get the better view. Short drive up the mountain takes you to multiple campsites for tents and smaller rigs as well as a big open space for larger rigs. Campsite is exactly halfway between both park entrances and 30-40 minutes drive to Jackson but it’s a beautiful drive so it never feels that way and on the way you can hit the rest of the recommended spots to visit like Mormon Row. Two bars AT&T.

We arrived on a Monday around 3pm and were able to get a side spot on the HIGHLY sought after cliff side campsite. By day 2 we were able to move to the front and have panoramic views of the Grand Tetons. Truly breath taking. At night a lot of people from other sites came to the cliff site to watch the sunset, we loved meeting everyone. We had the BEST campsite mates here. Everyone watched out for everyone else.

Like everyone has said the road is rough, but manageable SLOWLY. But 100% worth the drive for the views.

Full boondocking. Closest water/dump is at the Shell Station in Jackson.

Would have stayed longer if we could.

Most of the RV and campgrounds were full around Grand Teton. We were lucky enough to find a spot here and it was free so you can’t really complain. There are several sites on the lower lookout not far from the gravel road entrance, but we decided to continue up to the upper lookout. The gravel/dirt road has some rough patches and big rocks that you may need to dodge. We were pulling a 21’ travel trailer and we made it, but we had to take it slow. We scraped the trailer in a few places. High clearance would be better. The upper portion is cool, but many trees have grown up which block the view for all except for a few spots. This place can get very crowded. We could hear the people in their RVs, but after 10p it was quiet. There is a view point you can walk to at the end to see the sunset. No restrooms, trash, etc. Not a bad alternative to paid sites. The location is about 40 minutes from some of the main sites, Jenny lake, Colter Bay.