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Like a setting of crown jewels in the Rocky Mountains, the Teton Range in Wyoming formed
the prominent vision for those who visit Grand Teton National Park.
Jetting straight to the sky, these jagged peaks overlook the valley known for more than
a century as Jackson Hole, a valley that harbors the Twisting Snake River, known throughout
the world for raft trips, trout fishing, and sheer beauty.
Come and join us for a Rand McNally video trip to Grand Teton National Park for a look
at one of the most distinctive national parks in North America and the natural beauty that
surrounds it.
We'll learn a bit about the history of the area and tour the park to visit some of its
more impressive sights.
But we've got a lot to see and do, so let's get cracking.
Back in 1929, Grand Teton National Park contains more than 340,000 acres of land in northwestern
Wyoming.
The park sits just south of Yellowstone National Park, but the difference between Yellowstone
and Grand Teton, well, is like night and day.
Yellowstone's great draw is its vast wildlife resource and its hydrothermal display of geysers,
hot springs, and bubbling mud volcanoes.
But Grand Teton's draw is the sheer beauty of its magnificent and rugged Teton Range.
Just look at it.
Now Yellowstone Park is the subject of another Rand McNally video trip, which you will want
to check out if your plans include a trip there as well.
Okay now, back to business.
The two parks are linked together by the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway.
Here's Grand Teton naturalist Linda Olson.
The Rockefeller Parkway is a part of, coupled with Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone
National Park, an area called the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
It's the three park areas as well as parts of six national forests, a couple of other
federal agencies' land areas, and it constitutes probably the largest natural intact ecosystem
in the Northern Hemisphere.
It's important from the standpoint of providing habitat for wildlife.
John D. Rockefeller visited the Grand Teton National Park area in the late 1920s, 1929
I believe, and realized at that time that there was nothing, the park consisted of the
mountain range and the lakes at the base, and none of the Jackson Hole Valley was included.
And Rockefeller was convinced through the efforts of Horace Albright, who was the superintendent
of Yellowstone Park at that time, the very famous man in park service history, to form
a land company, the Snake River Land Company, and through that land company during the 30s
he purchased approximately 32,000 acres of valley land and donated that land to Grand
Teton National Park, to the National Park Service.
Let's take a look at the park by first visiting its mountains, often called the Swiss Alps
of America.
The eastern face of the Teton Range rises nearly straight up from the valley floor of
Jackson Hole.
There are really no foothills to speak of, just a dramatic rise to the range of the peaks.
Seven of them jump to 12,000 feet above sea level, but they're all dominated by the 13,770-foot
Grand Teton.
These are the youngest of the 50-million-year-old Rocky Mountains.
They were created a mirror nine million years ago by a massive and violent uplift along a
north-south fault zone.
Now in stark contrast to this sheer eastern face of the range, the other side of the Teton
slopes gently off to the west.
The tree-ringed lakes at the base of the range amplify the majesty of the Tetons.
The mirror-like water reflects the peaks and that beautiful blue sky.
All the park lakes, Lee, Jenny, Taggart, Phelps, and Jackson, were formed by melting glacier
waters captured by dams of rock debris pushed into the valley by the glaciers.
Jackson Lake, however, has been enlarged by man-made dams.
The floor of the valley, called Jackson Hole by the early trappers who ventured into this
region, is made up of several thousand feet of rock debris from the eroding mountains.
Most of the valley is sparsely covered with sagebrush, except where rivers, streams, and
ponds provide enough water for natural trees like willow, spruce, aspen, and cottonwood.
Like its name implies, the Snake River snakes its way from its headwaters in the wilderness
near Yellowstone into Jackson Lake and from the lake south through the valley and west
of Jackson.
The Snake River meanders for 27 miles through the park.
These winding braided river channels provide a home for fish and other small aquatic animals
and plants, and the mammals and birds that feed on them.
Well, there's a little bit on the lay of the land in Grand Teton, but to really appreciate
the area, it helps to get a feel for the history of this place.
Human history in this region dates back 12,000 years.
In more recent times, several Native American tribes, the Blackfeet, Crow, Grosvenor, and
Shoshone, to name a few, visited the area during the warm months, but the winters were
just too cold and harsh for year-round living.
History credits John Coulter as the first white man to enter the valley.
This was done during Coulter's trip in the long frigid winter of 1807 and 1808.
Mountain men trapped beaver in the area until about 1840 when fashions changed out east
and the beaver hat was, well, just replaced by the silk hat.
