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ing lakes—Emma Matilda and Two Ocean—lie to the northeast, the Snake River loops to
the east and south, and the Gros Ventre Mountains rise beyond a flat expanse of sagebrush.
14. Cathedral Group Turnout
AtNorthJennyLakeJunction,bearrightontotheone-wayroadleadingtooneofthepark's
most spectacular viewpoints. As though they had risen abruptly from the valley floor, the
majestic trio of peaks known as Teewinot, Grand Teton, and Owen do indeed echo in gran-
ite the spires and symmetry of a great Gothic cathedral.
In the heart of Grand Teton National Park, Jenny Lake formed from melted glaciers about 60,000 years ago.
15. String and Jenny Lakes
An easy 3 1/2-mile hiking trail encircles String Lake, the narrow connector between Leigh
Lake tothe northandJennyLake tothe south.Inearly summer the path windspast clumps
of calypso orchids, which look like pink, spoon-tailed birds in flight. They are one of the
loveliest and most delicate of the park's 15 orchid species.
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