GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK
Located in northwestern Wyoming, the Grand Teton National Park projects stunning mountain scenery and a diverse array of wildlife. Rising more than 7,000 feet above the Jackson Hole Valley, the Teton Range dominates the park’s skyline. Natural processes continue to shape the ecosystem against this impressive and iconic backdrop.
The park’s elevation rises from 6,320 feet on the sagebrush-dominated valley floor to 13,770 feet on the windswept summit of the Grand Teton. Between the summit and plain, forests carpet the mountainsides. During summer, wildflowers paint meadows in vivid colors. Crystalline alpine lakes fill glacial cirques, and noisy streams cascade down rocky canyons to lakes at the foot of the range. These lakes, impounded by glacial moraines, mirror the mountains on calm days. With headwaters north of the park, the Snake River winds its way through the valley and across this amazing scene.
Grand Teton National Park and its more than 300,000 plus acres are located in the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems remaining on the planet and is considered one of the world’s foremost natural laboratories in landscape ecology and geology. This means that many of the animals in the Teton area travel between the two parks and the numerous adjacent National Forests. The park is teaming with nearly 380 species of amphibians, bats, birds, carnivores, fish, manuals, rabbits, reptiles, and rodents.
I have visited this National Park numerous times, and every time I am in awe of its beauty and wonder. I have attempted to capture just a few glimpses of that great resource we have in our country. I trust you will enjoy my images, and hope that you have a chance to visit this park in person. It is worth the trip in so many ways. Thanks for visiting my website … I hope that you have enjoyed your visit, and I trust that you will return real soon. If you wish to be notified of updates to the website, click here, but in the meantime, I invite you to follow me on Instagram.
Aspen in fall color
Gros Ventre River
T.A. Moulton Barn
Goldeneye Duck – female
Ranch Barn on North Spring Gulch Road
Oxbow Bend / Mt. Moran
Back Slough of Oxbow Bend
Schwabacker Landing
Mt. Moran Oxbow Bend
Gros Ventre Valley
Snake River Outlook
Jenny Lake
Moulton Barn in Jackson Hole Valley
Grand Teton Mountain Range
Fencing left from decades of ranching in the Jackson Hole Valley
Fall Cottonwood Trees along the Snake River
Fall color in the Tetons
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
Moose in Jackson Hole Valley
Mt. Moran at Oxbow Bend
Grand Teton Peak
Aspen in Jackson Hole Valley
