Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located in northwestern Wyoming. Approximately 130,000 ha in size, the park includes the major peaks of the 64 km long Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole. Only 16 km south of Yellowstone National Park, the two parks are connected by the National Park Service managed John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. These three protected areas in conjunction with surrounding National Forests constitute the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, which at almost 7,300,000 ha, is one of the largest intact mid-latitude temperate ecosystems in the world. Grand Teton National Park is named for Grand Teton which is the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. At 4,199 m, Grand Teton rises abruptly more than 2,100 m above Jackson Hole and is almost 260 m higher than Mount Owen, the second highest summit in the range. The park has numerous lakes, including 24 km long Jackson Lake as well as streams of varying length and the uppermost reaches of the Snake River. Though in a state of recession, a dozen named small glaciers persist at the higher elevations, and can be found only near the highest peaks in the range. Some of the rocks found in the park are the oldest found in any U.S. national park and have been dated at nearly 2.7 billion years.
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