Why are they called Tetons?

The Tetons received their name from French-Canadian trappers who accompanied the earliest British expeditions into this territory. As they approached the range from the west, they beheld three towering mountains upon which they bestowed the name of Trois Tetons (Three Breasts).



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Grand Teton is famous for spectacular mountain scenery and wildlife. Park boundaries include approximately 310,000 acres, 485 square miles.

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If you want to enjoy towering mountains and beautiful lakes, Grand Teton National Park may be for you. If you would rather spend your time exploring geysers and wildlife, Yellowstone National Park may be for you. Both national parks are beautiful and offer many things to do, so you cannot go wrong with either!

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The Tetons and the Snake River is a black and white photograph taken by Ansel Adams in 1942, at the Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming. It is one of his best known and most critically acclaimed photographs.

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Stones and boulders crashed hundreds of feet down both sides of the ridge to the Teepe and Teton Glaciers below. “I think it's the most dramatic rockfall,” Horton said of his lifetime in the Tetons. But the extent to which the world-famous skyline was forever altered went unseen initially, perhaps because of weather.

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Jackson Hole was originally named after Davey Jackson, a mountain man who trapped in the area during the late 1800s. Hole was a term used in that day to describe a high mountain valley. The world's longest-running shootout, which began in 1955, is held six nights a week from May-September on the Jackson town square.

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