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Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge

The Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge on Anaho Island in Pyramid Lake, Nevada. The refuge was established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913 as a sanctuary for colonial nesting birds. It is home to one of the two largest colonies of pelicans—American white pelicans—in the western U.S. Other birds found on the island include California gulls, Caspian terns, double-crested cormorants, great blue herons, black-crowned night herons, and snowy egrets.

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National Wildlife Refuge 239 acres USFWS NV

Official page at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ↗

Photo by United States Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region Flickr stream, licensed CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons.

Facts

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Designation	National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
State	Nevada
Size	239 acres
FWS region	Region 8
Center point	39.95° N, 119.51° W
Night sky	About as dark as the ground gets (Black Marble reading 9)

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 →

The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Sutcliffe, 4 miles from the center point at 3,900 feet, station USC00267953 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 7 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 4 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.

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Hiking Nevada
Bruce Grubbs, 2018
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Tracy Salcedo, 2019
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Reference

Questions people ask

How big is Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge?

239 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What state is Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge in?

Nevada.

Source: How states are assigned

How do I get to Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 39.953° N, 119.515° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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 (Q4750910), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
Description: Anaho Island 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.
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