Below you will find information about visitor centers, ranger led programs, activities for children, and special events that occur on certain dates or throughout the year.
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Activity and Calendar Information
| Special Events | Visitor Centers |
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Hours | Phone | Location | Available Facilities |
| Open All Year Nov - Apr open on request |
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Daily |
907-781-2218 | Port Alsworth |
Slide shows and videos of the park and surrounding area are available as staffing allows. Hands-on exhibits on natural history and history of the area. Ranger guided hikes are available during the summer months. |
Various commercial use operators utilize the park and preserve. Most are related to wilderness use, such as guide services, boat rentals, and air taxis. Lists of operators are available from Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. A bookstore located at Port Alsworth Visitor Center is managed by the Alaska Natural History Association.
There are only minimal National Park Service facilities available elsewhere in the park and preserve.
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is open year round with the highest visitation June through September.
Hunting season in preserve during fall; subsistence use in park. In Lake Clark National Park and Preserve there are 4 million acres, 2.4 of park land and 1.6 million acres in the preserve. You can not hunt in the National Park portion. You can hunt in the National Preserve provided you have a state hunting license and adhere to state hunting regulations/seasons.
An educational outreach program at area schools and communities is offered year round.
There is an annual Telaquana Trail Trek.
The wilderness that comprises Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a composite of ecosystems representative of many diverse regions throughout Alaska. Covering four million acres, the spectacular scenery stretches from the shores of Cook Inlet, across the Chigmit Mountains, to the tundra covered hills of the western interior. The Chigmits, where the Alaska and Aleutian Ranges meet, are an awesome, jagged array of mountains and glaciers which include two active volcanoes, Mt. Redoubt and Mt. Iliamna. Lake Clark, 50 miles long, and many other lakes and rivers within the park are critical salmon habitat to the Bristol Bay salmon fishery, one of the largest sockeye salmon fishing grounds in the world. Numerous lake and river systems in the park and preserve offer excellent fishing and wildlife viewing.
Some activities to consider in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve are but not limited to: sight-seeing, hiking, camping, backpacking, sport fishing, mountaineering, river running, flight-seeing, bird and wildlife watching, lake kayaking, photography, hunting in the preserve, fishing vacations at various lodges; backpacking and camping for a week at remote lakes and river float trips.
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