Alaska
Brooks Falls
Alaska
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Brooks Falls is a named waterfall in Alaska catalogued from public mapping data. Coordinates and the closest documented metro are listed below; for trail access and current conditions, check with the relevant land manager (state parks, ranger district, or NPS unit) before visiting.
- State
- Alaska
- Coordinates
- 58.5550°, -155.7915°
From Wikipedia: Brooks Falls is a waterfall located within Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Located on the Brooks River a mile and a half (2.4 km) from Brooks Lake and an equal distance from Naknek Lake, the falls are famous for watching salmon leap over the 6 foot falls to get to their Brooks Lake spawning grounds. Consequently, large populations of brown bears are attracted to feed on the spawning salmon. Brown bears usually congregate at the falls in July through early September, and many well-known photos of bears have been taken there, particularly Thomas Mangelsen's Catch of the Day. July witnesses the greatest concentrations of bears of any month at the falls; up to 25 bears have been seen at one time at Brooks Falls in that month. In September, a smaller number of bears can be seen at the falls to feast on the later salmon runs. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Brooks Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Brooks Falls
The exact location is at 58.5550°, -155.7915° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Sources
Location and tag data for Brooks Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.