Chapel of the Transfiguration, Moose, Wyoming

 

Chapel of the Transfiguration

 

by: Bobby  McDonald

 

 

Some people have trouble focusing on the awesomeness of God, on Sunday mornings, as they attend church services. However, for those who regularly make their way to Moose, Wyoming, in the Grand Teton Mountains, it's hardly a problem, as the alter is framed by a picture window that captures God's majesty and creation, right before their eyes. Looking out amidst the beauty of the Grand Teton Mountains, the window behind the alter, frames the "Cathedral Group Peaks" of the mountains.

 

 

 

The Chapel of Transfiguration is a small log chapel, in Grand Teton National Park and is located near the Menor's Ferry Crossing and General Store, in Moose, Wyoming. The land for the chapel was donated by Maud Noble, an early pioneer of the region, as she felt that local parishioners shouldn't have to travel to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to worship God, when his presence was all around them in the giant peaks of the Grand Tetons. She donated the land and a log church was built in 1925.

 

 

 

The chapel is now owned and operated by the St. John's Episcopal Church, in Jackson, Wyoming, and serves as an inspirational site for tourists to the area, as well as a popular place for weddings, baptisms, and daily meditation.

 

 

 

The complex is composed of the chapel, an entrance canopy that incorporates a bell tower, and a storage area, that was once used as the parson's home. The chapel was designed by C.B. Loomis, in a rustic style, called Western Craftsman, and the bell tower as well as the altar window frames the Cathedral Group of peaks, of the Grand Teton Mountains.

 

 

 

The chapel was built to serve the guests and employess of the dude ranches and the neighboring communities that stretched north of Jackson, along the base of the Teton Range and the Snake River, that meanders nearby.

 

 

 

 

Make the Chapel of the Transfiguration a stop on your tour of the area, as is offers a beautiful view of the mountains and confirmation of the majesty of God's creation.

Nearby, the Menor's Store and Ferry offer a glimpse into what life in the early days was like, on the Snake River and in the mountains.

 

Menor's Store and Ferry, Moose, Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menor's Ferry Crossing, of the Snake River, Moose, Wyoming

 

 

 

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