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Grand Teton National Park is a national park of the United States in northwestern Wyoming.At approximately 310,000 acres (1,300 km 2), the park includes the major peaks of the 40-mile-long (64 km) Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole.
Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center - Grand Teton National Park 43°39′11.9″N 110°43′4.8″W / 43.653306°N 110.718000°W / 43.653306; -110. This article about a location in Wyoming is a stub .
Grand Teton is the highest mountain of the Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park at 13,775 feet (4,199 m) [2] in Northwest Wyoming.Below its north face is Teton Glacier.The mountain is a classic destination in American mountaineering via the Owen-Spalding route (II, 5.4), the North Ridge and North Face.
Starting in 1927, John D. Rockefeller Jr. purchased much of the land in Jackson Hole for the creation of Jackson Hole National Monument and the expansion of Grand Teton National Park. But he retained the 3,100-acre (1,300 ha) JY Ranch as a family retreat. [1] Over the years the family gave most of the ranch to the national park.
The Garnet Canyon Trail is a 4.8-mile (7.7 km) (8.4 mi (13.5 km) round-trip) long hiking trail in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [1] The trailhead is at the Lupine Meadows parking area and climbs steeply more than 2,500 feet (760 m) in just under 5 miles (8.0 km) into Garnet Canyon. [2]
The White Grass Dude Ranch is located in the White Grass Valley of Grand Teton National Park.The rustic log lodge, dining hall service building and ten cabins were built when a working ranch was converted to a dude ranch, and represented one of the first dude ranch operations in Jackson Hole.