America's Byways and National Wildlife Refuges

Follow America's Byways® into the heart of the remarkable landscapes of national wildlife refuges to catch a firsthand glimpse of soaring bald eagles, stampeding bison, and snoozing alligators. You'll find out why communities along America's Byways treasure the natural heritage protected on national wildlife refuges.

Each refuge is a special place preserving the unique natural qualities of their neighboring communities. America's Byways and the National Wildlife Refuge System help protect the integrity and diversity of natural areas, as well as providing sustainable economic benefits for neighboring communities.

So come experience the world's premier wildlife refuges. Revel in the sight of migrating flocks of wild birds. Listen to the calls of cranes, hear the elk bugle and smell the wildflowers. Or even try fishing or hunting on a refuge near a byway.

America's Byways	Wildlife Refuges
Acadia All American Road (Maine)	Maine Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Alabama's Coastal Connection (Alabama)	Alabama Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska's Marine Highway (Alaska)	Alaska Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge Becharof National Wildlife Refuge Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Big Bend Scenic Byway (Florida)	Florida St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge
Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway (Maryland)	Maryland Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway (Nevada)	Nevada Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Connecticut River Byway (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont)	Massachusetts Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge-MA New Hampshire Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge-NH Vermont Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge-VT
Coulee Corridor Scenic Byway (Washington)	Washington Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
Creole Nature Trail (Louisiana)	Louisiana Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
Crowley's Ridge Parkway (Arkansas, Missouri)	Arkansas Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge Cache River National Wildlife Refuge Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge White River National Wildlife Refuge
Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway (Colorado, Utah)	Utah Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
El Camino Real (New Mexico)	New Mexico Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge San Andres National Wildlife Refuge Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
Flaming Gorge-Uintas National Scenic Byway (Utah)	Colorado Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge Utah Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
Flint Hills Scenic Byway (Kansas)	Kansas Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
Florida Keys Scenic Highway (Florida)	Florida Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge Key West National Wildlife Refuge National Key Deer Refuge
George Washington Memorial Parkway (Virginia)	Virginia Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Grand Rounds Scenic Byway (Minnesota)	Minnesota Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Great Lakes Seaway Trail (New York, Pennsylvania)	New York Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
Great River Road (Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Wisconsin)	Arkansas Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge Cache River National Wildlife Refuge Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge Overflow National Wildlife Refuge Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge White River National Wildlife Refuge Illinois Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge-IL Iowa Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex - IA Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge - IA Louisiana Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge Delta National Wildlife Refuge Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge Minnesota Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Litchfield Wetlands Management District Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge-MN Mississippi Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge Hillside National Wildlife Refuge Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge Mathews Brake National Wildife Refuge Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge Missouri Great River National Wildlife Refuge Tennessee Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge - TN Wisconsin Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge-WI
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway (Maryland)	Maryland Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway (Minnesota)	Minnesota Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge-MN
Historic Columbia River Highway (Oregon)	Washington Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge Pierce National Wildlife Refuge Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Historic National Road - Maryland (Maryland)	Maryland Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge
Historic National Road - West Virginia (West Virginia)	West Virginia Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge-WV
Historic Route 66 (Arizona, Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma)	Arizona Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge Havasu National Wildlife Refuge-AZ New Mexico Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
Illinois River Road (Illinois)	Illinois Cameron/Billsbach Unit of the Illinois River Complex Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge
Indiana's Historic Pathways (Indiana)	Indiana Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge
Indian River Lagoon National Scenic Byway (Florida)	Florida Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge
International Selkirk Loop (Idaho, Washington)	Idaho Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge Washington Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail (Ohio)	Ohio Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge and Magee Marsh Wildlife Area West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge
Lakes to Locks Passage (New York)	Vermont Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
Las Vegas Strip (Nevada)	Nevada Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Lincoln Highway (Illinois)	Illinois Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge-IL
Loess Hills Scenic Byway (Iowa)	Iowa DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route (Illinois)	Illinois Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge
Merritt Parkway (Connecticut)	Connecticut Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway (Minnesota)	Minnesota Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Natchez Trace Parkway (Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee)	Alabama Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge Mississippi Hillside National Wildlife Refuge Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Native American Scenic Byway (North Dakota, South Dakota)	South Dakota Pocasse National Wildlife Refuge
Ohio River Scenic Byway (Illinois, Indiana, Ohio)	Illinois Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge Indiana Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge
Outback Scenic Byway (Oregon)	Oregon Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Outer Banks Scenic Byway (North Carolina)	North Carolina Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
Pacific Coast Scenic Byway - Oregon (Oregon)	Oregon Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge-OR Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuges Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Washington Willapa National Wildlife Refuge
Pioneer Historic Byway (Idaho)	Idaho Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area
Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway (Nevada)	Nevada Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge Fallon National Wildlife Refuge Marble Bluff Fish Passage Facility
Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway (Maine)	Maine Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge-ME
Santa Fe Trail (Colorado, New Mexico)	New Mexico Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge
Schoodic Scenic Byway (Maine)	Maine Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Seward Highway (Alaska)	Alaska Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway (North Dakota)	North Dakota Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge Stoney Slough National Wildlife Refuge Tomahawk National Wildlife Refuge
Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike (West Virginia)	West Virginia Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway - SR 112 (Washington)	Washington Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge
Talladega Scenic Drive (Alabama)	Alabama Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge-AL
Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway (California, Oregon)	California Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge - CA Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge Oregon Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
Western Heritage Historic Byway (Idaho)	Idaho Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge
Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway (Kansas)	Kansas Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Wichita Mountains Byway (Oklahoma)	Oklahoma Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail (Michigan)	Michigan Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge

Recreation Opportunities

• Your Guide to Fishing on National Wildlife Refuges
• Your Guide to Hunting on National Wildlife Refuges