Babymoon at Yellowstone + Grand Teton


This is a 9 day babymoon itinerary visiting Yellowstone and Grand Teton. We did it when I was 22 weeks pregnant. We flew to Salt Lake city first, then we spent 4 days in Yellowstone and 2 days in Grand Teton. The food choices below feature vegan items.



Day 1

  • Arrive in Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Got lunch at Buds

    • really good Vegan sandwiches/ wrap (all items are vegan)

  • Drive to west yellowstone (4.5 hrs drive), where our hotel is located.


Day 2

Visit Yellowstone National Park 

  • Gibbon falls

  • Beryl spring

  • Monument geyser basin (Optional)

  • Artists paintpots

  • Norris geyser basin

  • Roaring mountain

  • Mammoth hot springs

  • Lamar valley (a place to see 🦬)


Day 3

Visit Yellowstone National Park: 

  • Firehole falls

  • Fountain Paint Pots

  • Firehole lake drive

  • Midway Geyser Basin / Grand Prismatic Spring

  • Biscuit basin

    • Mystic falls

  • Black Sand Basin

  • Old faithful

  • Upper geyser basin


Day 4

Visit Yellowstone National Park:

  • Canyon village

  • Hayden valley

  • Mud volcano

  • Terrace spring


Day 5

  • Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center

Visit Yellowstone National Park:

  • Kepler cascades

  • Duck lake

  • West thumb geyser basin


On the way from Yellowstone to the hotel near Grand Teton:

  • Lewis falls

    • On side of road

  • Moose falls

    • A super short hike from side of road

  • Jackson lake overlook

  • Willow flats overlook 

  • Oxbow bend 

  • Elk Ranch Flats Turnout

  • JP Cunningham cabin 

    • Historic cabin

  • Snake River overlook 

  • Teton point Turnout 


Day 6

Visit Grand Teton National Park:

  • Jenny lake/boat shuttle to cascade canyon/hidden falls/inspiration point/ cascade canyon hike

    • Scenic tour (1hr) 

    • You can also do a round trip or one way boat tour. You can get off at the west shore boat dock, then hike to cascade canyon. There are hidden falls and the inspiration point along the hike.

  • Drive up signal mountain 

    • About 40 min drive from lake Jenny visitor center

    • Seasonal. Road closed Nov to May. 

    • Drive to the end of the road, there is a very small parking lot at the end of the road.

    • Drive down from the top for a little bit, there is another small parking lot. From there, a short walk to Jackson lake overlook.

  • Leigh lake trailhead

    • Do a loop around string lake (3.7 miles)

    • Or walk along the east side of string lake and Leigh lake. Turn back whenever you want to.

    • We hiked all the way to Leigh lake portage and turned back, which is about 2.4 miles. 

  • Menors Ferry Historic District

    • Historic District. A 0.4 mile loop to see historic buildings and a boat replica.

    • From the parking lot, walk to the Chapel of the Transfiguration

      • It was open when we got there. Inside the chapel, you can see a nice panorama view of the mountains.

  • Grand Teton national park sign

    • Take a pic with the park sign and grand Teton in the background.


Day 7

  • National Museum of Wildlife Art

    • Opens Daily 10- 5pm

    • $17 / person


Visit Grand Teton National Park:

  • Albright View Overlook 

  • Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center

  • Blacktail Ponds Overlook

  • Mormon row Historic District

  • Glacier view turnout 

  • Schwabacher Landing:

    • A short walk to the "beavers dam sunrise" from the parking lot


After dinner, before sunset:

  • Walk around Jackson Hole

  • National Elk Refuge

    • Possible to see Elk

    • We did not see any elk there, but it is a beautiful place to drive through.


Day 8

Drive to SLC (4.5 hrs from hotel in Teton)


On the way from Grand Teton to SLC:

  • Potato museum in Idaho

    • $6/ person

    • Has a small cafe

    • Has a big baked potato statue outside the museum


Things to do in Salt lake City:

  • Mormon Temple (temple square)

    • Church history museum

    • Conference center

    • Tabernacle

    • Assembly hall

  • Great Salt Lake

    • You can see it by taking a drive around the Antelope Island State Park (6-10pm daily, $15 per car). 


Day 9

SLC things to do:

  • Utah state capitol

  • Natural History Museum of Utah

Food:

  • The Big O Doughnuts (100% vegan donuts)

Flight back home




For more detailed itineraries about these two national parks, refer to:

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