The primary entries to Yellowstone and Grand Teton are through Montana and Wyoming, so if you want information about the surrounding areas, contact these states' travel services: Travel Montana, P.O. Box 200533, 301 S. Park Ave., Helena, MT 59601 (tel. 800/VISIT-MT or 406/841-2870; www.visitmt.com); and the Wyoming Business Council Tourism Division, I-25 at College Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82002 (tel. 800/225-5996 or 307/777-7777, TDD 307/344-2386; www.wyomingtourism.org).
To receive park maps and information before your arrival, contact Grand Teton National Park, P.O. Drawer 170, Moose, WY 83012 (tel. 307/739-3600; www.nps.gov/grte).
Lodging information is available from three park concessionaires: Grand Teton Lodge Company, P.O. Box 240, Moran, WY 83013 (tel. 800/628-9988 or 307/543-2811; www.gtlc.com); Signal Mountain Lodge Co., P.O. Box 50, Moran, WY 83013 (tel. 307/543-2831; www.signalmountainlodge.com); and Flagg Ranch Village, Box 187, Moran, WY 83013 (tel. 800/443-2311 or 307/543-2861; www.flaggranch.com).
Educational and field trips are offered by the Teton Science School, P.O. Box 68, Kelly, WY 83011 (tel. 307/733-4765; www.tetonscience.org). The school's Wildlife Expeditions (tel. 800/WILD-567 or 307/773-2623; www.wildlifeexpeditions.org) offers tours that bring visitors closer to the park's wildlife.
The Grand Teton Natural History Association is a not-for-profit organization that provides information about the park through retail book sales at park visitor centers; you can also buy books about the park from the organization by mail. Contact the association at P.O. Box 170, Moose, WY 83012 (tel. 307/739-3606; www.grandtetonpark.org).
National forests and other public lands surround the parks. For information about national forests and wilderness areas in Montana, as well as Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming, contact the U.S. Forest Service Intermountain Region Office, 324 25th St., Ogden, UT 84401 (tel. 801/625-5300; www.fs.fed.us/r4). The rest of Wyoming's forests, including the Shoshone National Forest east of the Tetons over Togwotee Pass, are covered by the Rocky Mountain Region Office, 740 Simms St., Golden, CO 80401 (tel. 303/275-5350; www.fs.fed.us/r2).
The federal Bureau of Land Management also manages millions of acres of recreational lands and can be reached at its Wyoming state office, 5353 Yellowstone Rd. (P.O. Box 1828), Cheyenne, WY 82003 (tel. 307/775-6256); or its Montana state office, 5001 Southgate Dr. (P.O. Box 36800), Billings, MT 59107 (tel. 406/896-5004).
General Tourist Information -- Other sources of information include Yellowstone Country, 1822 W. Lincoln St., Bozeman, MT 59715 (tel. 800/736-5276); Gardiner Chamber of Commerce, 222 Park St. (P.O. Box 81), Gardiner, MT 59030 (tel. 406/848-7971); Colter Pass/Cooke City/Silver Gate Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 1071, Cooke City, MT 59020 (tel. 406/838-2495); West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce, 30 Yellowstone Ave. (P.O. Box 458), West Yellowstone, MT 59758 (tel. 406/646-7701); Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, 990 W. Broadway (P.O. Box 550), Jackson, WY 83001 (tel. 307/733-3316); Jackson Hole Central Reservations (tel. 800/443-6931); Cody Country Chamber of Commerce, 836 Sheridan Ave., Cody, WY 82414 (tel. 307/587-2777); and the Park County Travel Council, P.O. Box 2454, Cody, WY 82414 (tel. 307/587-2297).
