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Wildlife refuges that accept the America the Beautiful pass

502 sites 0 confirmed 54 states & territories

The America the Beautiful pass covers the entrance fee at U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service national wildlife refuges that charge one. Most refuges are free; a subset charge an entrance or auto-tour fee, and the pass covers those for the holder and their vehicle.

Refuges exist to protect wildlife, so access, pets, and drones are often restricted more tightly than on other public land — always check the specific refuge. Below is every national wildlife refuge in our database, grouped by state, each linking to how the pass applies there.

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Common questions

Does the America the Beautiful pass cover wildlife refuge entrance fees?

Yes, at refuges that charge an entrance or auto-tour fee. The pass covers it for the holder and everyone in one non-commercial vehicle. Many refuges are free to enter.

Can I bring a dog or fly a drone at a national wildlife refuge?

Usually restricted. Refuges protect wildlife, so pets are often limited or prohibited and drones are generally not allowed. Check the specific refuge before you go.

Do all wildlife refuges charge a fee?

No — most national wildlife refuges are free. The pass matters at the ones that charge an entrance or auto-tour fee.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service sites that may accept the pass, by state

Every U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service site in our database. Each links to a page telling you how the pass applies there, with a confidence tier, the source, and the date we last checked.

Alabama 9

Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Check
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge Check
Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge Check
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge Check
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge Check
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge Check
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Check

Alaska 16

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Check
Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge Check
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Check
Becharof National Wildlife Refuge Check
Innoko National Wildlife Refuge Check
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Check
Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge Check
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Check
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Check
Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge Check
Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge Check
Selawik National Wildlife Refuge Check
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Check
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Check
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge Check
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge Check

Arizona 8

Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge Check
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Check
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge Check
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge Check
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Check
Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge Check
San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge Check

Arkansas 10

Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge Check
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge Check
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge Check
Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge Check
Overflow National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge Check
Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge Check

California 39

Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge Check
Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge Check
Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge Check
Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area Check
Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge Check
Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge Check
Colusa National Wildlife Refuge Check
Delevan National Wildlife Refuge Check
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Check
Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge Check
Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Check
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area Check
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge Check
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge Check
Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Check
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Check
Kern National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Check
Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge Check
Merced National Wildlife Refuge Check
Modoc National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pixley National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge Check
San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge Check
San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Check
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge Check
San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Check
San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge Check
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Check
Steve Thompson North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area Check
Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sutter National Wildlife Refuge Check
Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge Check
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area Check

Colorado 9

Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge Check
Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge Check
Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge Check
Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge Check
Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge Check
Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Check
Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge Check

Connecticut 1

Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Check

Delaware 2

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Check
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge Check

Florida 28

Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge Check
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Check
Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Check
Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge Check
Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge Check
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge Check
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge Check
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge Check
Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge Check
J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge Check
Key West National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge Check
Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge Check
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge Check
National Key Deer Refuge Check
Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge Check
St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge Check
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge Check
St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge Check
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge Check

Georgia 9

Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Check
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge Check
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Check
Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge Check
Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge Check

Guam 1

Guam National Wildlife Refuge Check

Hawaii 18

Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Check
Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge Check
Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge Check
Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Hulē‘ia National Wildlife Refuge Check
James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Check
Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Check
Kakahai‘a National Wildlife Refuge Check
Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge Check
Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge Check
Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge Check
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Check
Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge Check
Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge Check
Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Check

Idaho 7

Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Camas National Wildlife Refuge Check
Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge Check
Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge Check
Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge Check
Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area Check

Illinois 7

Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge Check
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Check
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge Check
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge Check
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge Check
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Check

Indiana 3

Iowa 6

DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Check
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge Check
Iowa Wetland Management District Check
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Check
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge Check
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge Check

Kansas 4

Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge Check
Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge Check
Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge Check
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Check

Kentucky 1

Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge Check

Louisiana 24

Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge Check
Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge Check
Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge Check
Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge Check
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Check
Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge Check
Breton National Wildlife Refuge Check
Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Check
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge Check
D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge Check
Delta National Wildlife Refuge Check
Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge Check
Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge Check
Louisiana Wetland Management District Check
Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge Check
Red River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge Check
Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge Check
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge Check

Maine 9

Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge Check
Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area Check
Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge Check
Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Check

Maryland 4

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Check
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge Check
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge Check
Patuxent Research Refuge Check

Massachusetts 12

Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge Check
John Hay National Wildlife Refuge Check
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge Check
Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge Check
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge Check
Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge Check
Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge Check
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Check
Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge Check

