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Hallo Bay
Hallo Bay is home to a wilderness camp and has an air of mystery and allure that has attracted paddlers and wildlife enthusiasts for decades.
Plan Around Hallo Bay
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Hallo Bay Details
Separated from Afognak Island by the ever-foggy Shelikof Strait, and ringed by glacier-covered volcanoes, Hallo Bay has an air of mystery and allure that has attracted paddlers and wildlife enthusiasts for decades. The crescent shaped bay is seven miles long, with a wide sandy beach and long expanses of salt marshes. Fields of sedge (a nutrient-rich grass) grow here. A wide array of wildlife also roams here, flourishing on sedge and clams hidden in nearby mudflats. Hallo Bay is a top bear viewing destination, as well as a place to see moose, fox, and wolves. You will find a wilderness camp here, with the option of taking a guided tour of the bay. During the summer (April through October) camping is prohibited on the central sedge meadows along the bay. Sedge is a main food sources for bears so the camping ban helps to mitigate conflict between bears and human visitors. If you wish to camp at Hallo Bay, do so several miles from the shore, steering clear of the sedge grass.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Hallo Bay
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12.4 mi away
Swishak Lagoon
Located just north of Hallo Bay along the Katmai coast, Swishak Lagoon has a high concentration of brown bears. Stay at one of the wilderness camps along the bays, or come for the day via charter boat or paddle. The bears feed on the protein-rich sedge grass here and dig for clams in the lagoon's wide mud flats.
17.0 mi away
Swikshak Cabin
Located on a spit of land between Swikshak Lagoon and Swikshak Bay, this cabin is one of three ranger outpost buildings throughout the park.
29.6 mi away
Amalik Bay Patrol Cabin
Park ranger outpost located on the southern coast.
30.8 mi away
Geographic Harbor
The National Geographic Society "discovered" the harbor and 1919 and offers a spectacular spot for bear watching, paddling, and hiking.
34.8 mi away
Mount Katmai
Check out this high alpine lake left over from the 1912 eruption of the volcano Novarupta.
