Katmai National Park

Location: Alaska

Year Established: 1980

Area: 3,674,529.68 acres (14,870.3 km2)

Annual Visitors: 30,896

This park on the Alaska Peninsula protects the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, an ash flow formed by the 1912 eruption of Novarupta, as well as Mount Katmai. Over 2,000 grizzly bears come here each year to catch spawning salmon. Other wildlife includes caribou, wolves, moose, and wolverines.