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Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Best time to visit: Jan-Feb, Dec
Cost: $$
- Ski resort at Teton Village, in the Teton Range of the Rocky Mountains
- It is named after the historically significant Jackson Hole valley and is known for its steep terrain and large continuous vertical drop of 4,139 ft (1,262 m)
#16 in Best Ski Resorts in the USA
Cascade Canyon Trail, Grand Teton National Park
Walk difficulty: Moderate
Best time to visit: mid May-late Sept
Cost: $
- National park that includes the major peaks of the 40-mile-long (64 km) Teton Range as well as most of the valley known as Jackson Hole
- Along with surrounding national forests, the park constitutes part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the world's largest intact mid-latitude temperate ecosystems
Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: late April-May, Sept-early Oct
Cost: $
- Largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world, after Frying Pan Lake in New Zealand and Boiling Lake in Dominica
- Grand Prismatic Spring was noted by geologists working in 1871, and named by them for its striking coloration
- Its colors match most of those seen in the rainbow dispersion of white light by an optical prism: red, orange, yellow, green, and blue
#2 in Best Attractions in the USA
#2 in Best National Parks in the USA
#8 in Best National Parks in the World
#11 in Best Attractions in the World
#15 in Best Landmarks in the USA
#46 in Best Landmarks in the World
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- Museum located in Jackson Hole, that preserves and exhibits wildlife art
- It is located on a bluff in the midst of a real wildlife habitat, the institution overlooks the National Elk Refuge
- The core of the collections reflects traditional and contemporary realism
- In addition to 14 galleries, the museum has a sculpture trail
Devils Tower Trail
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: May, Sept
Cost: $
- Devils Tower is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Black Hills
- It rises to 867 feet (264 m) from summit to base
- Devils Tower was the first United States national monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt
#14 in Most Surreal Attractions in the USA
#100 in Best Attractions in the USA
Old Faithful Geyser Loop Trail
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: June-Sept
Cost: $
- Cone geyser in Yellowstone National Park, named in 1870, and was the first geyser in the park to be named
- It is a highly predictable geothermal feature and has erupted every 44 minutes to two hours since 2000
#34 in Best Landmarks in the USA
Mammoth Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: late April-May, Sept-early Oct
Cost: $
- Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park
- It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution)
- Although these springs lie outside the caldera boundary, their energy has been attributed to the same magmatic system that fuels other Yellowstone geothermal areas
Yellowstone Lake Overlook Trail
Walk difficulty: Moderate
Best time to visit: late April-May, Sept-early Oct
Cost: $
- Yellowstone Lake is the largest body of water in Yellowstone National Park
- It is also the largest freshwater lake above 7,000 ft (2,100 m) in North America