Jackson Hole is a special travel destination known world wide for the majestic Grand Teton mountain range, wide open spaces, abundant wildlife and the close proximity to Grant Teton National Park and the nation's first national Park, Yellowstone. The Teton Club is located in the heart of Teton Village, the home base for world famous Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

Jackson Hole Facts

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• 97% of the 2,697,000 acres in Teton County are federally owned or state managed, including the Grand Teton National Park, the Bridger-Teton National Forest, and the National Elk Refuge. Only 3% of the land in the Jackson Hole area is privately owned.
• Yellowstone was the world's first national park, created in 1872 - 18 years before Wyoming became a state.
• Yellowstone National Park has approximately 10,000 active thermal features. Old Faithful erupts approximately every 60 - 90 minutes.
• Grand Teton National Park was created in 1929 and greatly expanded in 1950 due to the determined efforts of John D. Rockefeller, who purchased and then donated over 30,000 acres. Grand Teton National Park celebrated its 50th Anniversary in the summer of 2000.
• The first person to ski down the 13,772-foot Grand Teton was local resident Bill Briggs in 1971.
• The National Elk Refuge, located just outside the town of Jackson, is the largest established elk preserve in North America. Up to 9,000 elk winter on the refuge and visitors can enjoy close-up views on daily sleigh rides from December through April.
• The Bridger-Teton National Forest is the second-largest national forest in the lower 48 states, encompassing 3.4 million acres.
• Jackson, Wyoming, elected the first all-woman city council in 1920.
• Jackson Hole has one of the lowest base elevations of any ski resort area in the Rocky Mountains, at just 6,311 feet. Most other ski resorts in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico have base elevations between 6,900 and 9,500 feet.
• Wyoming's first ski area was the Snow King Ski Area, which opened in Jackson in 1939. Snow King celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1989.
• The U.S. Voyager II spacecraft, launched in 1977 to explore unknown reaches of the solar system, contains an Ansel Adams photograph of Jackson Hole as part of its artifacts cargo.
• The headwaters of the Snake River are located in Teton County.
• John Wayne's first speaking part was in "The Big Trail," filmed in Jackson Hole in 1932. It also is reputed to be the first time he rode a horse!
• Over 15 feature films have been made on location in Jackson Hole including: "Shane," "Spencer's Mountain," "Any Which Way You Can" and "Rocky IV."
• Over 60 species of mammals, over 100 species of birds, and a half dozen game fish can be found in the Jackson Hole/Yellowstone area. Most notable are big game such as elk, moose, bison, deer, antelope, mountain lion, grizzly and black bears, coyote; rare birds such as the bald eagle, trumpeter swan, blue heron, osprey, and native game fish such as the Snake River cutthroat trout and mountain whitefish. Now the gray wolf also lives in Jackson Hole.