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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
290 miles SW of Anchorage.
Transport map D4. n King
Salmon Airport, 246-3305/365-
2267. & 8 daily guided bus
tour from Brooks Lodge to Valley
of 10,000 Smokes.  Permits
required for Brooks Camp
Campground: ∑ recreation.
Brown bear with yearlings at McNeil River State Game Sanctuary gov; ∑ nps.gov/katm
McNeil River State Game
McNeil River State Game Sanctuary Sanctuary: N of Katmai
The McNeil River State Game Sanctuary, at the northeast National Park. Tel 267-2182.
boundary of Katmai, provides reliable summer bear viewing. Transport
Often, a big group of brown bears congre gates at the falls to ~ charter floatplane to Brooks
feast on salmon, offering good opportu ni ties for photographs. Camp & Kulik Lodge. ~ from
Access is by lottery permit only. Homer. ∑ adfg.alaska.gov

Kukaklek Lake
McNeil
McNeil River Mikfik
State Game
Nonvianuk Sanctuary
Lake Kulik Lodge
Spotted Glacier
Mount Douglas
7,063 ft
Fourpeaked Mountain
7,903 ft
Lake
Grosvenor
Mount Mount Douglas
La Gorce Savonoski At the summit of this 7,000-ft
3,183 ft
(2,100-m) volcano is an active
fumarole field and a warm, highly
Rainbow
Ukak Hallo acidic crater lake. The park contains
Bay
at least 14 active volcanoes.
Mount Griggs Serpent Tongue Glacier
7,600 ft
Novarupta Snowy Mountain Geographic
Harbor
2,759 ft 7,090 ft
Mount Katmai
Lethe
6,715 ft
Trident Volcano
6,050 ft
Valley of 10,000 Smokes
Katmai

. Mount Katmai and Novarupta
In June 1912, severe earthquakes around Mount Katmai led to a
Key
cataclysmic eruption that covered the surrounding tundra with
Minor road volcanic debris. It was initially thought that Mount Katmai had
erupted, but Novarupta proved to be the source. As Novarupta’s
Park boundary
explosion emptied Mount Katmai’s magma chamber, Katmai’s
Peak summit collapsed, leaving a caldera with a crater lake.
For keys to symbols see back flap

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