A permanent settlement of the valley began around 1884, and by 1900, some of the settlers
had begun dude ranches because dudes seemed to survive the winter better than cows.
The drive to protect the scenic beauty of the region began with petitions in 1925, and
by 1929, most of the Teton Range was protected as a national park.
The Jackson Hole area and the Rockefeller gift were added to the park in 1950.
Today the Grand Teton National Park is a summer and winter playground that provides something
for everyone, whether it's sharing a campfire at a Wyoming dude ranch, a quiet hike through
the spectacular scenery, or a technical climb on an unforgiving wall of rock.
It's all here.
You should plan to spend at least two or three days in the park and surrounding area to give
yourself enough time to enjoy all it has to offer.
We suggest that your first stop in Grand Teton be at either the Moose Visitor Center at the
south end or the Coulter Bay Visitor Center on the north end.
Look a ranger at the desk about current activities and services and get some suggestions on what
to do and see with the time you have here.
Also make sure you pick up a copy of the park's newspaper, the Tee-Winot, for information
on park activities.
We suggest you request a copy by mail before you make your trip.
We'll tell you how to get a copy later in the program.
The Moose Visitor Center, located on the Teton Park Road west of Moose Junction, is the park
headquarters.
It features fur trade exhibits, a permit office for boating and back country travel, and publication
sales.
This is the one center that remains open year round.
While driving through the park, keep an eye out for the many wayside exhibits to visit
along the road.
Most of the exhibits are located at spectacular scenic viewpoints and the exhibits tell you
a bit about the natural and human history behind the view.
And if you have any questions, just ask a ranger.
That's what they're there for.
People traveling through Grand Teton National Park will see rangers in automobiles, occasionally
on horseback, on foot patrol, in entrance stations and in visitor centers, and we ask
people that if they have any questions at all, any problems, any type of assistance
that they may need, that they please approach the ranger.
Feel free to ask them for any type of help they need because the rangers are there to
help with any type of assistance that they may need.
One of the big draws for the park visitors is the wildlife.
Here's Linda Olson to tell us more about it.
One of the reasons that I think visitors come to the big western national parks are because
of the wildlife.
The draw of the wildlife is something that everyone enjoys, seeing them in their natural
areas, not having to go to a zoo to see them.
And there's certainly here, there's a little bit of difference between visiting Yellowstone
and Grand Teton, and if you just simply look around the two parks, you'll see why.
The valley floor in Jackson Hole is classified as a mountain semi-arid area.
There's not a lot of water out there.
It's pretty dry.
The plant that you see is the sagebrush, and a lot of animals don't eat sagebrush.
So there's not a lot out there for the wildlife, whereas in contrast to Yellowstone Park, their
terrain is kind of high rolling meadow terrain, lots of grasses, lots of herbs and that sort
of thing, forbs that animals feed on.
And so you're more likely, as you drive the roads of Yellowstone Park, to see animals
right from your car, whereas when you're in Grand Teton, you have to get out of your car
and look around a little bit to find the wildlife.
The area is home to the largest remaining elk herd in the world.
Thousands of elk in the Jackson Hole herd spend summers in the park, and about half
of them winter in the nearby National Elk Refuge.
We're likely to see plenty of buffalo, moose, deer, elk, and antelope in the park.
The bighorn sheep stay off to themselves in the high country, and they're tough to spot.
And even rarer sites these days are the black bears and the few grizzly bears that live
in the region.
Other critters found in the Teton Park include beaver, otters, and smaller mammals, eagles,
trumpeter swan, other birds, and waterfowl.
Now here's a few tips on how to figure out where to go to spot some of these incredible
animals.
To find wildlife in the park, I would recommend that you try to find out something about the
animal, read books about the animals before you come to the park.
Or once you get to the park, go to the visitor centers and ask the ranger what you want to
know about a specific animal.
There are all kinds of printed materials that will help you find out where that animal likes
to eat, because they all like to eat all the time.
That's going to be your big key point, what they like to eat and the kind of habitat they
live in.
The moose is my favorite example because it's my favorite animal in the park.
They're real water lovers because they eat willows, and willows grow in the water areas,
and they eat pond vegetation, which all ranger naturalists will tell you is fondly called
moose muck.
They like to eat moose muck.
And so go to the water areas, and that's where you're going to find the moose.
This will be true for any of the animals in the park that you're looking for.
Just find out something about the animal and then you'll know where to go.
Many of the animals like to travel in what we call edges.
It's where a forest and a meadow meet, because they're near the forest for protection, they're
near the meadow for food.
