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There are very few addresses left in the American West where a private homeowner can wake up inside the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem rather than visit it. 15180 Teton Wilderness Drive is one of them. Set on 1.89 acres in the exclusive Teton Wilderness Ranch subdivision in Moran, Wyoming, this log-and-river-rock estate borders the Bridger–Teton National Forest, sits minutes from the northern entrance of Grand Teton National Park, and looks out, from nearly every room, at the full sweep of the Teton Range and the Absaroka Mountains beyond. For buyers searching for Jackson Hole luxury real estate with genuine national park adjacency — not a marketing claim, but a literal shared property line with federally protected wilderness — this is among the rarest offerings to reach the market in years.

A Wyoming Log Home Built for the View
The main residence is a classic Wyoming log home rising across three levels, built in 1997 and substantially remodeled in 2018, combining log and river-rock construction with cathedral ceilings, hand-finished hickory, pine, and stone flooring, and a wraparound deck system designed to extend living space into the meadow rather than away from it. Big windows and a thoughtful floor plan keep the Teton Range, the Gros Ventre Mountains, and the Snake River Valley in view from the great room, the kitchen, the primary suite, and the upper-level bedrooms alike. A ground-floor primary bedroom suite adds single-level living convenience that is increasingly rare in mountain architecture at this elevation. Three wood-burning fireplaces, two propane fireplaces, and a gas heating stove anchor the home’s interior against Wyoming’s long winters, while a hot tub, a jetted tub, and a stone water feature round out the property’s wellness and outdoor-living amenities.

In total, the offering includes 7 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms across 5,814 square feet of finished living space — a configuration built around the realities of high-altitude mountain living, with multi-zone heating (electric baseboard, propane, forced air, and a floor furnace), a finished basement, and a private well and septic system that keep the property fully independent of municipal infrastructure. The home is being offered furnished, allowing a buyer to take immediate possession of a turnkey Jackson Hole retreat without the lead time that custom furnishing in this market typically requires.

A Private Guest House, Rare at This Price Point
A detached two-bedroom, one-bathroom guest house — with its own two-car garage — sits near the main residence, giving the property a combined total of 7 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms across both structures. For an estate of this caliber, a fully separate guest house is unusual; it gives owners the flexibility to host family, staff, or guests with genuine privacy, or to use the second structure as a caretaker’s residence, a creative studio, or a private office overlooking the same Teton views as the main house. Few comparable offerings in Teton County combine main-house scale, guest-house independence, and true national-forest frontage in a single 1.89-acre parcel.

Land That Borders Wilderness,
What sets 15180 Teton Wilderness Drive apart from other Jackson Hole-area properties is the land itself. The property is bordered by adjacent open space and adjacent public land, with direct forest access into the Bridger–Teton National Forest and year-round access via a private cul-de-sac. The lot carries true waterfront and creek-frontage designation, with stream access feeding toward the Buffalo Fork River drainage — a tributary prized by anglers for native cutthroat trout. Mature pine and aspen stands, a rolling slope, and an elevation of nearly 7,000 feet combine to create a microclimate and a sense of seclusion that is almost impossible to replicate on land available for sale today.