Culture Site Trail
Don't miss the daily 2pm ranger guided walk on the cultural site trail.
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Culture Site Trail Details
In addition to its famed salmon run, Brooks Camp is known for its collection of prehistoric homes, one of the largest collections in North America. With more than 900 prehistoric camp sites, the area is designated as a National Historic Landmark. An easy one-mile self-guided interpretive trail takes you through several of these ancient sites, marked by depressions in the earth where subterranean living structures used to stand. You'll walk among these depressions before reaching a reconstructed model of what a dwelling might have looked like. Daily at 2pm, park rangers lead guided tours of this area, which last around an hour and are free.
Difficulty
Low
Distance
1 mile
Estimated time
1 hour
Region
N/A
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Culture Site Trail
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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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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.
0.2 mi away
Brooks Camp Visitor Center
The only regular staffed visitor center in Katmai with a bookstore and all the backcountry info you can imagine.
0.2 mi away
Savonoski Loop
This 80-mile loop is one of the most popular inland paddling routes in the park.
0.2 mi away
Brooks Lodge
Previously a fishing cap, this lodge now overs 16 rustic rooms and a classic Alaskan dining experience.