Michigan 8

Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Check
Harbor Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Huron National Wildlife Refuge Check
Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area Check
Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge Check
Michigan Wetland Management District Check
Seney National Wildlife Refuge Check
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge Check

Minnesota 19

Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge Check
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge Check
Big Stone Wetland Management District Check
Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Check
Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District Check
Fergus Falls Wetland Management District Check
Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge Check
Litchfield Wetland Management District Check
Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Check
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Check
Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District Check
Morris Wetland Management District Check
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Check
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Rydell National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Check
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Check
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Check
Windom Wetland Management District Check

Mississippi 12

Missouri 8

Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Check
Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge Check
Great River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge Check
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Check
Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pilot Knob National Wildlife Refuge Check
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check

Montana 15

Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Benton Lake Wetland Management District Check
Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge Check
Bowdoin Wetland Management District Check
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Check
Ennis National Fish Hatchery Check
Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Hewitt Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge Check
Northwest Montana Wetland Management District Check
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Check
UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge Check
War Horse National Wildlife Refuge Check

Nebraska 7

Nevada 7

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Check
Desert National Wildlife Refuge Check
Fallon National Wildlife Refuge Check
Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge Check
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Check

New Hampshire 2

Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge Check
Wapack National Wildlife Refuge Check

New Jersey 5

Cape May National Wildlife Refuge Check
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Check
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Check
Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Check
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge Check

New Mexico 6

Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge Check
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge Check
Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge Check
San Andres National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge Check

New York 10

North Carolina 10

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge Check
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Check
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge Check

North Dakota 25

Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Check
Arrowwood Wetland Management District Check
Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Check
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Chase Lake Wetland Management District Check
Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Check
Devils Lake Wetland Management District Check
Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge Check
J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District Check
Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge Check
Kulm Wetland Management District Check
Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge Check
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Long Lake Wetland Management District Check
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge Check
Rock Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Slade National Wildlife Refuge Check
Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge Check
Tewaukon Wetland Management District Check
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge Check
Valley City Wetland Management District Check
White Horse Hill National Game Preserve Check

Northern Mariana Islands 1

Mariana Trench National Wildlife Refuge Check

Ohio 3

Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge Check
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Check
West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge Check

Oklahoma 9

Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge Check
Little River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Optima National Wildlife Refuge Check
Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge Check
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Check
Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge Check
Washita National Wildlife Refuge Check
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Check

Oregon 17

Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge Check
Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Check
Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge Check
Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge Check
Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge Check
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge Check
Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Check
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Check
Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge Check
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge Check
Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge Check
Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge Check
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge Check
Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Check
William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge Check

Pennsylvania 2

Puerto Rico 5

Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge Check
Culebra National Wildlife Refuge Check
Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge Check
Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge Check
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge Check

Rhode Island 5

Block Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge Check
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge Check
Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge Check

South Carolina 7

Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge Check
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge Check
Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge Check
Santee National Wildlife Refuge Check
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge Check
Tybee National Wildlife Refuge Check
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge Check

South Dakota 9

Huron Wetland Management District Check
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Check
Madison Wetland Management District Check
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sand Lake Wetland Management District Check
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge Check
Waubay Wetland Management District Check

Tennessee 7

Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge Check
Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge Check
Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge Check
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge Check
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge Check

Texas 17

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Check
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge Check
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge Check
Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge Check
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge Check
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Grulla National Wildlife Refuge Check
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge Check
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Check
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge Check
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge Check
McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge Check
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge Check
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge Check
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge Check
Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge Check
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge Check

U.S. Virgin Islands 3

Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge Check
Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge Check

Utah 3

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Check
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge Check
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Check

Vermont 1

Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge Check

Virginia 13

Washington 24

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Check
Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge Check
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Check
Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Copalis National Wildlife Refuge Check
Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge Check
Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge Check
Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge Check
Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer Check
Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge Check
Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge Check
McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge Check
McNary National Wildlife Refuge Check
Pierce National Wildlife Refuge Check
Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge Check
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Check
Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Check
San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge Check
Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge Check
Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge Check
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge Check
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Check

West Virginia 2

Wisconsin 9

Fox River National Wildlife Refuge Check
Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge Check
Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge Check
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Check
Leopold Wetland Management District Check
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge Check
St. Croix Wetland Management District Check
Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge Check
Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge Check

Wyoming 4

Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Check
National Elk Refuge Check
Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge Check
Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge Check