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Exploring Grand Teton National Park 05 542850 Ch05.qxd 1/26/04 9:25 AM Page 107 5 Exploring Grand Teton National Park Although Grand Teton National Park is much smaller than Yel- lowstone, there is much more to it than just its peaks, a dozen of which climb to elevations greater than 12,000 feet. The park’s size— 54 miles long, from north to south—allows visitors to get a good look at the highlights in a day or two. But you’d be missing a great deal: the beautiful views from its trails, an exciting float on the Snake River, the watersports paradise that is Jackson Lake. Whether your trip is half a day or 2 weeks, the park’s proximity to the town of Jackson allows for an interesting trip that combines the outdoors with the urbane. You can descend Grand Teton and be living it up at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar or dining in a fine restaurant that evening. The next day, you can return to the peace of the park without much effort at all. 1 Essentials ACCESS/ENTRY POINTS Grand Teton National Park runs along a north-south axis, bordered on the west by the omnipresent Teton Range. Teton Park Road, the primary thoroughfare, skirts along the lakes at the mountains’ base. From the north, you can enter the park from Yellowstone National Park, which is linked to Grand Teton by the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway (U.S. Hwy. 89/191/287), an 8-mile stretch of highway, along which you might see wildlife through the trees, some still bare and black- ened from the 1988 fires. If you enter this way, you will already have paid your entrance fee to both parks, but you can stop at a park information center at Flagg Ranch, just outside Yellowstone, to get Grand Teton information. From December through mid-March, Yellowstone’s south entrance is open only to snowmobiles and snow- coaches, and there is a trail that connects to Grand Teton. (Note: The snowmobile ban goes into effect December 2004. See p. 106.) You can also approach the park from the east, via U.S. Hwy. 26/287. This route comes from Dubois, 55 miles east on the other 05 542850Ch05.qxd1/26/049:25AMPage108 108 NationalPark Teton Grand John D. Rockefeller, Jr. WINEGAR HOLE 0 5 mi Mem. Pkwy. C o WILDERNESS AREA u Flagg Ranch l t e i r 0 5 km L C re ek r e v i Area of Detail R e k TARGHEE a n NATIONAL FOREST S 89 G N WYOMING I 191 M ry C 287 O Ber reek Cheyenne Y W B a ek Lizard i re l C e wl Creek y O C k re r e e C ek e re e y e k l k C z z im i r r g il G P N ek TETON WILDERNESS AREA or re th e C n Bit Moos yo S ch C an ou reek C Arizona th bb B We Island it ch r Canyo C olte n re C ek Fork ast E ek Leeks Marina ek re re C ® C ic m f i ci gr a il P Colter Bay Village P JEDEDIAH SMITH ® L Two WILDERNESS AREA i Ocean Swan Lake Lake Colter Bay Jackson Lake Lodge ora rth M n C Jackson No re dger Creek e Ba k t ® Emma th Lake in L u o Matilda Lake So P Willow Flats e Willow Flats Turnout g Jackson Lake k a e it re T Junction Oxbow Bend C Elk Island rm E Creek a Moran e Jackson Lake Turnout av T H L Dam ffa . O u lo Rd Signal Mountain Lodge Moran Entrance Station B lley N ® Signal V a Mt. Mtn. 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NATIONAL e e d k Mountain Resort R n Gros Ventre ELK REFUGE o s l Junction Mo BRIDGER-TETON i ose Creek W e- NATIONAL FOREST s Flat Cr o eek o M Jackson National er iv Fish Hatchery k e R e e e g r k id C a National Museum R h n Refuge Visitor Center s s S p i of Wildlife Art (Winter Only) li F il h P Curtis Canyon Wilson Campground WINEGAR HOLE John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Mem. Pkwy. C o WILDERNESS AREA u Flagg Ranch l t e r C re ek r e v i R e k TARGHEE a n NATIONAL FOREST S G N I M ry C O Ber reek Y W B a ek Lizard i re l C e wl Creek y O C k re r e C ek e re y e l k C z z im i r r g il G P N ek TETON WILDERNESS AREA or re th e C n Bit Moos yo S ch C an ou reek C Arizona th bb B We Island it ch r Canyo C olte n re C ek Fork ast E ek Leeks Marina ek re re C C ic m f i ci gr a Colter Bay Village il P JEDEDIAH SMITH P Two WILDERNESS AREA Ocean Swan Lake Lake Colter Bay Jackson Lake Lodge ora rth M n C No re dger Creek e Ba k t Emma th in u o Matilda Lake So P Willow Flats e Willow Flats Turnout g Jackson Lake k a e it re T Junction Oxbow Bend C Elk Island rm E Creek a Moran e Jackson Lake Turnout av T H L Dam ffa . O u lo Rd Signal Mountain Lodge Moran Entrance Station B lley N Signal V a Mt. Mtn. 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