Which U.S. national park protects the Teton Range in Wyoming?

Grand Teton National Park protects the Teton Range in northwestern Wyoming.

The park encompasses about 310,000 acres, including the major peaks of the Teton Range and much of the Jackson Hole valley. Its most recognizable summit is Grand Teton, which rises to 13,775 feet and is the range’s highest mountain. The dramatic view comes from the range’s abrupt eastern face, which rises sharply above the valley with few intervening foothills.

The Teton Range formed roughly 6 to 9 million years ago as movement along the Teton Fault lifted the western block of the Earth’s crust. Later glaciers carved the range’s U-shaped valleys and helped create lakes such as Jenny Lake and Jackson Lake.

Grand Teton National Park was established in 1929. It lies about 10 miles south of Yellowstone National Park and is connected to it by the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway. Olympic, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain are also national parks, but they protect different mountain landscapes in Washington, Montana, and Colorado.