32: Grand Teton Fun Facts

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

It’s time for some fun facts about Grand Teton National Park! In this episode of Exploring the National Parks, we are exploring everything that makes this national park amazing. Even though Ash was a park ranger at this park, she doesn’t know a whole lot about the geology of this incredible national park, so listen in as John teaches us about the Tetons! Join us as we cover: The youngest mountain range in North America The geological history of this incredible park The cool type of rock you’ll find in this park Why we love Mount Moran The magma of Grand Teton The most interesting mystery of this park The cool thing about the Teton Fault What the glaciers tell us about Grand Teton The 61 species of mammals in this area and the one that impacted this park the most The fascinating human history in Grand Teton How Grand Teton became a national park The conservation history and natural history of this park are absolutely fascinating – it’s a place that really gets into your soul. We hope you get a chance to visit it soon! Check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	How did that happen?
0:02.0	I mean, false.
0:05.2	False?
0:06.2	Are you calling BS?
0:07.8	Faults.
0:08.8	Oh, false.
0:10.2	I thought you were calling BS on my research here.
0:15.5	This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:20.7	My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.
0:24.9	I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make National Park
0:29.7	Trip Planning easy.
0:31.2	And I'm John.
0:32.2	I carry the kids on the trails, tell stories, and notice all the things that Ash doesn't
0:36.2	care about much, like rocks.
0:39.5	Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.
0:43.9	We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:48.0	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning. Let's start exploring.
0:57.0	Today we are talking all about Grand Teton fun facts.
1:02.1	Yeah, yeah.
1:03.4	And this is going to be a really good one for me because although I love the Teton's so, so, so, so much.
1:11.3	And ashamed of.
1:15.6	And ashamedly?
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