Grand Teton National Park is located in northwestern Wyoming and includes the forty mile long Teton Range. Most of the northern range of the valley is also known as Jackson Hole. Yellowstone National Park is only ten miles north of Grand Teton National Park, and they both constitute almost 18 million acres. Grand Teton National Park is named after Grand Teton, which is the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. The mountain peak rises more than seven thousand feet above Jackson Hole, and Mount Owen is almost eight hundred and fifty feet lower, being the second highest peak in Grand Teton National Park.
Jackson Lake is one of the numerous lakes that reside in the park and is fifteen miles long. About a dozen small glaciers persist in the higher elevation of the range, although they are in a state of recession. Also, some of the rocks in Teton National Park are some or the oldest found in any American national park. They have been found to be dated back to nearly two point seven billion years ago.
The national park is also a popular tourist destination for hiking, mountaineering, fishing, and other forms of recreational activities. There are over two hundred miles of hiking trails and one thousand campsites throughout the national park. In addition, Grand Teton National Park is known for its very popular trout fishing, and is one of the only places one can catch the Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout.
Overall, Grand Teton National park is definitely a park that should be visited and enjoyed. Between the amazing lakes and mountains, and various recreational activities and opportunities Grand Teton National park is a bucket list destination.
