Katmai+National+Park

Kylena S.

Katmai is famous for the volcanoes, brown bears, waterways with a bunch of fish, and their rough wilderness which you can go hiking, they are also famous for their mountains. There are at least fourteen different volcanoes in Katmai that are told to be "active," but none have erupted.
 * INTRODUCTION:

Katmai is located in on Alaska Peninsula, across from the Kodiak Island, and 290 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. Brooks Camp, about 30 miles from King Salmon, is a very popular place for visitors in the park. Brooks Camp can only be reached on a small boat plane or a boat.
 * LOCATION/SIZE/DISTANCE:

Katmai is about 4.021, 327 acres long. Also Katmai is 3466.50 miles from the state and town of Oskaloosa, Iowa. You would need to fly in a plane to get there from Oskaloosa to Katmai.
 * SIZE:

Katmai is open all year round. The King Salmon visitor center is open also all year round, from 8 am to 5 pm daily. The Brooks Camp visitor center is open early June and in the middle of September.
 * PARK HOURS:

In the winter you would want to wear thick clothing because the weather would be high 48ºF and low 19ºF. In the spring you would want to wear a little bit lighter clothing because the weather would be high 63ºF and low 44ºF. In the summer the weather is just the same in the spring and so is the fall which is again, 63ºF and 44ºF.
 * CLIMATE:

Katmai became a national park in 1980 and president Woodrow wilson helped build Katmai. The park was made a system in 1918, when the land was made a system it closed a lot of the Katmai people settling there, hunting there, and fishing there.
 * HISTORY:

The bear teaching room in Brooks Camp Visitor Center is the is the original park service building going back to 1955. Brown bears in Katmai can live up to 30 years but the most common they live up to is 20 years and less. The only bridge in Katmai goes accross to Brooks River. All other rivers have yo be crossed by foot or boat.
 * FACTS:

In Katmai you can go see bear viewing, volcanoes, glaciers, and the land of giants. You can also see many wildlife by going hiking in the woods. In Katmai you can go fishing, have a picnic, hiking, and a five to ten day paddling around the national park. You can visit the bears and and go see the lake or even boat around.
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 * RESOURCES:

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