So look for those kinds of areas when you're looking for wildlife in Grand Teton and you'll
find them.
But the other point that's very important is that many of the animals are not active
during the midday, and that happens to be when human beings like to be active.
And a lot of the animals bed down then, they don't like to deal with the heat.
And I think animals that live in national parks also understand that that's when all
the people are around and they have a tendency to kind of hide from us.
So what you want to do is look for the animals when you're away from all of your fellow park
visitors.
When you go to places where there aren't lots of people, get out of your car, hike around
a little bit, get on the trails, you want to go at a time of day when there aren't a
lot of people around.
Morning and evening are your most beneficial times for looking for wildlife.
Just as nature provides a lush home for the animals that live in Grand Teton Park, she
surrounds park visitors with rich, beautiful forest of evergreens and other trees.
You'll walk through secluded hiking trails and around beautiful tree-lined lakes and
ponds.
Now here's something Jackson is known as the wildflower capital of the world.
You'll be treated to an explosion of wildflowers throughout the park if you come to visit at
the right time of the year.
The valley floor flower display is normally in June and the first half of July.
You can see lots and lots of things like balsam roots, scarlet ghillia, just a lot of lupin.
Lupin is a big plant here, one of the legumes.
And so some really gorgeous flower displays, whole wildflower meadows at the base of the
mountains is pretty special.
But then I think what a lot of people don't realize, because there aren't that many people
that get out of the valley and get into the mountains, is the really stupendous alpine
plant display here.
One of them in particular is the alpine, forget me not, beautiful bright blue plant with a
little yellow center.
The alpine, forget me not, I suppose is the favorite of every ranger in this park.
It is the official park flower for Grand Teton National Park.
It's erotrichium nanum is the Latin name for it.
And certainly worth the hike if you have the energy at all to get up into the alpine zone
and see some of these plants.
Those little alpine plants sometimes take five, six, seven, eight years before they
get to a point where they could even bloom.
So please stay on the trails in this part of the park.
It takes years of undisturbed growth for even the first flower to blossom.
And one misplaced step sets plant growth back decades.
One of the best ways to learn about the park is by taking one of the many ranger-led tours
and activities offered several times a day from mid-June through Labor Day.
These are great family activities, and most of them are free.
Occasionally, modest fees are charged for supplies or transportation, and some require
advance reservations.
The activities include short hikes, bicycle trips, special children's events, wildlife
hikes, campfire programs, historical and recreational demonstrations.
Check on the bulletin boards near the visitor centers and the campgrounds or in the park's
newspaper for details on ranger-led activities.
Camping in Grand Teton National Park just seemed to go hand-in-hand.
Can you imagine slipping out of your sleeping bag on a crisp Western summer morning to this?
There are six campgrounds with more than 900 spaces, all available on a first-come, first-served
basis.
The seasons for the campground vary with the weather, but generally run from opening dates
of early May to mid-June and closing dates from early September to mid-October.
The campground at Colter Bay has a full range of facilities, including a laundry and showers.
Most of the other camping areas are for tents or small self-contained units.
Additional trailer sites are available outside the park, including the flag ranch just north
of the park.
Camping in the park is so popular, getting a campsite inside it might be difficult, so
consider staying in one of the many public and private campgrounds outside the park and
visiting it during the day.
The area's camping facilities are detailed for you in the Wyoming Vacation Guide put
out by the Wyoming Travel Commission.
We'll tell you how to get one at the end of the program.
Hiking trails vary in difficulty and length, but hikers of all skills, ages, and physical
conditions can find a trail to let them enjoy the splendor of this park.
Check with a ranger to find out what trails would be best for you.
If you're interested in an easy hike, try the short self-guiding trails.
They're about a half a mile to two miles long and great for family walks.
Handy guide booklets are available at the head of each trail and cover such things as history
and wildlife.
Boating is popular in the park.
A classic Grand Teton National Park activity includes canoeing across still mirror-like
water at the foot of the majestic Tetons.
Motorboats are allowed on Jackson, Jenny, and Phelps Lakes.
The boats on Jenny Lake are limited to a maximum of seven and a half horsepower.
Sailboats and water skiing are permitted only on Jackson Lake, but remember, the water is
cold.
Unpropelled boats such as canoes, rowboats, or rafts are permitted on Jackson, Jenny,
and Phelps, Emma Matilda, Two Ocean, Taggart, Bradley, Bearpaw, Lee, and String Lakes.
Permits are required for all boating activities in the park.
