Editing Grand Teton National Park (section)

== Tourism ==

=== Visitor centers ===
[[File:Grand Teton NP new VC GTNP1.jpg|thumb|right|Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center in Moose, Wyoming]]
The [[Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center]] adjacent to the park headquarters at Moose, Wyoming, is open year-round. Opened in 2007 to replace an old, inadequate visitor center, the facility is named for the late [[U.S. Senator]] [[Craig L. Thomas|Craig Thomas]] and designed by acclaimed architect, [[Bohlin Cywinski Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bcj.com/projects/grand-teton/|title=BCJ - 404|website=bcj.com|access-date=April 29, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210015524/https://bcj.com/projects/grand-teton/|archive-date=December 10, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It was financed with a combination of federal grants and private donations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Visitor Center|url=http://www.gtnpf.org/projects.php|publisher=Grand Teton National Park Foundation|access-date=February 4, 2012|year=2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220012003/http://www.gtnpf.org/projects.php|archive-date=February 20, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> An adjoining 154-seat auditorium was opened to the public in April 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gtnpf.org/auditorium.php |title=Auditorium |publisher=Grand Teton National Park Foundation |access-date=December 14, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131075934/http://www.gtnpf.org/auditorium.php |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> To the north at [[Colter Bay Village]] on Jackson Lake, the Colter Bay Visitor Center & Indian Arts Museum is open from the beginning of May to the early October. The Colter Bay Visitor Center & Indian Arts Museum has housed the David T. Vernon Indian Arts Exhibit since 1972. The Colter Bay Visitor Center was built in 1956 and was determined in 2005 to be substandard for the proper care and display of the Indian art collection.<ref name=scott>{{cite web|last=Scott|first=Mary|title=Colter Bay Visitor Services Plan|url=http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectID=33550|work=Planning, Environment and Public Comment|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=February 4, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309085251/http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectID=33550|archive-date=March 9, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=coltervc>{{cite web|title=Colter Bay Visitor Services Plan/ EA Launched|url=http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2010/12/colter-bay-visitor-services-plan.html|work=Grand Teton National Park News Releases|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=February 4, 2012|date=December 6, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328034516/http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2010/12/colter-bay-visitor-services-plan.html|archive-date=March 28, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> During the winter of 2011–2012, a $150,000 renovation project was completed at the center and a portion of the arts collection was made available for viewing when the center opened for the season in May 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilcox|first=Mark|title=Colter Bay renovation sheds new light on old collection|url=http://wyomingbusinessreport.com/post-8544/|access-date=June 4, 2012|newspaper=Wyoming Business Report|date=May 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811031646/http://wyomingbusinessreport.com/post-8544/ |archive-date=August 11, 2016}}</ref>

South of Moose on the [[Moose–Wilson Road]], the [[Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve]] Center is located on land that was privately owned by [[Laurance S. Rockefeller]] and is situated on Phelps Lake. Donated to Grand Teton National Park and opened to the public in 2008, the property was once part of the JY Ranch, the first dude ranch in Jackson Hole.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laurance Rockefeller Preserve Center|url=http://www.nps.gov/partnerships/snapshots_grandteton.htm|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior|access-date=February 4, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919020948/http://www.nps.gov/partnerships/snapshots_grandteton.htm|archive-date=September 19, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> At Jenny Lake, the Jenny Lake Visitor Center is open from mid-May to mid-September. This visitor center is within the [[Jenny Lake Ranger Station Historic District]] and is the same structure photographer [[Harrison R. Crandall|Harrison Crandall]] had constructed as an art studio in the 1920s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jenny Lake Historic District|url=http://www.nps.gov/grte/historyculture/jlhd.htm|work=Cultural History|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=February 4, 2012|date=March 31, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108011447/http://www.nps.gov/grte/historyculture/jlhd.htm|archive-date=November 8, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
[[File:Signal Mountain Lodge GTNP1.jpg|thumb|right|Signal Mountain Lodge]]<!--placing image lower than this restricts reference columns-->

=== Accommodations ===
Contracted through the National Park Service, various [[Concession (contract)|concessionaire]] entities manage lodging facilities inside the park.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lodging|url=http://www.nps.gov/grte/planyourvisit/lodging.htm|work=Plan Your Visit|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=February 4, 2012|date=December 28, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016235454/http://www.nps.gov/grte/planyourvisit/lodging.htm|archive-date=October 16, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The largest such facility is the Jackson Lake Lodge, which is managed by the Grand Teton Lodge Company. Located near Jackson Lake Dam, the Jackson Lake Lodge has a total of 385 rooms, meeting facilities, a retail shop, and a restaurant. The Grand Teton Lodge Company also manages the [[Jenny Lake Lodge]], which consists of cabins and a restaurant, and Colter Bay Village, which has cabins, a restaurant, a grocery store, and a laundry, and a marina.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Park Lodging|url=http://www.gtlc.com/index.aspx|publisher=Grand Teton Lodge Company|access-date=February 4, 2012|year=2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208201359/http://www.gtlc.com/index.aspx|archive-date=February 8, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> South of Jackson Lake Dam, the [[Signal Mountain Lodge]] is managed by [[Forever Resorts]] and provides cabins, a marina, a gas station and a restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Signal Mountain Lodge|url=http://signalmountainlodge.com/|publisher=Forever Resorts|access-date=February 4, 2012|year=2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808182341/http://www.signalmountainlodge.com/|archive-date=August 8, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The [[American Alpine Club]] has [[hostel]] dormitory-style accommodations primarily reserved for mountain climbers at the [[Double Diamond Dude Ranch Dining Hall|Grand Teton Climber's Ranch]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Grand Teton Climber's Ranch |url=http://www.americanalpineclub.org/p/grand_teton_climbers_ranch |publisher=The American Alpine Club |access-date=February 4, 2012 |year=2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131175715/http://americanalpineclub.org/p/grand_teton_climbers_ranch |archive-date=January 31, 2012 }}</ref> Adjacent to the Snake River in Moose, Wyoming, Dornan's is an inholding on private land which has year-round cabin accommodations and related facilities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dornans in Moose, Wyoming|url=http://www.dornans.com/|publisher=Dornans|access-date=February 4, 2012|year=2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209142805/http://www.dornans.com/|archive-date=February 9, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Lodging is also available at the Triangle X Ranch, another private inholding in the park and the last remaining dude ranch within park boundaries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Triangle X Ranch|url=http://www.trianglex.com/|publisher=Triangle X|access-date=February 4, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006064025/http://www.trianglex.com/|archive-date=October 6, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>