Flat Creek Ranch, Jackson, WY

The Flat Creek Ranch is about ten miles from the nearest neighbor in the area of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This resort is a dude ranch where guests can indulge in hiking, fishing, or horseback riding. The ranch was built in the 1920's by a cowboy and a countess. The ranch hosts family reunions, couples, families, hiking clubs and fly fishing groups. Visitors to Flat Creek Ranch take the fifteen mile trek through the National Elk Refuge in four wheel drive vehicles. Guests of the ranch can view moose, elk, bald eagles, deer, ducks, mountain sheep and osprey.

They have a sauna for relaxing after a day of activities and beer or wine is complimentary at the cocktail hour and at dinner. The ranch serves up gourmet ranch style cuisine.

Flat Creek Ranch accommodations are renovated log cabins from the 1920's. Every suite has one bedroom, living room with wood burning stove, bathroom and sitting porch. The ranch uses a solar system to power everything that is electric. Because the ranch is in the middle of US Forest lands they have a permit to take their guests through the 100 square miles of protected forest lands.

The main lodge is where the delicious meals are prepared and eaten. The day's menu can consist of grilled meat or fish with salads and crisp vegetables. The living room at the lodge has a huge stone fireplace on one end and the first owner Cissy Patterson's own piano. Cissy Cabin was originally built for the countess. There is a big living room and a queen sized bed in the bedroom. The bathroom features a claw foot tub with a view of the woodlands. There is a wood burning stove in the cabin with a porch that has a view of the lake. A futon in the living room adds a double bed for extra sleeping and there is room for rollaway beds as well.

Josephine Cabin has a front porch with a lake view and a second porch looks at Flat Creek. There is a queen sized brass bed and a futon in the living room that makes for another single bed in the cabin. The cabin is named after the niece of the original owner. Cal Cabin used to be the home of the horse rustling wrangler that homesteaded the ranch. This cabin offers a private porch high along the creek bank and a view of the setting sun,a queen sized bed, claw foot bath tub, wood burning stove and futon suitable for a child in the living room.

Judge's Cabin is so named for a popular returning visitor that came to the ranch to fish. Guests will find a queen sized bed and a double bed in the bedroom. A sleeper sofa allows another guest in the living room. Visitors that recline on the porch may see an eagle or osprey as they swoop into the lake for a fish. The Farney Cabin has a queen sized bed and futon that becomes a double bed.

If guests would like to take a shower instead of a bath there is a Wash House with a hand held shower head. The Wash House is divided into men and women's sides with a shower stall, toilet and sink.