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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. Jackson is surrounded by the Teton and Gros Ventre mountain ranges. The ...
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.
Teton Pass. / 43.49750°N 110.95528°W / 43.49750; -110.95528. 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 ...
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.
You’ll ascend an additional 4,000 feet (for a total of 10,000 feet above sea level) in only 12 minutes. Along the way, admire panoramic views of the largest vertical drop in the United States.
Sinks Canyon State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area located in the Wind River Mountains, six miles (9.7 km) southwest of Lander, Wyoming, on Wyoming Highway 131. The state park is named for a portion of the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River where it flows into an underground limestone cavern, named "the Sinks," and ...
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. [3] 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 ...