Jackson

Jackson sits in one of America’s most spectacular landscapes, surrounded by the Teton Range, vast ranchlands and the wilderness of Grand Teton and nearby Yellowstone. Its architectural identity begins with log cabins, ranch buildings and the mythology of the American West, but contemporary Jackson has developed a far more sophisticated design culture. Architects are reinterpreting the mountain lodge through glass, timber, stone and weathered steel, while Mid-Century influences and restrained interiors provide an alternative to the familiar antlers-and-cowboy version of Western style. The landscape remains the dominant design element—and rightly so.

Food and drink have evolved well beyond traditional steakhouse territory. Wyoming beef, game and trout remain part of the local table, but Jackson now combines serious contemporary restaurants with bakeries, coffee shops, breweries and lively bars. Chefs increasingly draw on Rocky Mountain ingredients and nearby farms while bringing influences from considerably farther afield. Après-ski naturally plays its part in winter, while summer shifts the rhythm towards terraces, farmers’ markets and long evenings after a day hiking, rafting or exploring the national parks.

Jackson’s most interesting hotels range from historic Western inns and reinvented roadside motels to contemporary mountain retreats and sophisticated lodges where fireplaces, tactile materials and enormous windows frame the Tetons outside. At DNA Hotels, we curate the places where architecture, food, wilderness and the independent spirit of the American West come together—hotels that prove mountain hospitality can embrace cowboy history without needing to look like a cowboy theme park.