Katmai

10 & 11. Katmai National Park & Preserve

General - Katmai National Park

Known for the bears feeding on salmon at Brooks Camp Katmai National Park in probably the most popular of the Fly-In parks. It is also known for it's recent volcanic activity and a visit from Brooks Camp can also be made to the nearby Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.

Scheduled tours are available from Anchorage and King Salmon to Brooks Camp. Visitor Center and cabins at Brooks Camp. Bear viewing and the Ten Thousand Smokes tour are the popular attractions.

Access to Brooks Camp is accomplished by tour operators out of King Salmon. Cabins at Brooks Camp and 2 main tours - Bears and Valley of 10,000 smokes

The EN passport stamp is at the King Salmon Visitor Center next to the King Salmon Airport. The Visitor Center is not within Park or Preserve boundaries. Air Taxis must be taken to the 5 surrounding units.

Witness - Firsthand Accounts of the Largest Volcanic Eruption in the Twentieth Century - by the NPS - The Novarupta volcano unleashed one of the five largest eruptions in recorded history on June 6, 1912.

A Naknek Chronicle - Ten Thousand Years in a Land of Lakes and Rivers and Mountains of Fire by Don E. Dumond - Free online

Amalik Bay Patrol Cabin - located on Amalik Bay off the Shelikof Strait.

Swikshak Patrol Cabin - located on Shelikof Strait

Fures Public Use Cabin -

Lake Camp - public boat dock - Within drive of King Salmon.

Lodges at Katmai NP

Maps - Katmai National Park

The Katmai NP unigrid and Katmai NP and NPres web site give a map of the boundaries of the Park unit and the Preserve unit. The Preserve unit is in the northwest corner of the park.

Google Maps - Brooks Camp Seaplane base (NP)

NPTC boundaries definition for Katmai National Park &Preserve

Brooks Camp Visitor Center is within the designated National Park. King Salmon is outside both the National Park and National Preserve boundaries. Katmai National Preserve is designated in the northern portion of Katmai. Everything else, including the Valley of 10,000 Smokes and the entire Pacific coastline is designated Katmai National Park.

Air Taxis authorized by NPS - Katmai National Park

Air Taxis use by NPTC Members

NPTC Member Trip Reports - Katmai NP

(Note: You must be registered at the NPTC web site as a guest or member to view the Member Trip Reports)

General - Katmai National Preserve

The Katmai National Preserve unit of the Katmai National Park is located in the northeast corner of the park. It is a popular place for fishermen and hunters and several commercial lodges are located within the Preserve unit.

The Alagnak River borders and is easily combined with a Fly-In to the Preserve unit. Many fisherman on the Nonvianuk River at mouth of Nonvianuk Lake so pilots are well familiar with the area. Also a Patrol cabin there.

Royal Wolf Lodge

Maps - Katmai National Preserve

The Katmai NP &Pres unigrid and Katmai NP and NPres web site give a map of the boundaries of the Park unit and the Preserve unit. The Preserve unit is in the northwest corner of the park.

Google Maps - Nonvianuk Patrol Cabin near lake and river (NPres)

NPTC boundaries definition for Katmai National Park &Preserve

Brooks Camp Visitor Center is within the designated National Park. King Salmon is outside both the National Park and National Preserve boundaries. Katmai National Preserve is designated in the northern portion of Katmai. Everything else, including the Valley of 10,000 Smokes and the entire Pacific coastline is designated Katmai National Park.

Air Taxis authorized by NPS - Katmai National Preserve

Air Taxis use by NPTC Members

NPTC Member Trip Reports - Katmai National Preserve

(Note: You must be registered at the NPTC web site as a guest or member to view the Member Trip Reports)