Raynolds Peak () is in the northern

Teton Range The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. It extends for approximately in a north–south direction through the U.S. state of Wyoming, east of the Idaho state line. It is south of Yellowstone National Park, ...

Grand Teton National Park Grand Teton National Park is a national park of the United States in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately , the park includes the major peaks of the Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole. G ...

Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...

. The mountain rises to the north of Moran Canyon and has numerous deep

cirque A (; from the Latin word ) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by Glacier#Erosion, glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from , meaning a pot or cauldron) and ; ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform a ...

s on its north face above Snowshoe Canyon. There are no maintained trails in the region and the summit is 5 miles (8 km) west of Moran Bay on

Jackson Lake Jackson Lake may refer to: Places * Jackson Lake (Georgia) * Jackson Lake (Wyoming) ** Jackson Lake Dam, Wyoming ** Jackson Lake Lodge, Wyoming, a U.S. National Historic Place ** Jackson Lake Ranger Station, Wyoming, a U.S. National Historic Pla ...

. The peak is named after

William F. Raynolds William Franklin Raynolds (March 17, 1820 – October 18, 1894) was an American explorer, engineer and U.S. army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War. He is best known for leading the 1859–60 Raynolds Expedi ...

who was in charge of the 1859-1860

Raynolds Expedition The Raynolds Expedition was a United States Army exploring and mapping expedition intended to map the unexplored territory between Fort Pierre, Dakota Territory and the headwaters of the Yellowstone River. The expedition was led by topographical ...

to the region.

References

Mountains of Grand Teton National Park Mountains of Wyoming Mountains of Teton County, Wyoming {{Wyoming-geo-stub