Field notes · 2026 estimate
When to see peak color at Grand Teton National Park (Oxbow Bend, Moose-Wilson Road)
Peak fall color is predicted around September 11. Plan for the strongest viewing window from September 6 to September 16.
The prediction is a 25-year climatology built from NASA MODIS MOD13Q1 vegetation-index data, with the definition of peak calibrated against PhenoCam ground cameras. Where state foliage spotters report peak (New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Missouri), it has landed inside our ±5-day window about two years in three. An unusual summer or autumn can still move it further.
Fall color at Grand Teton National Park (Oxbow Bend, Moose-Wilson Road) begins as early as September 10 in some spots and continues through November 2 in others — a 53-day window where you can catch peak color somewhere in the area regardless of when you visit.
Nearby locales
Other places to see color near Grand Teton National Park (Oxbow Bend, Moose-Wilson Road)
Driving distance and time by road, not straight-line.