In 1980, Katmai National Monument was expanded to its present size and became Katmai National Park and Preserve. Visitation ...

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Can you drive from Anchorage to Katmai National Park? No. There are no roads connecting the park to the rest of Alaska. Its headquarters are on the edge of the park in King Salmon, about 290 miles ...

Why you should go to Katmai. Volcanoes and bears embody the wild heart of Katmai, located on the Alaska Peninsula. Within the borders of the national park and preserve lie 14 active volcanoes and ...

I spent $1,200 to spend five hours in Alaska's Katmai National Park.; To visit, guests must take a plane into Katmai and attend "bear school." I'd wholeheartedly recommend the trip to Katmai to ...

Many people will never get to see Katmai National Park and Preserve's iconic brown bears in person. It's not easy to get to their home on the Alaska Peninsula, and fewer than 25,000 visitors made ...

In this photo provided by the National Park Service is Grazer, the winner of the 2023 Fat Bear Contest, at Katmai National Park, Alaska on Sept. 14, 2023.

Bear 747 Katmai National Park Service When is Fat Bear Week? The bracket matchups will be unveiled on Oct. 2, Fat Bear Week organizers said, with voting taking place from Oct. 4 to Oct. 10 at ...

Alaska, Katmai National Park and Preserve, McNeil River Bear Viewing and Wildlife Sanctuary, falls of the Mc Neil river. (Sylvain CORDIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) ...

Fat Bear Week 2023, the ninth-annual edition of a "March madness-style" bracket competition that pits the fattest brown bears at Katmai National Park in Alaska against each other, is set to begin ...

A 200-foot piece of dirt road that was punched into Katmai National Park and Preserve 10 years ago has been removed so the site can be revert to its natural state, protecting archaeological ...