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Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on Oregon's coast. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges comprising the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex and is renowned among bird watchers for being able to view rare shorebirds including ruff, Hudsonian godwit, and Mongolian plover. The refuge was last expanded in 1999, it now has 889 acres (3.60 km2) in two units: Bandon Marsh and Ni-les'tun.

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Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by Roy W. Lowe for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Region, in the public domain, from Wikimedia Commons.

Facts

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DesignationNational Wildlife Refuge
Managed byU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
StateOregon
Size899 acres
FWS regionRegion 1
Center point43.15° N, 124.39° W
Night skyVery dark ground, a faint glow at most (Black Marble reading 22)

Boundary map

2 outlines

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 Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge40°50°60°70°January: 9.25 inches of precipitationFebruary: 7.19 inches of precipitationMarch: 7.39 inches of precipitationApril: 5.17 inches of precipitationMay: 2.98 inches of precipitationJune: 1.51 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.35 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.46 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.40 inches of precipitationOctober: 4.02 inches of precipitationNovember: 8.23 inches of precipitationDecember: 9.83 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 47.6°F averageFebruary: 48.0°F averageMarch: 48.6°F averageApril: 50.5°F averageMay: 54.3°F averageJune: 57.7°F averageJuly: 60.4°F averageAugust: 60.6°F averageSeptember: 58.7°F averageOctober: 54.9°F averageNovember: 50.3°F averageDecember: 47.1°F average0 in2 in4 in6 in8 in10 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Bandon 2 NNE, 1 mile from the center point at 23 feet, station USC00350471 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 58 inches a year.

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 · 13 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 Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge?

899 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What state is Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in?

Oregon.

Source: How states are assigned

How do I get to Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 43.148° N, 124.390° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Are there historic places near Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge?

The National Register has 13 listings within 15 miles, including Coquille River Life Boat Station and Coquille River Light.

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 (Q4854673), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Description: Bandon Marsh 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.