Grand Teton. National Park is located in Wyoming south of Yellowstone, the park is named after Grand Teton peak, the highest one in the 40 mile long range of mountains, they are all over 12,000 feet with Grand Teton standing at 13,770 feet, it is said they make a textbook example of alpine topography.
The park covers 484 square miles of some of the most beautiful scenery I have seen anywhere.
Jackson Lake lies at the foot of the mountain range, fed by the Snake River who’s headwaters are in Yellowstone, as it makes its way eventually to join the Columbia River.
At the southern end of Jackson Lake is Jackson Hole, a nice timber built town, all the sidewalks are timber and all are roofed over in timber, this probably says something about the winter weather.
Being part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems remaining on the planet, this means that many of the animals in the Teton are travel between the two parks and the numerous adjacent National Forests.
Grand Teton Park claims to have 300 species of birds, 17 species of carnivores and 6 species of hoofed animals.
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