Grand Teton National Park Visitors Center, Grand Teton National Park, WY

Visitors to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming will find a new visitor center to welcome them. The Grand Teton National Park Visitors Center has been renamed the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center. It opened in August of 2007 with 22,000 square feet of space. This is the only visitor center that is open year round in the park. The new building will house an auditorium and there are interpretive displays that show glacier movement as well as animal migration.

There are displays of artifacts, children's exhibits, and a photomural tribute to mountaineering. This photomural is projected on the thirty foot walls within the visitor's center. The history of the Tetons unfolds throughout the visitor's center.

The Grand Teton National Park Visitors Center is located in Moose, Wyoming. Guests of the park can find maps and permits for boating and camping. There is no admission to the visitor's center and it is open at various times during the year. Hours from early June to Labor Day are 8:00 am to 7:00 pm and 8:00 am to 5:00 pm the rest of the year. The center is closed on all major holidays.

Visitors to the center can learn about grizzly bears, moose, bison and elk. Park biologists and naturalists host programs throughout the summer season. Other services at the Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitors Center include: a bookstore, activity schedules, guided talks, guided walks, state of the art exhibits, a park documentary, restrooms and telephones. Visitors that require a post office will find one close to the visitor's center. The center is located twelve miles to the north of Jackson, Wyoming.

This visitor's center is not the only one located in Grand Teton National Park. There are five others. The rest of the centers are only open seasonally. They include: Jenny Lake Ranger Station, Colter Bay Visitor Center & Indian Arts Museum, Flagg Ranch Information Station, Jenny Lake Visitor Center and Laurance S. Rockefeller Center.

Grand Teton National Park offers more than two hundred miles of trails. They range from short easy walks to more demanding overnight backcountry trips. Maps and brochures detailing the hikes can be found at all of the visitors' centers.

Guests of the park that wish to fish will find brook trout, brown trout, cutthroat trout, Mackinaw and rainbow trout. The Mackinaw spawns within the parks boundaries. A fishing license is needed to fish in the park. Non residents can purchase one for $11.00 a day. Mountain climbing is a big pastime during the summer and guests wishing to indulge can find authorized guide services information at visitor's centers.

To reach the Grand Teton National Park Visitors Center from Jackson take Highway 189. Then follow the signs at Moose to reach the visitor's center. Menor's Ferry and the Chapel of the Transfiguration are near the visitor's center. Visitors can follow Highway 191 to get to Yellowstone National Park or stay on the road from the visitor's center past Jenny Lake then pick up the highway.?