Leigh Lake Ranger Patrol Cabin was designed and built by the

U.S. Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency in ...

in the 1920s. The cabin is located northwest of

Leigh Lake Leigh Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The glacially formed lake is wide and long from north to south. Situated just southeast of Mount Moran, the lake is at the terminus of both Paintbrush and Leigh Ca ...

Grand Teton National Park Grand Teton National Park is an American national park 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. Grand Teton Na ...

in the

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. The cabin was built to a standardized design, similar to that used for the Moran Bay Patrol Cabin. The cabin was acquired by the

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upon the designation of Grand Teton National Park on February 26, 1929, and placed on the

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on April 23, 1990. The cabin is still in use by the National Park Service. The Leigh Lake cabin was listed on the

on April 23, 1990.

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Leigh Lake Patrol Cabin
at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
''The Northern Backcountry Patrol Cabins of Grand Teton National Park''
Iowa State University Buildings and structures in Grand Teton National Park Log cabins in the United States Rustic architecture in Wyoming United States Forest Service ranger stations National Park Service ranger stations Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming National Register of Historic Places in Grand Teton National Park 1920s establishments in Wyoming {{Wyoming-NRHP-stub

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