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Is the pass open? Is it snowing at the summit? Are the crowds already three deep at the overlook? 195 official National Park Service cameras answer that before you pack the car.

KATMAI NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE · 6 CAMERAS

6 working right now

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6 of them are live streams — the rest are still images the park refreshes through the day.

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View from the Brooks Falls Bearcam camera
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Brooks Falls Bearcam

Check out a view of Brooks Falls, an iconic bear-viewing area in Katmai National Park. This camera is available thanks to a partnership with Explore.org.

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Brooks Falls Low

A view of Brooks Falls in Katmai from below the platform. This is a great area for seeing bears from closer to ground level.

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View from the Dumpling Mountain Cam camera
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Dumpling Mountain Cam

Check out the year-round views from Dumpling Mountain in Katmai National Park. Keep in mind that winter daylight hours are rather short, while summer daylight is nearly 24-7!

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View from the Naknek River Cam camera
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Naknek River Cam

In the spring, this camera provides intimate views of waterfowl like ducks, geese, and swans as well as the exciting spectacle of beluga whales swimming upriver to feed. Watch the mudflats and shallow areas adjacent to the riverbanks for dabbling waterfowl like pintails, mallards, American widgeon, green-winged teal, greater-white fronted geese, and tundra swans. Diving ducks like scaup, goldeneyes, and mergansers use the deeper stretches of the river. Beluga whales usually swim upriver chasing schools of smelt on incoming tides. 1-2 hours before the highest, high tide of the day is usually best for watching beluga whales.

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View from the Riffles BearCam camera
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Riffles BearCam

From late June until mid July, bears may actively chase schools of migrating salmon through the river at this spot. They may also practice more patient fishing techniques like sitting in the river and waiting for the fish to swim to them. In July, some female bears with cubs prefer to fish here instead of Brooks Falls. Note: The Riffles cam has not been live since summer 2013, so the current footage is a replay.

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View from the River Watch Cam camera
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River Watch Cam

This camera provides a bear’s eye view of Brooks Falls and a trout’s eye view at the mouth of the Brooks River.

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Cameras, images and status messages come from the National Park Service API and open on nps.gov — we link rather than embed, so you always see the park's own current player. Views refresh on the park's schedule, not ours.

WHERE THE CAMERAS ARE

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The first number is how many cameras are working now. Every camera opens on nps.gov — we link rather than embed, so you always get the park's own current player, and this page can't break when the Park Service changes it. Data from the NPS API.