| Facilities: Camping is available at Brooks Camp, along with restrooms, and running water. Reservations: Reservations for the Brooks Camp campground must be made in advance by calling 800-365-2267. Best Time To Visit: The park is open year round. Fees: Unknown Accessibility: Unknown Rules: Visitors may not intentionally approach or remain within 50 yards of a single bear, or 100 yards of a sow (female) with cubs, except when on the bear viewing platforms. Inadvertent encounters do happen. Clapping hands, singing, or loudly and repeatedly saying "Hey Bear" prevents most of these encounters. "Bear Bells" and other noise making devices are not as effective. The purpose of clapping and singing is to let bears know humans are in the area, not to scare them or change their direction of travel.Directions: Katmai National Park & Preserve is located on the Alaska Peninsula, across from Kodiak Island. Park Headquarters lie in King Salmon, about 290 air miles southwest of Anchorage. Several commercial airlines provide daily flights into King Salmon as there is no road access. | |