The permits can be purchased at the Moose and Colter Bay Visitor Centers for a moderate
price.
If you don't have a boat and don't want to rent one, you and your family can still
get out on the water and experience the delight of viewing the Tetons from one of the lakes
at their base.
The Teton Boating Company provides low-cost shuttle boat services across Jenny Lake to
Hidden Falls and provides access to trails and rock-climbing areas.
The company also runs 45-minute scenic cruises around the lake and fun family excursions
that won't break your pocketbook.
Over on Jackson Lake, sailboat excursions are available at the Signal Mountain Marina
at somewhat higher prices.
Bicycles are an increasingly popular way to see the nation's parks.
In Grand Teton, bicycles are restricted to the roads used by cars.
They are not permitted on any trails or in the backcountry.
As for you two-wheeler enthusiasts, there's a real nice bikeway that runs along Teton
Park Road between Moose and Colter Bay.
It's about a 35-mile stretch of spectacular scenery.
Bicycles, by the way, can be rented at Signal Mountain Lodge and Grand Teton Bicycle rental
in Moose.
From bicycles to climbing rock walls, here's park ranger Dan Burgett to tell you something
about mountain climbing in Grand Teton.
The Tetons, because they don't have any foothills and they just shoot for 7,000 feet of the
sky, have, of course, attracted mountaineers for nearly 100 years now, and today that trend
still continues.
Each year we have about 8,000 climbers which come from all over the world to climb the
Tetons.
Of course, there's some easy climbs, but the ones that are very attractive are the more
technical in nature.
The Jenny Lake Ranger Station is the park's center for the climbing activities.
Climbers are required to check in at the station both before and after their climbs.
Route conditions and weather information also is available at the station.
Basic and advanced rock climbing training is available through the Exum Guide Service
and School of American Mountaineering near Jenny Lake, or Jackson Hole Mountain Guides.
Climbers receive ground training and then are taken across Jenny Lake for training on
the real thing.
Instruction at the climbing school is geared for beginners, intermediates, and advanced
climbers and mountaineers, also people of all ages, children to seniors, are trained
by the schools.
Expect to pay a moderate amount for a single-day introductory course that would prepare you
for a guided climb in the Tetons.
And oh boy, the fishing here in the Grand Teton area is fantastic, especially the float
trip for trout down the Snake River.
The parks, lakes, and rivers are teeming with cutthroat, lake, and brown trout.
But unlike Yellowstone, you'll need a Wyoming State fishing license to fish in this park.
The park also has its own fishing regulations.
Now you can pick up a license and a copy of the park regulations at the Moose Village
store, Signal Mountain Lodge, and the Pelican Bay Marina.
And remember to get that license.
You know, some 200,000 people float the Snake River each year.
Well, for you river enthusiasts, there's two ways to float the Snake.
With the licensed river captain at the helm, or yourself.
A number of companies offer a wide range of float trips, including scenic trips, white
water trips, or guided fishing trips.
The scenic trips are usually 5, 10, or 20 miles long, and last from two hours to nearly
a whole day, or even overnight.
And you'll learn plenty about the natural surroundings on all these trips.
This is really a pretty stretch of a river because you can do a lot of exploring and
there's a lot of wildlife in here.
The native type of fish we got here is your cutthroat trout.
They represent about 80% of the fish here, and she also got brookies and browns and other
fish that slip into the tributaries and the lakes around here.
You look along the banks here, you see a lot of evidence of our beaver population, very
healthy population living along through here.
You notice that they're working on deciduous type trees and avoiding their conifers, like
your spruces through here.
And they don't like the taste of that at all.
A number of reasons why they will gnaw on these trees, first of all, the beaver, they
are rodents, so their teeth are always growing longer, so they have to wear them down somehow
so they do that.
And another reason, they gnaw on the tree, get it on its side, and that will give them
access to the entire length of the tree, and at that point, they'll strip off the bark
of the tree and eat the cambium layer right down underneath that.
And of course, they do use it to build their lodges.
The cost will vary among the companies that run the float trips.
A family of four can expect to spend some of their vacation budget here, but it is really
worth it.
The cost of these trips include all the necessary permits and generally includes food.
Bring your sunscreen because the rays can burn you on the river.
Reservations are important since the trips are so popular.
Check the park information number at the end of the program for more information.
For those of you who plan to run your own float trips, you must register your boat and
pay a nominal fee at the Moose or Coulter Bay Visitor Centers.
Then free trip permits are required for each individual float trip on the snake.
Remember though, float trips should not be tried by the inexperienced.
