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Riffles Platform
Perfect bear watching spot at the mouth of Brooks River.
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Riffles Platform Details
This viewing platform is located at the mouth of the Brooks River, at Lake Brooks. With no time limit on this platform, you are welcome to stay and watch the bears as long as you'd like. The best time to watch is in July or September, when the salmon run attracts hundreds of bears. Form here, you can hike further up river, a popular spot with fishermen, especially when the falls are closed for the salmon run. The Riffles Platform is accessible to people with disabilities via a ramp and accessible hiking trail. During certain conditions, such as when trails are muddy or in the case of a bear encounter, assistance might be required.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Riffles Platform
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0.1 mi away
Falls Platform
Don't miss the salmon runs in late summer from the Falls Platform.
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Culture Site Trail
Don't miss the daily 2pm ranger guided walk on the cultural site trail.
0.3 mi away
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.
0.4 mi away
Lower River Platform
Accessible platform for bear watching downstream of the falls.
0.4 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.
