Missed Your Katmai Passport Stamp?

Katmai National Park has its passport cancellation stamp at the Brooks Camp Visitor Center, accessible only by floatplane from King Salmon, Alaska. The visitor center sits near the famous bear-viewing platforms at Brooks Falls, where brown bears catch sockeye salmon during the summer run.

A missed national park stamp from Katmai is especially frustrating because returning requires another floatplane charter — an expensive proposition in remote Alaska. Day visitors from King Salmon are often on tight schedules dictated by their flight times and spend all available hours at the bear-viewing platforms rather than the visitor center. The park is only accessible during summer months, and Brooks Camp has strict capacity limits that further constrain visitor time at the facility.