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Alpine is located at the southern end of the Snake River Canyon where the Snake River enters Palisades Reservoir. The town is also known as Alpine Junction since it marks the point where U.S. routes 26 and 89 turn in opposite directions. The two routes run concurrently through the Snake River Canyon from Jackson.
The Snake River Canyon (also known as the Grand Canyon) is formed by the Snake River in western Wyoming, United States, south of Jackson Hole. [2] At the southern end of this canyon is the town of Alpine, Wyoming where the Snake River meets the Greys River and the Salt River at Palisades Reservoir on the Wyoming-Idaho border.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Alpine Northwest is located on U.S. Route 26 (US 26) just north of Alpine, Wyoming, on the east shore of Palisades Reservoir. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km 2 ), of which 1.4 square miles (3.7 km 2 ) is land and 0.69% is water.
Just a short distance downriver from the confluence of the two rivers, the Snake widens quickly and passes through Alpine and enters the Palisades Reservoir. The largest tributary of the Greys River is the Little Greys River. At Alpine, Wyoming, the Greys River measures 654 cubic feet per second average. With a 180 cuft/s min. and a 3,004 max. [3]
Star Valley is located in the United States between the Salt River Range in western Wyoming and the Webster Range of eastern Idaho. [1] The altitude of the valley ranges from 5,600 feet (1,700 m) to 7,000 feet (2,100 m). Three major Wyoming rivers, the Salt River, the Greys River and the Snake River meet near Alpine Junction at Palisades Reservoir.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Wyoming on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Gannett Peak is the highest summit of the Wind River Range, the U.S. State of Wyoming, and the Central Rocky Mountains. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of Wyoming. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: