Brooks Lodge in Katmai National Park
Brooks Lodge overlooks the world famous Brooks River in the heart of Katmai National Park. The lodge, originally conceived as a fishing camp, has been in operation since 1950. The facilities have seen continuous upgrading and have gained a world-wide reputation, attracting visitors from all continents.
Guest accommodations consist of sixteen modern rooms all with modern private facilities. Rooms accommodate two to four persons. The beautiful main lodge building boasts a spectacular view of aquamarine Naknek Lake. Its large circular fireplace is popular for evening relaxing and reminiscing about the day's adventures. Hearty Alaskan fare is served three times a day buffet style in the dining area of the lodge. Cocktails are available for purchase at the lodge bar each afternoon and evening.
The World Famous bear viewing at Brooks Falls is only a short walk from Katmailand's Brooks Lodge. As many as fifty bears live along the mile and a half long Brooks River during the salmon season. Many visitors see bears within minutes of arrival. All visitors are instructed by the National Park Service on how to conduct themselves in Bear Country.
Superb sport fishing is available adjacent to the lodge on the Brooks River and on the Brooks and Naknek Lakes. The Brooks River is fly-fishing only. The Brooks Lodge fishing packages are for independent minded fly-fishermen who want to experience the great sport fishing of the Katmai area without the expense of a fully guided sport fishing lodge. Including fly outs in your stay will provide the means to fish other hot spots and allow you to take advantage of the variety of species of fish available in southwest Alaska.
At Brooks Lodge you are just 22 miles from the volcanic Valley of 10,000 Smokes. The Valley is the sight of one of the most violent eruptions in modern history. Novarupta Volcano exploded in 1912 with blasts of hot winds and gas which spewed hot glowing pumice and ash, destroying all living things and burying more than 40 square miles of lush green valley under ash deposits to depths of 700 feet. Daily tours of The Valley of 10,000 Smokes depart from Brooks Lodge daily.
Comfortable accommodations in the heart of the magnificent Katmai wilderness make this a truly perfect vacation spot.
Starry flounder in Naknek River, Bristol Bay, Alaska
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“Katmai National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park and Preserve in southern Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its Alaskan brown bears. The park and preserve covers 4,093,077 acres (6,395.43 sq mi; 16,564.09 km2), being roughly the size of Wales. Most of this is a designated wilderness area in the national park where all hunting is banned, including over 3,922,000 acres (1,587,000 ha) of land. The park is named after Mount Katmai, its centerpiece stratovolcano. The park is located on the Alaska Peninsula, across from Kodiak Island, with headquarters in nearby King Salmon, about 290 miles (470 km) southwest of Anchorage. The area was first designated a national monument in 1918 to protect the area around the major 1912 volcanic eruption of Novarupta, which formed the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a 40-square-mile (100 km2), 100-to-700-foot-deep (30 to 213 m) pyroclastic flow. The park includes as many as 18 individual volcanoes, seven of which have been active since 1900.
“Following its designation, the monument was left undeveloped and largely unvisited until the 1950s. Initially designated because of its violent volcanic history, the monument and surrounding lands became appreciated for their abundance of sockeye salmon, the grizzly bears that fed upon them, and a wide variety of other Alaskan wildlife and marine life. After a series of boundary expansions, the present national park and preserve were established in 1980 under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980.”
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Beluga Whales (CLOSE UP) Naknek River, Alaska
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• Where Water is Gold: Life and Livelihood in Alaska's Bristol Bay
• Hidden Alaska: Bristol Bay and Beyond
• Down in Bristol Bay: High Tides, Hangovers, and Harrowing Experiences on Alaska's Last Frontier
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“Katmai National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park and Preserve in southern Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its Alaskan brown bears. The park and preserve covers 4,093,077 acres (6,395.43 sq mi; 16,564.09 km2), being roughly the size of Wales. Most of this is a designated wilderness area in the national park where all hunting is banned, including over 3,922,000 acres (1,587,000 ha) of land. The park is named after Mount Katmai, its centerpiece stratovolcano. The park is located on the Alaska Peninsula, across from Kodiak Island, with headquarters in nearby King Salmon, about 290 miles (470 km) southwest of Anchorage. The area was first designated a national monument in 1918 to protect the area around the major 1912 volcanic eruption of Novarupta, which formed the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a 40-square-mile (100 km2), 100-to-700-foot-deep (30 to 213 m) pyroclastic flow. The park includes as many as 18 individual volcanoes, seven of which have been active since 1900.
