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  • LoganCanyonScenicDrive:TravelingalongtheLoganRiverandthroughLoganCanyon,thisscenicdriveclimbsthroughthediverseterrainoftheWasatch-CacheNationalForestandasitdescends,offersoutstandingviewsofBearLake’sturquoisewaters.Thisareaisalsopopularinwinterforitsworld-renownedskiing,snowboardingandsnowmobiling.

    BearLakeSummit:AsspringmakesitswayintoBearLake,earlyleavesandflowerswelcomeyouasyourideorwalkalakeormountaintrail.Temperaturesaremild,evenduringthemiddleofthesummer,sohikingispleasant.

    JacksonHoleAerialTram:LocatedinJacksonHole,Wyomingandhasbecomeaniconicsymbolofthetown.LocatedatJacksonHoleMountainResort,ittakespeopletothetopofRendezvousMountain.

    NationalElkRefuge:LocatedintheU.S.stateofWyomingandwascreatedin1912toprotecthabitatandprovidesanctuaryforoneofthelargestelkherdonEarth

    CunninghamCabinHistoricSite:Adouble-penlogcabininGrandTetonNationalPark.ThecabinwasbuiltasahomesteadinJacksonHoleandrepresentsanadaptationofanAppalachianbuildingformtotheWest.

    SignalMountain:Anisolatedsummitstanding7,720feetabovesealevel.ThemountainislocatedinGrandTetonNationalParkintheU.S.stateofWyoming.

    TetonGlacierTurnout:LocatedalongTetonParkRoadaboutfourmilesnorthofMoose,Wyoming.TheoverlookhasaviewoftheTetonsandTetonGlacier.

    Menor'sFerryHistoricSite:ariverferrythatcrossedtheSnakeRivernearthepresent-dayMoose,Wyoming

    Therearemanyturnoutswithinformationsignsalongtheroad.OrtaketheTetonParkRoad,theoriginalrouteof89,foramoreintimateviewoftheparkandtoaccessthelakes,hikingtrailsandcampgrounds.Inthewinter,theNationalElkRefugetotheeastofUS89,isfilledwithelkwheretheycongregatealongtheGrosVentreRiveronthewestsideoftheGrosVentreRange.

    BetweenGrandTetonandYellowstoneNationalPark,highway89isknownastheJohnD.Rockefeller,Jr.ParkwayasitrunsalongtheshoreofJacksonLakeandtothesouthentrancetothepark.TostayonUSRoute89throughYellowstone,turnwestatWestThumbtoOldFaithful,continuenorthtoMadison,NorrisandMammothHotSpringsexitingtheparkatthenorthentrancetoGardiner,Montana.

    GrandTetonNationalParkrisesnearlyamileaboveJacksonHole,thevalleybelowtheeasternfaceofthemountains.Adozenofitspeaksareover12,000inelevationandwithnofoothillstoobscuretheviewtheycanbeseenreflectedinthelargelakesattheirbase.

    TripLength:Roughly240miles

    BestTimeToGo:May-October

    MustSeeNearbyAttractions:

    FossilButteNationalMonument(fossildisplays),westofKemerer,WY

    LavaHotSprings,ID(knownforhotmineralpools)

    PeriodicSpring(thisspringgushesevery18minutesfromanopeninginacanyonwall)

    Bridger-TetonNationalForest,nearAfton,WY.

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    Youwouldbehardpressedtofindamorescenicstretchofhighwayanywhereintheworld.NorthofJacksonUSRoute89runsparalleltothespectacularTetonRangeinGrandTetonNationalPark.ThemountainsseemtoriseabruptlyfromthevalleyknownasJacksonHoletoatoweringheightofover13,000feet.

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    Roadmapto Route89-JacksonHole

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    JacksonHoleAerialTramfromTetonVillage.

    NationalElkRefugenearJacksonHole,WY.

    LoganCanyonScenicDriveBearLakeSummitBearLakeGreysRiverRoadJacksonJacksonHoleAerialTramNationalElkRefugeGrosVentreLoopTetonPointTurnout

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    LocatedintheheartofGrandTetonNationalPark,JennyLakeformedfrommeltedglaciersabout60,000yearsago.

    SnakeRiverOverlookCunninghamCabinHistoricSiteOxbowBendTurnoutSignalMountainCathedralGroupTurnoutString&JennyLakesTetonGlacierTurnoutTaggartLakeTrailheadMenor'sFerryHistoricSite

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