Fure's Cabin

$22.50/night

Show on map 907-246-3305 roy_wood@nps.gov

PO Box 7
King Salmon, AK 99613

Overview

Fure's Cabin, a beautifully constructed one-room house, is a public use cabin in Katmai National Park and Preserve. The cabin is located on the north side of the Bay of Islands in Naknek Lake and accessed by float plane or boat. Now a refuge for kayakers, canoers, and hikers, the cabin was once the home of trapper, miner, and famed Naknek local Roy Fure. The cabin was built in 1926, a labor of love. The roof, walls, and floor are made of hand-hewn spruce logs with dovetail notching reminiscent of European craftsmanship. In 1931 the land on which the cabin stands was incorporated into the expanded Katmai National Monument. Fure's cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Recreation

Fure's Cabin is a key stopover for those attempting the Savonoski Loop (PDF) paddle trip, or as a beautiful destination in its own right. It is not an alternate for Brooks Camp Campground and requires a full day of paddling to reach, or the use of a boat or plane. View a list of authorized commercial partners that may provide transportation services to Fure's Cabin. Paddlers originating from Brooks Camp should allow one to three days to travel the 32 miles along shorelines from Brooks Camp to Fure's Cabin in the Bay of Islands.

Facilities

The cabin accommodates up to four people and is furnished with a bunk bed, table, chairs, and a wood burning stove. Limited firewood is available on site. Guests must bring all supplies including bedding, sleeping pad, water, food, toilet paper, flash light or lantern, garbage bags, cook stove and cooking supplies. Consider packing all the supplies needed when camping. A fire ring is located in front of the cabin. Dead/downed wood may be gathered for campfires. One vault toilet is available 50 yards uphill from the cabin.

Natural Features

Katmai National Monument was established in 1918 to protect the volcanically devastated region surrounding Mount Katmai and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Today, Katmai National Park and Preserve remains an active volcanic landscape, but it also protects 9,000 years of human history as well as important habitat for salmon and the thousands of brown bears that feed on them.

Charges & Cancellations

Fure's Cabin follows the standard Recreation.gov cabin cancellation policy.

Camp site features

Across 1 camp site:

Fire pit: all 1 sites
Largest party: 4 people

Directions

Katmai National Park & Preserve headquarters is in King Salmon, about 290 air miles southwest of Anchorage. Katmai is almost exclusively accessed by plane or boat. Regularly scheduled commercial flights to King Salmon (AKN) are available from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) via PenAir, Ravn Alaska, and Alaska Airlines. Fure's Cabin is over 20 miles by water from Brooks Camp and no public transportation is available.

Stay Limit

Check in from 12 PM, check out by 10 AM.

Reviews

6 reviews

5 stars

4 stars

William M

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Reviewed 3 months ago

Fure's Cabin is a great place to stay in a scenic location. The care, skill and extensive hard labor required to build it will impress you. We used it as a base for day trips to Brooks Camp. The downside is that sometimes the weather does not cooperate, so be prepared for extended cabin time. Fortunately, the weather was generally good and the morning fog burned off by noon.

Gary S

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Reviewed a year ago

Fure's cabin is awesome. We had two nights there and the day between was very stormy so we were thrilled to be in the cabin and not our tents. Beautiful place. Outhouse roof needs a little work. Two big bunks, which could fit two cozy people each, else the floor is pretty good.

Richard B

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Reviewed a year ago

Beautiful, historic cabin. Great spot to stage out of with a floatplane to access Brooks Lodge after the crowds have left for the day. Nice sandy spot about 60 yards to the west to beach the floatplane. Just a few submerged rocks. Very special cabin.

John W

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Reviewed a year ago

An incredible place. We spent three nights at the cabin and enjoyed every minute of it. We didn’t know what to expect and every of our expectations were exceeded. The cabin is top notch with bunk bed, table, wood burning stove, pots and pans and everything you need. The location is incredible with plenty of hiking to do around the cabin. If you want to turn off and recharge I can only recommend the cabin. It is a truly unique experience you will not find anywhere else.

David J

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Reviewed 3 years ago

Fure’s Cabin is remote, beautiful, and oh so cozy. The Portage trail is not very difficult and takes you to the amazing Grosvenor!

Julie L

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Reviewed 4 years ago

Gorgeous views and the most amazing sunset site of any rec.gov cabin we've been at! Easy walk up hill from rocky area boats use to tie up. With a small float plane, we opted to tie off on safer small beach shore down a bit longer trail from cabin. Note, sprinkling of very large submerged rocks at beach site, too. Took a lot of jumping in to maneuver and tie down ropes (100+ ft total tied on multiple angles from plane to trees) to safely secure overnight and slowly taxi in/out loaded. Doable with time and care. Saw resident bear folks have noted in cabin log book. It was walking beach and waterfront shore early morning. Lots of fresh prints. Cabin secure despite 2 broken windows with tape patching. Wood stove worked well to dry out our gear with minimum wood and banked coals overnight well. Note only a small hand saw for cutting more wood. We arrived to virtually none and left more. Old open water jugs at cabin. We filtered our own. Lantern provided was broken. We brought our own solar lantern and flashlights. Wonderful historic wall display, interesting cabin guest journal, deck of cards onsite.

Availability

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