The snake seems like a lazy, quiet river, but its currents are swift and powerful, and
it's cold.
Swimming is permitted in all the lakes except Jenny and Taggart Lakes, but I've got to
tell you, these mountain waters are cold and there are no lifeguards in the park.
So if you want to take a plunge, stick to the shallow areas of the lakes in late summer
and steer clear of the Snake River.
The currents are too strong and the water is too cold.
What better way to experience the feel and smell of the West than by living it the way
it was a century ago?
Things like the Triangle X, or the Flying V, or Mad Dog Ranch conjures up images of the Old West.
And depending on what type of dudes you are, you can pick and choose from lounging under
a tree reading your favorite Western novel, The Pitching Hay.
Most of the dude ranches and resorts offer a wide range of activities such as pack trips,
Western cookouts, square dances, horseback riding, river trips, fishing, hiking and nature
studies to mention only a few.
The cost of the dude ranches are fairly high since the accommodations are limited and you
usually stay about a week.
Still it's an experience you and your family will never forget.
But summer isn't the only time to enjoy the beauty in and around the park.
The popularity of winter recreation activity grows each year and Grand Teton is a spectacular
winter wonderland.
Just a sampling of things to do in the winter include ranger-led snowshoot tours, a sleigh
ride to see the wintering herd at the National Elk Refuge, winter camping, cross-country
skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing and ice skating.
Over snow travel in the Snake River Bottom, inside the park and in the Willow Flats near
Jackson Lake Lodge is prohibited to protect the wildlife.
While there's no downhill skiing inside the park, there's plenty right outside it at the
Jackson Hole Ski Area.
Take the tram from Teton Village to the top to ski America's Alps.
Winter lodging is available at the Flag Ranch in the Rockefeller Parkway, at the Signal
Mountain Ranch and the Triangle X Ranch in the park and in the town of Jackson itself.
There is plenty to see and do outside of the park as well.
Golfers play tennis with the awesome backdrop of the Tetons at the Jackson Hole Golf and
Tennis Club eight miles north of Jackson and nearby Jackson, Wyoming has plenty to offer.
Or ride the tram from Teton Village 10,000 feet into the Tetons.
In the old days, the Boy Scouts went out on the National Elk Refuge and gathered the antlers
to build these arches.
Now the Boy Scouts today, they still go out and gather the antlers, but they bring them
back and have an auction.
They sell them to individual buyers all over the world, to Asian companies who take these
antlers back to their home countries and make medicine for their own people.
To the west of the park lies the Targhee National Forest.
To the east lies Teton National Forest and to the south, the Bridger National Forest.
Four highways serve the Jackson Hole and Grand Teton area, US 26, 287, 89, 189, and 191.
Now many travelers to the area combine their trip with a visit to Yellowstone National
Park, so do some advanced planning.
John McNally has a variety of roadmaps, atlases, and guides to national parks that will prove
very helpful.
United Express and other commercial air services fly year-round to all cities in the Grand
Teton and Yellowstone area.
For travelers heading directly to Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole is the airport
to use.
The Grand Teton Lodge Company meets all commercial flights and will provide transportation for
a fee to facilities in the park.
Since most visitors tour the park by car, their roads can be crowded.
Be patient and take your time to enjoy the site safely.
Rental cars are available through several major national companies at the Jackson Hole
Airport.
The Grand Teton Lodge Company provides shuttle bus service between its facilities in the park
and the town of Jackson, and TW recreational services runs buses between Jackson Lake Lodge
and several points within Yellowstone National Park.
Inside the park, the lodging is operated by the Grand Teton Lodge Company.
Reservations for lodging are required and should be made as early as possible.
You'll never forget the view from the main lounge at the Jackson Lake Lodge.
The lounge's 60-foot window frames the spectacular scene across the water.
Horseback riding, swimming, and raft trips are available from the Jackson Lake Lodge
area.
For a special and secluded vacation at the foot of the Tetons, the Jenny Lake Lodge has
it all.
The lodge offers cabins and suites within easy walks of alpine meadows, sparkling Jenny
Lake, trout streams, and trails.
The rates include breakfast and dinner, bicycles and horseback riding.
Colter Bay Village offers more modest lodging near the shores of Jackson Lake.
The area offers log cabins, canvas and log tent cabins, and full-service trader spaces.
Flag Ranch on the Rockefeller Parkway in the northern part of the park offers motel and
cabin lodging, plus float trips, cross-country ski rentals, snowmobile rentals, and other
services.
