Cultural Site
Katmai National Park is known for its prehistoric native Alaskan campsites, so be sure to check out the Cultural Site at Brooks Camp.
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Cultural Site Details
In addition to its impressive collection of wildlife, Katmai National Park is known for its prehistoric native Alaskan campsites. The park is covered with large man-made depressions (more than 900!) that indicate the presence of subterranean dwellings dug into the earth by native residents thousands of years ago. The Cultural Site has several of these ancient dwellings as well as a reconstructed model of what a completed dwelling might have resembled. You can hike the .1-mile Cultural Site Trail on your own or take a ranger-led tour that departs every day at 2:00 pm.
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Nearby Parks Around Cultural Site
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Cultural Site
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Culture Site Trail
Don't miss the daily 2pm ranger guided walk on the cultural site trail.
0.2 mi away
Katmai National Park
The centerpiece of massive, 7,383-square-mile Katmai National Park is the still-active Mount Katmai stratovolcano and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a 40-mile-long ash flow deposited by an eruption in 1912.
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Brooks Camp Visitor Center
The only regular staffed visitor center in Katmai with a bookstore and all the backcountry info you can imagine.
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Savonoski Loop
This 80-mile loop is one of the most popular inland paddling routes in the park.
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Brooks Lodge
Previously a fishing cap, this lodge now overs 16 rustic rooms and a classic Alaskan dining experience.
