Savonoski Loop
This 80-mile loop is one of the most popular inland paddling routes in the park.
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Savonoski Loop Details
This 80-mile loop is one of the most popular inland paddling routes in the park. The loop starts from Brooks Camp and travels northwest into Naknek Lake. You should hug the lake's eastern shore around the base of Mt. La Gorce and into the North Arm of Naknek Lake. In the northeastern corner of the North Arm you'll come to the Bay of Islands, which is as idyllic as it sounds. The journey to the Bay of Islands is 20 miles and takes two to three days. Fure's Cabin is located on the northeastern shores of the North Arm where you can stay free of charge. There is a short mile and a half portage from Naknek Lake to Grosvenor Lake; the trail is unmarked, but maintained, and starts behind the port-a-potties at Fure's Cabin. At Grosvenor Lake (be prepared for strong south eastern winds), follow the southern shores east for 14 miles to the lake's outlet a three-mile Class I river that feeds into Savonoski River. Class I and II Savonoski River dumps you into the Illiuk Arm of Naknek Lake. The journey from here back to Brooks Camp is another 20 miles. Hug the southern shores of Naknake here to avoid the jagged cliffs on the lake's north shore.
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Nearby Parks Around Savonoski Loop
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Savonoski Loop
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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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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 Lodge
Previously a fishing cap, this lodge now overs 16 rustic rooms and a classic Alaskan dining experience.
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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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Culture Site Trail
Don't miss the daily 2pm ranger guided walk on the cultural site trail.
