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No park entrance fee at Katmai: what applies in 2026?
Direct answer
No park entrance fee
Exact conditions
- Status
- Not required; the stated access rule still applies
- Applies to
- all visitors
- Place or corridor
- Entire Katmai National Park and Preserve, including Brooks Camp and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
- Effective dates
- January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026
- Published fee
- $0
- Release model
- first come
Fee detail: No entrance fee and no entrance pass. Note: the Katmai fees page carries a 'Last updated: May 19, 2023' stamp — the fee-free-day list on it is the current 2026 list, but the page itself is old.
Exceptions and limits
- The Brooks Camp Campground charges a per-person nightly fee.
- A Brooks River Corridor permit carries a $6 Recreation.gov booking fee.
- Air taxi / float plane fares, Brooks Lodge, and the bus to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes are concessioner charges, not NPS entrance fees.
Official source
National Park Service · reviewed August 27, 2026
An entrance pass is not required to access Katmai National Park & Preserve. Other National Park Service sites may require an entrance pass or fee. Depending on your trip plans, an interagency pass may save you money.
Fees & Passes - Katmai National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)