Eating and Sleeping

 

Plan your stay

Planning an overnight adventure in Katmai National Park and Preserve starts with knowing what to expect. Whether you are looking for a wilderness experience, an overnight stay in Books Camp, or lodging in a remote cabin, knowing your options prepares you for a responsible and comfortable visit.

 

Wilderness Camping

Learn more about where to camp in Katmai, wilderness camping best practices, and how to get to Wilderness areas

Brooks Camp Campground

Learn how to make reservations, regulations for staying in the campground, and offered amenities.

Public Use Cabin

Reserve your stay in Fure's Cabin. Experience Katmai in a secluded area of Naknek Lake.

Lodging in Katmai

Many lodges in the area offer excursions or daily visits to multiple areas in Katmai National Park

 

At Brooks Camp, visitors may only eat or drink in buildings or designated picnic areas like this one.

NPS Photo/C. Chapman

Where To Eat

Eating and storing food in Katmai National Park and Preserve requires special care and consideration. Katmai is true bear country, where you eat and store your food directly affects both your safety and the wellbeing of the park’s wildlife. Before you head out, take a moment to learn the rules that help prevent bear encounters and protect this wild place.

In Brooks Camp

Eat in designated Picnic Areas. To concentrate scent, there are 3 designated Picnic Areas in Brooks Camp: near the Visitor Center, at Brooks Lake, and the campground.

In the campground, there are 3 lean-tos that are designated for cooking and eating. Cooking and eating outside of these structures is prohibited in order concentrate food odor.

Brooks Lodge offers meal services. These meals must be eaten in the Lodge.

Outside of Brooks Camp

All food must be stored in Bear Resistant Food Containers (BRFCs).

There are no designated picnic areas outside of Brooks Camp. When you are eating in the wilderness areas of the Park, concentrate your cooking and eating to one area to concentrate odors. If you are camping, store and cook your food away from your camping area. It is best to store your food away from both your cooking area and your camp.

Camping with an electric fence is highly encouraged. When camping within an electric fence, cook and store food within the fence. Food must still be stored in BRFCs

If you are not staying overnight at a lodge, be prepared to bring all your own food during your visit to the park. Remember to follow all rules and regulations pertaining to bear safety and food storage/consumption.

 

Learn the rules and regulations

Superintendent's Compendium

 

More Trip Planning

How do I get to Katmai?

Directions and Transportation

Find options to get to all areas of Katmai National Park

What to do when you run into a bear

Bear Safety

Learn more about staying safe in bear country and what to do when you encounter a bear

Visit the famous Brooks Falls

Brooks Camp

Start planning your visit to Brooks Camp