Brooks Camp Visitor Center

Open
Open From 06/01/2003 To 09/17/2003

Location
On Naknek Lake near the mouth of Brooks River, 30 air miles from King Salmon.

Special Programs
All visitors to Brooks Camp are required to attend the Brooks Camp School of Bear Etiquette offered at the Visitor Center. This fifteen to twenty minute orientation provides visitors with basic information to help keep themselves safe and bears out of trouble. A variety of interpretive programs are available at Brooks Camp throughout the summer. Evening programs are presented nightly by Park staff. Each afternoon, a Ranger led cultural walk takes visitors to a re-created archeological site from the Visitor Center. Each day Rangers also join Brooks Lodge staff to offer a guided bus tour to the Valley of 10,000 Smokes. Reservations for the bus tour must be made in advance at Brooks Lodge. Other special ranger guided hikes and activities occur on an unscheduled basis throughout the season.

Exhibits
Books, cards, posters, and videos are just some of the items available at the Alaska Natural History Association (ANHA)Bookstore.

Available Facilities
Backcountry Planners and bear resistant food canisters (no charge) are also available for those challenging Katmai's trackless backcountry.


King Salmon Visitor Center

Open
Open All Year 8 am to 5 pm

Phone
907-246-4250

Location
Next to the airport terminal in King Salmon

Special Programs
The King Salmon Visitor Center is an interagency facility. Partners include the National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bristol Bay Borough, and Lake & Peninsula Borough.

Exhibits
The visitor center has exhibits of the local area as well as interpreters who will provide information on the entire Katmai region. The Visitor Center serves as an outlet for books, postcards, and other interpretive material offered through the Alaska Natural History Association (ANHA).


WILDERNESS INFORMATION CENTERS

Three Forks Visitor Contact Station

Open
Open From 06/01/2003 To 09/17/2003

Location
Located 23 miles from Brooks Camp on the only road within Katmai National Park & Preserve. The Three Forks Station overlooks the famous Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and is the starting point of the Ukak Falls Trail.