Housekeeping cabins can be rented at Moose, along with canoe rentals, service station,
groceries, and other services.
At Signal Mountain near Moran, log cabins, motel units, and housekeeping apartments are
available, along with complete services including a marina and float trips.
The accommodations are listed by city in the Wildling Vacation Guide.
A lot of times the people that live in the Jackson Hole Valley and the old timers here
will tell you that there are two seasons in Jackson Hole, winter and July.
And so when you come to visit the park, you should be prepared for gorgeous weather, you
know, 85, 90 degrees sometimes during the daytime, but always be aware that those temperatures
drop radically at night.
Sometimes a 90 degree day turns out to be a 40 degree evening, and be prepared to always
have a jacket with you or a sweater or something to keep you warm.
If you're going to hike in the park or you're going to be away from your car or your lodge
for a whole day, a real typical mountain weather pattern that you need to be aware of is what
we call the afternoon thundershower syndrome.
It can be a beautiful, gorgeous day, you get up, you do your hike about three o'clock in
the afternoon, in come the black clouds over the mountains and it rains like crazy for
about half an hour, then they're all gone again.
But you get real wet if you don't carry that rain gear with you, so you probably won't
find a ranger in the park or someone who lives in this area that goes anywhere without their
sweater, without their rain gear.
While the crystal clear and icy cold water found in the mountain streams in many national
parks may seem inviting to drink, don't do it.
You'll see animals drinking the water, but humans must take several precautions.
Drinking untreated natural water can result in a severe intestinal disorder called GR
diocese.
It can also infect your dog or cat if you're traveling with house pets.
Carried in both humans and animals, GRD or contamination is common in surface water supplies
like lakes, streams, and rivers.
Here are three basic ways to protect yourself from GR diocese.
The most effective protection is to carry your own water from a known safe drinking
water supply.
The next most effective method is to boil water obtained locally for at least a minute
at low altitude and three to five minutes at high altitude.
And the least effective method is to filter the water with a high quality filter that
can remove particles as small as one micron.
The moderate fee for automobiles and motorcycles entering Yellowstone and Grand Teton National
Parks is good for seven days.
Persons entering on foot, bicycle, or by bus are each charged the same fee for a seven
day entrance permit.
For travelers who may be visiting one or more parks or other federal recreational facilities,
there are five special passes available.
The Golden Eagle Pass is an annual entrance pass to all national parks, monuments, historic
sites, recreation areas, and wildlife refuges.
The Golden Age Passport is a lifetime entrance pass to all of the same facilities for people
who are 62 years of age or older.
The passport also provides a 50% discount on federal use fees inside the facilities.
It does not cover fees charged by private concessionaires.
The Golden Access Passport is a similar lifetime entrance pass for persons who are blind or
permanently disabled.
This passport also provides for the 50% discount on federal use fees, but does not cover fees
charged by private concessionaires.
The annual pass and lifetime passports can be purchased by mail or in person from most
national park service, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offices
or facilities.
Individual national parks, monuments, historic sites, and recreational areas sell an annual
parks pass which permits unlimited entry at the specific national park service facility
in which you are interested.
All pets must be leased or otherwise kept under your control.
Pets are not permitted on hiking trails or in the backcountry.
They are also not allowed in visitor centers or on ranger-led activities.
Kennels are available in the town of Jackson.
In case of accidents or an illness, medical services are available in the park at the
Grand Teton Medical Clinic near Jackson Lake Lodge or in Jackson, Wyoming.
Worship services are available throughout the park several times each Sunday during
the summer season.
For a listing of books, maps, and pamphlets available by mail, write to the Grand Teton
Natural History Association PO Drawer 170 Moose, Wyoming 83012.
The Wyoming Vacation Guide will help you pick camping sites outside of the park, hotels
and motels, special camps, wilderness schools, dude ranches, and resorts.
You can have one sent to you by the Wyoming Travel Commission.
And here's a few more places you can get some good information for your trip planning.
Grand Teton National Park, it is grand indeed.
Words just don't work too well when it comes to describing the Tetons rising up from the
plains in front of those beautiful lakes.
This is the West, the land that stood proud like this for millions of years.
The river that seems to tie it all together like a twisting silver ribbon.
The spirits of man, the early natives who lived in its wilds, the settlers from the
East who tried many times in vain to tame this untameable land.
Now it is preserved for all of us to enjoy.
You know, this video trip is a part of Rand McNally's America's Park series, which currently
includes this park and two others, Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park.
And there are Rand McNally video trips available to other popular vacation spots as well.