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Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge

The Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge, in Amagansett, New York, is located along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean on Long Island's south fork. The refuge is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

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Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, in the public domain, from Wikimedia Commons.

Facts

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DesignationNational Wildlife Refuge
Managed byU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
StateNew York
Size40 acres
FWS regionRegion 5
Center point40.97° N, 72.13° W
Night skySome glow on the horizon (Black Marble reading 46)

Boundary map

1 outline

Boundary, simplified to about 0.005 degrees

The outline is the agency boundary simplified for display, so small parcels and inholdings may not show. The agency page has the authoritative map.

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge30°40°50°60°70°80°January: 4.05 inches of precipitation, 7.2 inches of snowFebruary: 3.61 inches of precipitation, 8.6 inches of snowMarch: 4.94 inches of precipitation, 6.0 inches of snowApril: 4.34 inches of precipitation, 0.8 inches of snowMay: 3.57 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJune: 3.86 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 3.16 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 3.94 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 4.79 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 4.72 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowNovember: 3.81 inches of precipitation, 0.1 inches of snowDecember: 4.97 inches of precipitation, 4.1 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 30.7°F averageFebruary: 31.6°F averageMarch: 37.7°F averageApril: 46.7°F averageMay: 56.2°F averageJune: 65.8°F averageJuly: 72.0°F averageAugust: 70.9°F averageSeptember: 64.2°F averageOctober: 53.7°F averageNovember: 44.3°F averageDecember: 36.1°F average0 in2 in4 in6 in8 in10 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Bridgehampton, 9 miles from the center point at 42 feet, station USC00300889 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 50 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 27 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Large units span more than one climate. The station stands in for the center point, and the outer parts of the boundary can be warmer or colder.

Explore

Nearby on the other atlases

National Register listings within 15 miles · 41 in all · Register Atlas

Landmarks are listed first, then by distance from the boundary.

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Reference

Questions people ask

How big is Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge?

40 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What state is Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge in?

New York.

Source: How states are assigned

How do I get to Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 40.969° N, 72.128° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Are there historic places near Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge?

The National Register has 41 listings within 15 miles, including Firefighter and Amagansett U.s. Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station.

Source: Register Atlas

Sources

  • Boundary, name: the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge boundary layer.
  • States and territories: computed by intersecting the boundary with Census state polygons and coarse outlines of the territories and outlying islands. A place is listed when it holds at least one percent of the area. A boundary that touches no outline is listed under the nearest one.
  • Acreage: geodesic area of the published polygon. The agency’s official acreage can differ where the boundary includes water, easements or inholdings.
  • Photograph: the image Wikidata records for this refuge (Q4739114), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Description: Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. The article was accepted because its title contains this unit’s name.
  • Campgrounds: the Campsite Atlas index of federal campgrounds, matched to this boundary at build time.
  • Night sky: NASA Black Marble (VIIRS, 2016 composite) sampled at zoom 6 around the center point.
  • Weather, alerts, air quality, river flow and earthquakes load live in your browser from NWS, AirNow, USGS and iNaturalist when you open the page.