Outline of Grand Teton National Park
The following articles relate to the history, geography, geology, flora, fauna, structures and recreation in Grand Teton National Park.
Grand Teton National Park history
[edit]- Exploration
- Native Americans
- People
- Explorers
William F. Raynolds - Jim Bridger - Mountain man familiar with Northwest Wyoming who was the guide of the Raynolds Expedition
- John Colter - First person of European descent to enter Jackson Hole and see the Teton Range[2]
- Warren Angus Ferris - Early Yellowstone and Teton region trapper
- Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden - U.S. Geological Surveys 1871-1875 of Yellowstone and Teton region
- David Edward Jackson - Known as "Davey" Jackson and namesake for Jackson Hole[3]
- Donald Mackenzie - Explorer of western Wyoming
- William F. Raynolds - Supervised first U.S. Government sponsored expedition (Raynolds Expedition) to enter Jackson Hole
- Alexander Ross - Early fur trader in Yellowstone and Teton region[4]
- Landowners
- Developers
- Park superintendents and administrators
- Horace M. Albright[5]
- Park rangers
- Mountaineers
William Henry Jackson - Engineers and architects
- Photographers, artists and illustrators
- Heinrich C. Berann - Panoramic artist
- Albert Bierstadt - Early Yellowstone artist
- William Henry Jackson - US Geological Survey photographer 1869-1878
- Thomas Moran - Early Yellowstone artist - guest member of 1871 Hayden Geological Survey
- Naturalists and scientists
- A. Starker Leopold - author of the 1963 Leopold Report-Wildlife Management in the National Parks
- Adolph Murie - National Park Service wildlife biologist - published seminar study on coyotes in Yellowstone (1940)[9]
- Olaus Murie[9]
- Margaret Murie[9]
- Politicians
Yellowstone fires of 1988 - Promoters
- Explorers
- Historic events
- History of the National Park Service
- Mission 66 - National Park Service ten-year program to prepare parks for 1966 50th Anniversary
- Teton–Yellowstone tornado - F4 tornado - July 21, 1987
- Yellowstone fires of 1988
- Advocates
- Concessionaires
Geography
[edit]- Park units and related areas
National Elk Refuge - Rivers
- Lakes
Holly Lake - Amphitheater Lake
- Arrowhead Pool
- Bearpaw Lake
- Bradley Lake[10]
- Cirque Lake
- Cow Lake
- Coyote Lake
- Delta Lake
- Dudley Lake
- Elk Ranch Reservoir
Lake Solitude - Emma Matilda Lake
- Forget-me-not Lakes
- Grizzly Bear Lake
- Holly Lake
- Icefloe Lake
Surprise Lake - Indian Lake
- Jackson Lake
- Jenny Lake[11]
- Kit Lake
- Lake of the Crags
- Lake Solitude
- Lake Taminah
- Laurel Lake
- Leigh Lake[12]
- Marion Lake
- Mica Lake
- Mink Lake
- Phelps Lake
- Ramshead Lake
- Rimrock Lake
- Snowdrift Lake
- String Lake[13]
- Surprise Lake
- Taggart Lake[14]
- Talus Lake
- Timberline Lake
- Trapper Lake
- Two Ocean Lake[15]
- Mountains
Buck Mountain - Bivouac Peak
- Blacktail Butte
- Buck Mountain
- Cathedral Group
- Cleaver Peak
- Cloudveil Dome
- Disappointment Peak
- Doane Peak
- Dry Ridge Mountain
- Eagles Rest Peak
Grand Teton at center with Middle Teton at left and Mount Owen at right - Elk Mountain
- Forellen Peak
- Grand Teton
- Green Lakes Mountain
- Littles Peak
- Maidenform Peak
- Middle Teton
- Moose Mountain
- Mount Bannon
- Mount Hunt
Mount Saint John - Mount Jedediah Smith
- Mount Meek
- Mount Moran
- Mount Owen
- Mount Saint John
- Mount Wister
- Mount Woodring
- Nez Perce Peak
- Owl Peak
- Prospectors Mountain
South Teton - Ranger Peak
- Raynolds Peak
- Red Mountain
- Rendezvous Mountain
- Rock of Ages
- Rockchuck Peak
- Rolling Thunder Mountain
- Shadow Peak
- Signal Mountain
- South Teton
Teewinot Mountain - Static Peak
- Survey Peak
- Symmetry Spire
- Table Mountain
- Teepe Pillar
- Teewinot Mountain
- The Jaw
- The Wall
- Thor Peak
- Traverse Peak
- Veiled Peak
- Window Peak
- Canyons and Valleys
Granite Canyon - Glaciers
Middle Teton Glacier - Roads and passes
- Resource development
Geology
[edit]- Geologic formations
Fauna
[edit]- American bison[32]
Rocky Mountain bull elk - Amphibians and reptiles of Yellowstone National Park
- Bighorn sheep[32]
- Grizzly bear[32]
- Elk[32]
- Gray wolf[32]
- Mammals of Grand Teton National Park
- Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout[32]
- Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
- Leopold Report - Seminal 1963 Study: "Wildlife Management In The National Parks"
- Pronghorn
- Wolf reintroduction
Districts and structures
[edit]
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Grand Teton National Park[33]
- Developed areas
- Structures and historic areas
- Cascade Canyon Barn[33]
- Chapel of the Sacred Heart[34]
- Chapel of the Transfiguration[33]
- Death Canyon Barn[33]
- Double Diamond Dude Ranch Dining Hall[33]
- Cunningham Cabin[33]
- Jackson Lake Lodge[33]
- Jackson Lake Ranger Station[33]
- Jenny Lake Boat Concession Facilities[33]
- Jenny Lake CCC Camp NP-4[33]
- Jenny Lake Lodge[34]
Snake River Land Company Residence and Office - Jenny Lake Ranger Station Historic District[33]
- Leigh Lake Ranger Patrol Cabin[33]
- Manges Cabin[33]
- Menor's Ferry[33]
- Miller Cabin[33]
- Moose Entrance Kiosk[33]
- Moran Bay Patrol Cabin[33]
- Old Administrative Area Historic District[33]
