Guide To Exploring Grand Teton National Park

Above, Grand Teton's Mount Moran. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Like Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (they are under one administration) in California, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks in Wyoming are next-door neighbors, but are administered separately.

If one is going to Yellowstone National Park, a visit to Grand Teton National Park is an added bonus.

Above, a sign describing the formation of the Grand Teton range. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

amNewYork has a guide to exploring Grand Teton National Park.

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For camping enthusiasts who have conquered the Northeast and are looking westward for their 2018 summer adventures, Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming — where the buffalo and camper caravans roam — is a majestic destination. 

The mountain range, located just south of Yellowstone National Park, offers a rustic outdoors experience with activities ranging from the relaxing to the rigorous. 

The peaks form a circle around a valley, aptly named Jackson Hole, about 45 minutes north of the city of Jackson. They also hug several lakes, each so pristine that they reflect the Tetons like mirrors. 

Area wildlife can’t be beat either — from grizzly bears to six-point bucks, moose, wolves and bald eagles. 

And though the western national parks often conjure visuals of “National Lampoon”-style family vacations in cluttered station wagons, or RVs with “happy camper” painted on the sides, my husband and I honeymooned last summer in the Tetons with a tent and a Ford Fusion Hybrid rental.

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