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Jackson Hole. Looking west, the Teton Range rises more than 7,000 feet (2,130 m) above the valley floor with its iconic John Moulton Barn. Jackson Hole (originally called Jackson's Hole by mountain men) is a valley between the Gros Ventre and Teton mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Wyoming, near the border with Idaho, in Teton County.
Jackson is located at an elevation of 6,237 feet (1,901 m) above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.95 square miles (7.64 km 2), of which 2.91 square miles (7.54 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) is water. [10] Jackson is surrounded by the Teton and Gros Ventre mountain ranges ...
Grand Teton National Park is an American national park in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately 310,000 acres (1,300 km 2 ), the park includes the major peaks of the 40-mile-long (64 km) Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole. Grand Teton National Park is only 10 miles (16 km) south of ...
Teton Pass is a high mountain pass in the western United States, located at the southern end of the Teton Range in western Wyoming, between Wilson and Victor, Idaho.At an elevation of 8,431 feet (2,570 m) above sea level, the pass provides access from the Jackson Hole valley in Wyoming to the Teton Valley of eastern Idaho, including the access route to Grand Targhee Resort through Driggs, Idaho.
The Snake River begins on Two Oceans Plateau near the southern border of Yellowstone National Park, about 9,200 feet (2,800 m) above sea level in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming. [2] From there, it flows west then south into Grand Teton National Park, where it feeds Jackson Lake, a natural glacial lake enlarged by Jackson Lake Dam.
Jackson Hole's original aerial tram was closed to the public in the spring of 2006 and replaced with a new tram that opened in 2008. The tram's vertical rise is 4,139 feet (1,262 m) to an elevation of 10,450 feet (3,185 m) above sea level .
Signal Mountain is an isolated summit standing 7,720 feet (2,350 m) above sea level.The mountain is located in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The next closest higher summit is more than 10 miles (16 km) distant, and this isolation provides sweeping views of the Teton Range, much of the northern Jackson Hole area as well as the Snake River.
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [b] [c] The first table below ranks the 40 highest major summits of Wyoming by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.