Cascade Canyon to Leigh Lake Campsite, Grand Teton National Park Part-4
Leigh Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The glacially formed lake is 2.4 miles (3.9 km) wide and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) long from north to south. Situated just southeast of Mount Moran, the lake is at the terminus of both Paintbrush and Leigh Canyons. The lake can be accessed from the Leigh Lake Trail which follows the eastern shores of String Lake a distance of one mile (1.6 km) and is an easy hike over level terrain.The Leigh Lake Ranger Patrol Cabin is located on the northeast shore of the lake and is on the National Register of Historical Places.
The lake was named for Richard Beaver Dick Leigh, a mountain guide.
Grand Teton National Park is in the northwest of the U.S state of Wyoming. It encompasses the Teton mountain range, the 4,000-meter Grand Teton peak, and the valley known as Jackson Hole. It’s a popular destination in summer for mountaineering, hiking, backcountry camping and fishing, linked to nearby Yellowstone National Park by the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway.
Leigh Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Leigh Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, beach camping, handstands
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Leigh Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Leigh Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Leigh Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Kayaking Leigh Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
Leigh Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, beach camping, handstands
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Grand Tetons - String and Leigh Lake Hikes
We go on a really cool hike that takes us through String and Leigh Lakes. The mountains in this beautiful National Park never fail to amaze!
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Inlet from Leigh Lake into String Lake, Grand Teton National Park
Trail Running Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Trail running around Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park. 7.5 miles, 600 feet of elevation gain. Easy trail to run with low elevation gain. We saw elk, moose, antelope, and other wildlife on a beautiful summer day. Check out my blog for more information on this trail run:
An evening at Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Jenny Lake
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This is a beautiful serene lake in Moose, Wyoming beside the towering Grand Tetons. We spent an evening of our road trip (covering Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks) here.
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Ep 16 - RVing Grand Teton National Park 2019: Taggart Lake Trail
The third episode of our RV trip to Grand Teton National Park. We woke up late to dreary skies, pouring rain, and even a little bit of snow. We drove around for a bit and got lucky with a perfect hiking window allowing us to experience the beauty of Taggart Lake. Later I caught a glimpse of the elusive river otter!
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Grand Teton National Park
Campground: Colter Bay RV Park
Class A RV: 2018 Winnebago Intent 31P
Toad: 2010 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport
Mt Moran Turnout to Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Grand Teton National Park - Park Travel Review
We had four days in Grand Teton National Park. We camped in our Forest River A-Frame travel trailer we call Alf. We got an electric site in Gros Ventre Campground. It was a nice campground with flush toilets, but no shower houses. Sites are on a first come; first served basis. The campground is large and rarely is completely full.
Our first full day, we visited Jackson Lake Lodge, hike at Two Oceans Lake and Leigh Lake. From the NPS Site: The Jackson Lake Lodge was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as an historic district in 2002 and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2005.
We had a great time hike and exploring in Grand Teton National Park.
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Teton Mountain Range from Jackson lake
Jackson Lake is a lake located in north western Wyoming in Grand Teton National Park. The lake is natural, except for the top 33 feet (10 m), which is due to the construction of Jackson Lake Dam, built in 1911. This top level of the lake is utilized by farmers in Idaho for irrigation purposes. The lake is the remnant of large glacial gouging from the neighboring Teton Range, and is still fed by runoff from small glaciers near the peaks of those mountains. The main source of water is the Snake River, which flows in from the North. Jackson Lake is one of the largest high altitude lakes in the U.S. at an elevation of 6,772 feet (2,064 m) above sea level. The lake is up to 15 miles (25 km) long, 7 miles (11.25 km) wide and 438 feet (134 m) deep. The water of the lake averages below 60 degrees even during the hottest summer months and can freeze to more than 6 feet (1.8 m) thick in the winter.
Numerous species of fish inhabit the lake including Brown trout, Lake trout and Cutthroat trout, as well as Pike and Salmon.
There are several islands in the lake, including Danahoe Point, which can be seen prominently from the highway.
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One Day in Grand Teton National Park - Travel Channel
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Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA 2005
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Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately 310,000 acres (480 sq mi; 130,000 ha; 1,300 km2), 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. It is only 10 miles (16 km) south of Yellowstone National Park, to which it is connected by the National Park Service-managed John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. Along with surrounding National Forests, these three protected areas constitute the almost 18,000,000-acre (7,300,000 ha) Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact mid-latitude temperate ecosystems in the world.
Human history of the Grand Teton region dates back at least 11,000 years, when the first nomadic hunter-gatherer Paleo-Indians began migrating into the region during warmer months pursuing food and supplies. In the early 19th century, the first White explorers encountered the eastern Shoshone natives. Between 1810 and 1840, the region attracted fur trading companies that vied for control of the lucrative beaver pelt trade. U.S. Government expeditions to the region commenced in the mid-19th century as an offshoot of exploration in Yellowstone, with the first permanent white settlers in Jackson Hole arriving in the 1880s. Efforts to preserve the region as a national park commenced in the late 19th century, and in 1929 Grand Teton National Park was established, protecting the major peaks of the Teton Range. The valley of Jackson Hole remained in private ownership until the 1930s, when conservationists led by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. began purchasing land in Jackson Hole to be added to the existing national park. Against public opinion and with repeated Congressional efforts to repeal the measures, much of Jackson Hole was set aside for protection as Jackson Hole National Monument in 1943. The monument was abolished in 1950 and most of the monument land was added to Grand Teton National Park.
Grand Teton National Park is named for Grand Teton, the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. The naming of the mountains is attributed to early 19th-century French-speaking trappers—les trois tétons (the three teats) was later anglicized and shortened to Tetons. At 13,775 feet (4,199 m), Grand Teton abruptly rises more than 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above Jackson Hole, almost 850 feet (260 m) higher than Mount Owen, the second-highest summit in the range. The park has numerous lakes, including 15-mile-long (24 km) Jackson Lake as well as streams of varying length and the upper main stem of the Snake River. Though in a state of recession, a dozen small glaciers persist at the higher elevations near the highest peaks in the range. Some of the rocks in the park are the oldest found in any U.S. National Park and have been dated at nearly 2.7 billion years.
Grand Teton National Park is an almost pristine ecosystem and the same species of flora and fauna that have existed since prehistoric times can still be found there. More than 1,000 species of vascular plants, dozens of species of mammals, 300 species of birds, more than a dozen fish species and a few species of reptiles and amphibians exist. Due to various changes in the ecosystem, some of them human-induced, efforts have been made to provide enhanced protection to some species of native fish and the increasingly threatened whitebark pine.
Grand Teton National Park is a popular destination for mountaineering, hiking, fishing and other forms of recreation. There are more than 1,000 drive-in campsites and over 200 miles (320 km) of hiking trails that provide access to backcountry camping areas. Noted for world-renowned trout fishing, the park is one of the few places to catch Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout. Grand Teton has several National Park Service-run visitor centers, and privately operated concessions for motels, lodges, gas stations and marinas.
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Taggart lake - Grand Teton National Park
Time lapse at taggart lake inside Grand Teton National Park