- Signal Mountain Lodge[34]
- Snake River Land Company Residence and Office[33]
- String Lake Comfort Station[33]
- Upper Granite Canyon Patrol Cabin[33]
- White Grass Ranger Station Historic District[33]
- Guest ranches, dude ranches and private ranches
- 4 Lazy F Dude Ranch[33]
- AMK Ranch[33]
- Bar B C Dude Ranch[33]
- Geraldine Lucas Homestead-Fabian Place Historic District[33]
- Highlands Historic District[33]
- Kimmel Kabins[33]
- Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve[33]
- Leek's Lodge[33]
- Murie Ranch Historic District[33]
- Ramshorn Dude Ranch Lodge[33]
- Triangle X Barn[33]
- White Grass Dude Ranch[33]
- Working ranches
- Vacation homes and personal residences
Recreation
[edit]- Continental Divide Trail - Traverses southwest corner of the park
- List of hiking trails in Grand Teton National Park
Entrance communities
[edit]- Wyoming
The town of Jackson with the Teton Range in background - Highways
- John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway - Connects Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone
- U.S. Route 26 - Eastern entrance, Southern entrance
- U.S. Route 89 - Northern entrance, Southern entrance
- U.S. Route 191 - Western entrance, Southern entrance
- U.S. Route 287 - Eastern entrance, Northern entrance
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- Culpin, Mary Shivers. National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: Grand Teton National Park Multiple Property Submission. National Park Service 1995 https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64500741_text
- Craighead, Karen (1991). Large Mammals of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks : How to Know Them, Where to See Them. Yellowstone Association for Natural Science History.
- Streubel, Donald P. (1995). Small Mammals of the Yellowstone Ecosystem. Boulder, CO: Robert Rineharts. ISBN 0-911797-59-9.
- ^ Crockett, Stephanie (July 24, 2004). "Protohistoric Period (A.D. 1700 to 1850)". A Place Called Jackson Hole. Grand Teton Natural History Association. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ^ Harris, Burton (March 1, 1993). John Colter, His Years in the Rockies. Bison Books. pp. 73–113. ISBN 978-0-8032-7264-4.
- ^ Daugherty, John (July 24, 2004). "The Fur Trappers". A Place Called Jackson Hole. Grand Teton Natural History Association. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ Hafen, LeRoy R. (October 1, 1983). Trappers of the Far West: Sixteen Biographical Sketches. Bison Books. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-8032-7218-7.
- ^ a b c Daugherty, John (July 24, 2004). "Conservationists". A Place Called Jackson Hole. Grand Teton Natural History Association. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ Daugherty, John (1999). "A Place Called Jackson Hole". Chapter 14: The Dude Wranglers. Grand Teton Natural History Association. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
- ^ a b Martin, Bruce (January 10, 2006). Outdoor leadership: theory and practice. Human Kinetics. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7360-5731-8.
- ^ "Jackson Lake Lodge". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
- ^ a b c Michael Cassity (October 15, 2003). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Murie Ranch Historic District / STS Dude Ranch; Stella Woodbury Summer Home / Smithsonian#48TE1143" (pdf). National Park Service.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Bradley Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- ^ "Jenny Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- ^ "Leigh Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ^ "String Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ^ "Taggart Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ^ "Two Ocean Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Avalanche Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Lake Solitude". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ "Colter Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Death Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Garnet Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Granite Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ a b "Leigh Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Moran Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ "Open Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Paintbrush Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Snowshoe Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Valhalla Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Waterfalls Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Webb Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Minidoka Project". U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ^ "John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway". National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
- ^ a b c d e f Craighead
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "Chapter 15: Tourists". A Place Called Jackson Hole: A Historic Resource Study of Grand Teton National Park. National Park Service. 2008-08-12. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
