Frommer's Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks
Chapter One
Exploring Grand Teton
National Park
Although Grand Teton National Park is much smaller than Yellowstone,
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 t ... read full excerpt from: Frommer's Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks ebook
