Hoback River
title: "Hoback River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-wyoming", "tributaries-of-the-snake-river", "rivers-of-teton-county,-wyoming", "wild-and-scenic-rivers-of-the-united-states"] topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoback_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Hoback River |
| image | HobackRiver.gif |
| image_size | 300 |
| image_caption | The river near Hoback Junction |
| map | Part-of-Snake-River-in-Wyom.png |
| map_caption | Map of the Hoback, Greys and Salt rivers (in order from right to left) |
| map_size | 300 |
| source1_location | Hoback Peak at |
| source1_coordinates | |
| source1_coord_ref | |
| mouth_location | Snake River at |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| mouth_coord_ref | |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | United States |
| progression | North-east then north-west |
| length | 55 mi |
| mouth_elevation | 5896 ft |
| discharge1_location | Jackson, WY |
| discharge1_avg | 511 cuft/s |
| basin_size | 600 mi2 |
| extra | {{Designation list |
| embed | yes |
| designation1 | nwsr |
| :: |
| name = Hoback River | image = HobackRiver.gif | image_size = 300 | image_caption = The river near Hoback Junction |map = Part-of-Snake-River-in-Wyom.png |map_caption = Map of the Hoback, Greys and Salt rivers (in order from right to left) |map_size = 300 | source1_location = Hoback Peak at | source1_coordinates= | source1_coord_ref = | mouth_location = Snake River at | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_coord_ref = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | progression = North-east then north-west | length = 55 mi | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = 5896 ft | discharge1_location= Jackson, WY | discharge1_avg = 511 cuft/s | basin_size = 600 mi2 | river_system = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | extra = {{Designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = nwsr
The Hoback River, once called the Fall River, is an approximately 55 mi-long tributary of the Snake River in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It heads in the northern Wyoming Range of Wyoming and flows northeast, northwest, and then west through the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Its largest tributary is its South Fork, which joins the Hoback about nine miles downstream of its head as it turns northeast and continues to U.S. Route 191. It then turns northwest, where it spreads onto a large marshy flat in a braided floodplain once known as Jackson's Little Hole, but now referred to as the "Hoback Basin" in which lies the town of Bondurant. It then heads west, entering the steep, narrow Hoback Canyon{{cite book |title=Flyfisher's Guide to Wyoming: Including Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks |series=Flyfishing Guides |last=Retallic |first=Ken |year=2005 |publisher=Wilderness Adventures Press |isbn=1-932098-10-0}} from which it emerges to join the Snake about 11 miles south of Jackson Hole, just upstream of head of the Snake River Canyon near the town of Hoback. The entire length of the Hoback is free flowing and unobstructed by dams. About 30 mi downstream from the confluence with the Hoback River, the Snake River crosses into the state of Idaho and is impounded by Palisades Dam.{{cite web |url=http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/uppersnake/plan/Assessment/1IntroOverview.pdf |title=Upper Snake Province Assessment |publisher=Northwest Power and Conservation Council |date=2004-05-28 |accessdate=2009-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216155041/http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/uppersnake/plan/Assessment/1IntroOverview.pdf |archive-date=2007-12-16 |url-status=dead
The river is named after John Hoback, an explorer who traveled with the Astor Expedition from the Snake River, using the Hoback River as a passage to the Green River, a tributary of the Colorado River.{{cite book |title=After Lewis and Clark: Mountain Men and their Paths to the Pacific |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |year=2004 |first=Robert M. |last=Utley |isbn=0-8032-9564-2}}
References
- {{cite gnis
- "USGS Current Conditions for USGS 13019500 HOBACK RIVER NEAR JACKSON, WY".
- Alter, Cecil J.. (2013). "Jim Bridger". University of Oklahoma Press.
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