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Katmai National Park & Preserve AK

Lat, Long: 58.62235668, -155.0126574

Designation: National Park & Preserve

A landscape is alive underneath our feet, filled with creatures that remind us what it is to be wild. Katmai was established in 1918 to protect the volcanically devastated region surrounding Novarupta and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Today, Katmai National Park and Preserve also protects 9,000 years of human history and important habitat for salmon and thousands of brown bears.

Weather:

Located between the stormy north Pacific Ocean and the even stormier Bering Sea, the Katmai region is often a battleground between weather systems. When you visit, be prepared to encounter all types of weather. On average, wet and cool conditions predominate in spring, summer, and fall. Winters are drier and colder.

Directions:

Katmai National Park & Preserve is located on the northern Alaska Peninsula, northwest of Kodiak Island and southwest of Homer, Alaska. The park’s headquarters is in King Salmon, about 290 air miles southwest of Anchorage. Unlike most national parks in the United States, Katmai is almost exclusively accessed by plane or boat.

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Address/Contact:

1000 Silver Street

King Salmon, US, 99613

Phone: 9072463305

Email: KATM_Visitor_Information@nps.gov

Entrance Fees:

salmon jumping at waterfallBear standing at the edge of a waterfall while a salmon is leaping towards it.Three bears walk near a sleeping bearlake inside of an ash and glacier covered volcanomeadow in foreground and snow capped volcanoes on the horizon