Wyoming Places Wiki / Teton National Forest

The Teton National Forest encircles Jackson Hole like a lopsided doughnut. It occupies the mountain ranges on both sides of Jackson Hole and extends northward across the valley of the South Fork of the Snake River and around Jackson Lake. Its southern limit is the boundary of the Hoback River drainage. In general the mountains in this circuit are not very high or rough, but they are heavily timbered – chiefly with lodgepole pine. The notable exception is the Teton Peaks, a relatively short range of high, scenic mountains lying on the west side of Jackson Hole. The division between the Teton and Targhee National Forest follows the Continental Divide, of which this range is the backbone. The streams on the eastern slope of Teton Peaks have eaten back on the divide between the mountains so far that at present these peaks are no longer on the main ridge, but lie entirely on the Teton Forest, considerably east of the boundary line. These bold mountains have perpetual snow on their peaks, and their tree growth, even on the lower slopes, is valued less as timber than as watershed protection.

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Teton National Forest was established in February, 1897. In January, 1903 it was consolidated with Yellowstone Timber Land Reserve and the name Teton discontinued. On July 1, 1908 it was re-established from a portion of the Yellowstone reserve. It was combined administratively with Bridger National Forest in 1973 and is now known as the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

Source: Davis

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Burnt Mountain

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Bridger-Teton National Forest

http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/btnf/

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