People on a two-tiered elevated platform with a bear bears below

Walk to Brooks Falls - Self-guided

Katmai National Park & Preserve

  • 1 - 8 hours
  • 7 tour stops

Brooks Falls is perhaps the most well-known destination in all of Katmai National Park. Enjoy this self-guided walk from the Brooks Camp Visitor Center to the Falls. Be sure to give yourself ample time for bear viewing along the way and know that bear jams may occur at any point in Brooks Camp. The distance from the visitor center to the Brooks Falls Platform is 1.2 miles one way.

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