Blacktail Butte

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Blacktail Butte
Blacktail Butte

Blacktail Butte is a mountain landform rising from Jackson Hole valley in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming[1]. Blacktail Butte was originally named Upper Gros Ventre Butte in an early historical survey conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey[2]. Most of Blacktail Butte is densely forested with a mixed fir forest of lodgepole pine, Douglas fir and Engelmann Spruce; however there are several large sedimentary rock outcroppings and scattered pockets of Aspen trees[3]. This butte is a principal landmark with Jackson Hole, visible from much of the Jackson Hole valley floor as well as many portions of the Teton Range.

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Geographic Society (2003) "Grand Teton National Park: Trails Unlimited"
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey, "Map of Portions of Idaho and Wyoming" Survey conducted by F. Hayden
  3. ^ .Lumina Tech, C.M. Hogan (2007), "Water quality baselines for selected surface waters within the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks"

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