Contact Information
P.O. Box 7
#1 King Salmon Mall
King Salmon, AK 99613
907-246-3305
Katmai National Park is an outdoor adventurer's utopia - kayakers, fishermen, nature photographers, and backcountry hikers descend on Katmai to experience wilderness in its rawest form. They're amply rewarded for their efforts in reaching a national park that's only accessible by air. Active volcanoes stew and smolder, while relics of Katmai's past volcanic cataclysms have laid bare the earth's viscera. What volcanoes build up, the park's glaciers bring down. Numerous rivers of moving ice flow from the park's many mountains.Giant brown bears, some exceeding 1,000 pounds, prowl the banks of wild rivers or squat in surging streams to snatch salmon in midair, providing serious competition and more than a little excitement for human anglers intent on landing a salmon or two. Untamed wilderness - four million acres of coastline, deep forests, and alpine tundra - beckon to knowledgeable hikers. Offshore, whales surface and spout in displays that delight sea kayakers. History buffs can also get their fill at Katmai. The Brooks River National Historic Landmark - some 900 prehistoric human dwellings - is the largest concentration of its kind in North America. Nomadic hunter's camps found in the interior lake regions are 9,000 years old.
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