Just outside the National Park is the National Forest. While it may sound the same, on paper the different between a”Park” and a “Forest” is everything. Within the National Parks, the public is very limited in what we can do. The Government does this to protect the parks from the millions of visitors each year. A “Forest” is federal land specifically set aside for public uses. Quite literally, this is “my land” (and yours) to use as we please… within reason.
Teton National Forest butts up to the National Park. A 3/4 mile dirt road took us out of the Park and into the Forest boundary where we can camp, shoot, hike, bike, and four-wheel drive completely free. A tick further up the road put us up on a hilltop that overlooks the entire Teton park. We decided to stop here for a few days… not only for the views, but for the terrain around us.
We spent the morning taking hundreds of photos of the flora where we setup camp. In the afternoon we took a short hike up the dirt road to explore the other areas that people camp. Tonight we will fire up our BBQ as we wait the impending wondrous sunset!
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