Bridger-Teton National Forest · Wyoming
Big Cow Creek
6.8 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 4083 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike · seasonal: hiking 05/01-10/31
Trailhead Big Cow Creek Trailhead Drive there
Big Cow Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
This is a remote trailhead located at the end of the Gros Ventre Road. It is located in open sagebrush flats adjacent to the Gros Ventre River. This trailhead provides the main access to the Big Cow Creek Trail #4083, which is a non-motorized trail year round and enters the Gros Ventre Wilderness approximately 1.5 miles in. Outstanding scenery await for those travelling either by horse or on foot. It is popular during the summer and fall. Single kiosk with a map. Road is rough and four wheel drive is recommended. No cellular service. Trailhead is large enough for trailer turnaround. Driving time from Jackson is approximately 2 hours.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Bridger-Teton National Forest
About this trail's facts
The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.
