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Photograph of Ramshorn Dude Ranch Lodge
Photograph by Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Ramshorn Dude Ranch Lodge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

From the record

One of 65 National Register listings published here for Teton County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. SE corner of park, 2.5 mi. NW of Kelly, Wy, Moose, 83011
  • When was it listed? August 1998
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Grand Teton National Park MPS
  • Census division. Jackson Hole
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • National Register reference number. 98001041 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Ramshorn Dude Ranch Lodge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,534 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural29
Recreation and ceremony25
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism340 acresGrand Teton National ParkHAYFIELDS
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestCARPENTER
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkPRONGHORN
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreNational Elk RefugeHIGHLANDS
24 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkQUAKING
12 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestTORCH BASE
9 August 2001Naturalunder an acreGrand Teton National ParkSCIENCE SC
8 August 1993Naturalunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestSLIDE

Every fire recorded in Teton County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ramshorn Dude Ranch Lodge: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gros Ventre Slide OccurrencePhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Gros Ventre Slide ProspectPhosphorus-Phosphates, UraniumOccurrence
Kelly Slide AreaUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Teton County

Storms near this property

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moose, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007LightningMoose1 hurtno account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMoose$10,000Several trees were downed in a swath from the Death Canyon Trailhead east across the Moose-Wilson Road. Motorists were trapped on the road by fallen trees which were blocking passage. One vehicle was damaged near Death Canyon due to a fallen tree.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMoose-A 60 mph wind gust was reported at the weather station at the Teton Saddle.
July 2013HailMoose-Nickel sized hail was seen at Moose by a trained spotter.
August 2003WildfireMoose-no account filed
July 2002HailMoose-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Teton County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Hunter Hereford Ranch Historic District0.6 miles1998
Mormon Row Historic District1.5 miles1997
Andy Chambers Ranch Historic District3.4 miles1990
Bar B C Dude Ranch5.3 miles1990
4 Lazy F Dude Ranch5.6 miles1990
Menor's Ferry5.7 miles1969

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98001041 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Teton CountyAll 65 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.