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

Recreation Opportunities

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