“Following its designation, the monument was left undeveloped and largely unvisited until the 1950s. Initially designated because of its violent volcanic history, the monument and surrounding lands became appreciated for their abundance of sockeye salmon, the grizzly bears that fed upon them, and a wide variety of other Alaskan wildlife and marine life. After a series of boundary expansions, the present national park and preserve were established in 1980 under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980.”
Video Credit: Katmai National Park and Preserve (Federal government video productions are generally public domain, but any copyrighted content such as music that has been found in this recording has been registered with the appropriate rights holder. Ads may run on this video to support copyright holders at their request.)
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Katmai National Park
This is a video and picture documentary of my trip to Katmai National Park in Alaska in 2004. We flew from Detroit to Anchorage and took a short hop to King Salmon, a small fishing village. From King Salmon we switched to a four seater float plane to Brooks Lodge. Right after we landed at Naknak Lake in Brooks Lodge, we were escorted to take bear orientation at the National Park Visitor Center. This is a mandatory requirement for every visitors. They taught us how to interact with bears as we literally were living with them in their natural habitat. End of June to early July is the best time to visit this magical place. This is the time when the salmons swim upstream to spawn. The view at Brooks Falls is truly magnificent. It is a view that I will remember for a lifetime.
Alaska - Katmai National Park - Brooks Camp / Falls - Salmon Run - Grizzly Bear
Some Footage from our visit to the Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park and Preserve. The salmon run was just in full swing, making the Brooks Falls a favored place for grizzly bears.
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Brooks Falls Platform, Katmai National Park, Alaska
A short video showing the view of the bears at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. The video also shows part of the crowd in front of me.
National Park Katmai
Katmai National Park and Preserve is an American national park and preserve in southern Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears.
The park and preserve encompass 4,093,077 acres , which is between the sizes of Connecticut and New Jersey.
Most of the national park is a designated wilderness area where all hunting is banned.
The park is named after Mount Katmai, its centerpiece stratovolcano.
The park is located on the Alaska Peninsula, across from Kodiak Island, with headquarters in nearby King Salmon, about 290 miles southwest of Anchorage.
The area was first designated a national monument in 1918 to protect the area around the major 1912 volcanic eruption of Novarupta, which formed the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a 40-square-mile , 100-to-700-foot-deep pyroclastic flow.
The park includes as many as 18 individual volcanoes, seven of which have been active since 1900.
Initially designated because of its volcanic history, the monument was left undeveloped and largely unvisited until the 1950s.
The monument and surrounding lands became appreciated for their wide variety of wildlife, including an abundance of sockeye salmon and the brown bears that feed upon them.
After a series of boundary expansions, the present national park and preserve were established in 1980 under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
Katmai occupies the Pacific Ocean side of the Alaska Peninsula, opposite Kodiak Island on the Shelikof Strait.
The park's chief features are its coast, the Aleutian Range with a chain of fifteen volcanic mountains across the coastal southeastern part of the park, and a series of large lakes in the flatter western part of the park.
The closest significant town to the park is King Salmon, where the park's headquarters is located, about 5 miles down the Naknek River from the park entrance.
The Alaska Peninsula Highway connects Naknek Lake near the entrance to King Salmon, continuing to the mouth of the river at Naknek.
The road is not connected to the Alaska road system.
Access to the park's interior is by boat on Naknek Lake.
Another road runs from Brooks Camp to Three Forks, which overlooks the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
The 497-mile long coastline is deeply indented, running from the entrance to the Cook Inlet at Kamishak Bay south to Cape Kubugakli.
The mountains run from southwest to northeast, about 15 miles inland
The park includes McNeil River State Game Sanctuary and Refuge on Kamishak Bay.
The Alagnak River, designated a wild river, originates within the preserve at Kukaklek Lake.
The Naknek River, which empties into Bristol Bay, originates within the park.
