Grand Teton National Park guide · 2 min read
Mormon Row and the Moulton Barn
Mormon Row sits along Antelope Flats Road, about 1.6 miles from Highway 89, where a pair of weathered barns stand with the Teton Range rising to the west.
Mormon settlers from Salt Lake City started a farming community here in 1890 and eventually built 27 homesteads along the base of the mountains. The Mormon Row Historic Site joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Two neighbors, John and Thomas Alma Moulton, built the barns that draw most visitors today. After nearly 30 years of working his land, John traded his log home and barn for a pink stucco frame house and a two-story gambrel barn, both north of Antelope Flats Road. The Pink House still stands beside the John Moulton Barn. Just to the south, T.A. spent more than 30 years building his barn in a gable-with-shed style.
The road divides the site into two sections. On the north side, you park in a gravel lot and walk an old dirt road that is level but rutted and pocked with holes. On the south side, you can see the barns easily from the dirt road or park in a dirt lot and stroll a flat dirt road. A self-guided walk through both sections usually takes one to two hours.
This is one of the most photographed places in the park, and photographers come from around the world for the classic view of a Moulton barn with the jagged peaks behind it. Sunrise brings the best light, when early sun reaches the barns and the range beyond. Mornings can be cold even in summer, so bring extra layers.
Mormon Row is one of the most visited spots in the park, and it is not private. Leave room for others to set up their shots in front of the barns and the Pink House.
