Grand Teton National Park

INSIDER TIP: Leave the main highway (U.S. 89) at either Jackson Lake Junction or Moose and travel the Teton Park Road. This brings you as close to the mountains as you can get without hiking into them. The Cathedral Group (Grand Teton, Mt. Owen, and Mt. Teewinot) rise over a mile (from 6,784 to 13,766) seemingly straight up. Reflected in the waters of String or Jenny Lake these mountains make unforgettable images (in your head or in a camera). On a warm and sunny day, a picnic at String Lake is a special experience.

Buffalo Bill Historical Center

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is a world-class museum and interpretive center, or more correctly, five museum centers:

• Cody Firearms Museum
• Whitney Gallery of Western Art
• Buffalo Bill Museum
• Plains Indian Museum
• Draper Museum of Natural History

There is no better place to get an overview of the Greater Yellowstone Region: geology, natural history, and human history. Not to mention the colorful life of "Buffalo Bill" Cody, to whom the center is dedicated. Located on the west side of Cody, Wyoming, this is one of the limited number of  museums in the country worth a visit in its own right -- providing, of course, that you don't mind spending a full day in a museum.

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