The park adjoins Becharof National Wildlife Refuge to the south.
Of the park and preserve's acres, 3,922,529 acres are in the national park where all sport and subsistence hunting is prohibited.
418,548 acres are preserve lands, where both sport and subsistence hunting are permitted.
The most commonly hunted species in the preserve includes the brown bear, which has led to some problems about bear hunting due to small preserve population sizes and stalking bears to close limits
The foundation rocks on the Alaska Peninsula are divided by the Bruin Bay Fault into fossiliferous sedimentary rocks of Jurassic and Cretaceous age to the east and metamorphic and igneous rocks to the west.
The granite Aleutian Range batholith has intruded through these rocks.
The majority of the higher mountains in the park are of volcanic origin.
The park has been extensively altered by glaciation, both in the high lands where the mountains have been sculpted by glaciers, and in the lowlands where lakes have been excavated.
Outwash plains and terminal moraines are also featured in the park.
Soil types vary from rock or volcanic ash of vary depth to deep, wet soils overlain with peat.
Although permafrost exists at higher elevations, it is not present in the lowlands
Two physiographic provinces cover the park.
The Aleutian Range province is composed of the Shelikof Strait coastline, about 10 miles deep along the coast, the Aleutian Mountain zone, and the lake, or Hudsonian zone.
Float plane coming in for landing on Naknek Lake at Brooks Lodge
This is the main way to get to Brooks Lodge to see the bears on the Brooks River and Brooks Falls
Brown Bear at Naknek Lake
Katmai National Park
Journey to the Bears at Brooks River in Alaska
Travel report of a journey to Brooks Falls at Katmai National Park in Alaska. Bear and bird viewing, flying with waterplane. Pure adventure.
Fly from King Salmon to Brooks Fall, Alaska
Short Trip To Brooks Falls AK
NPS Flight To Brooks Falls
Fly Fishing Adventure, Fish & Bears On Alaska's Alagnak River
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The Alagnak River: Where you can fly fish for 5 species of Pacific Salmon, Artic Grayling, Char,Pike & Rainbow Trout. This is magnificent country and some of the best fishing in Alaska. Grizzly Bears, big fish, beautiful scenery with miles & miles of water to fish. Each tide brings another batch of chrome-bright salmon, fresh from the ocean. Katmai National Park / Brooks Falls: World famous for it’s Sockeye Salmon & Bears. Topics include: Chum Dance, Wogging, Katmai National Park / Brooks Falls, Katmai Retrospective, Floating Bridge, Alagnak Bears & Sockeye, The Braids... Grayling & Rainbows & Kings
Katmai National Park & Preserve, Brooks/Bear Camp, Alaska Part 4 on 1 October 2013
Katmai National Park & Preserve, Brooks/Bear Camp, Alaska Part 4
Landing at Brooks Camp
Landing on Naknek Lake enroute to Brooks Camp/Katmai National Park on Aug. 3, 2013.
Rust's Flying Service Lake Creek Cabins
Rust's Lake Creek Cabins Bulchitna #2 and #3
Unguided Do-it Yourself Drop-off w/ Guided Options
Flightseeing The Valley of 10,000 Smokes in Katmai National Park, Alaska
Flightseeing The Valley of 10,000 Smokes in Katmai National Park, Alaska
Fishing with Bears
Fishing trip to Crescent Lake, Alaska.
The Belugas Whales @ Turnigan Arm, Alaska
I can't describe how cool is that and we want to share that with our family and friends! The water wasn't to high, Amazing!!!
That happened last Sunday, August 21, 2011.
Discover Becharof Lake, United States
Image 1: Mouth of Bible Camp Creek, on Lake Becharof
Image 2: Another Sunset Looking NE with Mt Katmai to the left as Salmon swim at shoreline
Image 3: Looking SE from Island across the entire length of cove
Image 4: Wind Blown Snow
Image 5: Lower Ugashik Narrows
Image 6: From the top (Katmai National Park, AK)
Image 7: Brooks Falls pano - joseviganophotography.com
Image 8: Naknak Lake sunset
Image 9: Grizzly at Brooks campground -- rickus123
Image 10: Hiking in Alaska (Katmai National Park, AK)