USFWS · Puerto Rico

Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge

Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge is an 1,836-acre National Wildlife Refuge located in southwestern coast of the main island of Puerto Rico, in the municipality of Cabo Rojo. The wildlife refuge is centered around two large hypersaline lagoons: Fraternidad and Candelaria, located along the flanks of the southwestern tip of the island: Los Morrillos de los Cabos Rojos, itself managed by the commonwealth of Puerto Rico as part of the Boquerón State Forest.

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Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge
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Facts

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DesignationNational Wildlife Refuge
Managed byU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
TerritoryPuerto Rico
Size1,884 acres
FWS regionRegion 4
Center point17.97° N, 67.18° W
Night skyVery dark ground, a faint glow at most (Black Marble reading 39)

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 Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge70°80°90°January: 2.21 inches of precipitationFebruary: 2.29 inches of precipitationMarch: 2.52 inches of precipitationApril: 3.27 inches of precipitationMay: 4.42 inches of precipitationJune: 2.19 inches of precipitationJuly: 3.50 inches of precipitationAugust: 4.87 inches of precipitationSeptember: 5.66 inches of precipitationOctober: 6.34 inches of precipitationNovember: 5.64 inches of precipitationDecember: 2.00 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 74.7°F averageFebruary: 74.6°F averageMarch: 75.4°F averageApril: 77.0°F averageMay: 79.2°F averageJune: 80.7°F averageJuly: 81.1°F averageAugust: 81.0°F averageSeptember: 80.7°F averageOctober: 80.3°F averageNovember: 78.3°F averageDecember: 75.8°F average0 in2 in4 in6 in8 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Lajas Substn, 8 miles from the center point at 90 feet, station RQC00665097 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 45 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 · 35 in all · Register Atlas

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

Guidebooks for hiking across the country

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Reference

Questions people ask

How big is Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge?

1,884 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Where is Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge?

Puerto Rico.

Source: How states are assigned

How do I get to Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 17.967° N, 67.180° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Are there historic places near Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge?

The National Register has 35 listings within 15 miles, including Faro de los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo and Casa Vidal.

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 (Q3849858), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Description: Cabo Rojo 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.