as well as the valley known as Jackson Hole. Efforts to preserve the region around the Tetons began in the latter part of the 19th century and in 1929 the Grand Teton National Park was established, protecting the major peaks of the Teton Range.
Grand Teton National park is named after the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. The naming of the mountains is attributed to early 19th century French speaking trappers "les trois tetons" (the three beasts).
At 13,775 feet, Grand Teton abruptly rises more than 7,000 feet above Jackson Hole
Only 10 miles south of Yellowstone, the Tetons are connected by the John D Rockefeller, Jr Memorial Parkway. After seeing much of the Grand Tetons we traveled between the two parks going into each of the parks daily.
Yellowstone National Park was established by the US Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, as our first national park. The park is primarily located in Wyoming, but it does extend into Montana and Idaho. Yellowstone has widely been held as holding the worlds largest concentration of geothermal features, especially Old Faithful Geyser. The US Army was commissioned to oversee the park just after its establishment. In 1917 the park was transferred to the National Parks Service, which had only been created the prior year.
Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,468 square miles, comprising of lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges. Yellowstone Lake is one of the largest high altitude lakes in North America and is centered over the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest super volcano on the continent.
The caldera is considered an active volcano and has erupted with tremendous force several times in the last two million years. Half of the worlds geothermal features are located in Yellowstone.
Yellowstone is the home to Grizzly bears, wolves, and free ranging herds of bison and elk. The Yellowstone Park Bison Herd is the oldest and largest public bison herd in the United States
From here we will make our journey further North West to reach Seattle, Wa around 7/31
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