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Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S. state of Vermont located on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain and the southern side of Missisquoi Bay. The refuge is in Franklin County in the northwest corner of the state near the International Boundary with Canada.

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Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by Ken Sturm; 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
StateVermont
Size7,362 acres
FWS regionRegion 5
Center point45.00° N, 72.19° W
Night skyAbout as dark as the ground gets (Black Marble reading 17)

Boundary map

8 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 Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge10°20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 2.83 inches of precipitation, 21.5 inches of snowFebruary: 2.44 inches of precipitation, 20.2 inches of snowMarch: 2.83 inches of precipitation, 19.4 inches of snowApril: 3.34 inches of precipitation, 4.5 inches of snowMay: 3.94 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJune: 4.52 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 4.54 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 4.42 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 3.93 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 4.29 inches of precipitation, 0.8 inches of snowNovember: 3.35 inches of precipitation, 7.0 inches of snowDecember: 3.40 inches of precipitation, 25.2 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 13.7°F averageFebruary: 16.0°F averageMarch: 25.8°F averageApril: 40.0°F averageMay: 53.3°F averageJune: 62.3°F averageJuly: 67.2°F averageAugust: 65.3°F averageSeptember: 57.8°F averageOctober: 45.2°F averageNovember: 33.2°F averageDecember: 21.3°F average0 in10 in20 in30 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Newport, 4 miles from the center point at 790 feet, station USC00435542 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 44 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 99 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 · 57 in all · Register Atlas

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

Guidebooks for Vermont

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  • Appalachian Trail Guide to New Hampshire-Vermont
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    Stewart M. Green, 2016
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    Jacqueline Tourville, 2016
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Reference

Questions people ask

How big is Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge?

7,362 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What state is Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in?

Vermont.

Source: How states are assigned

How do I get to Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 45.001° N, 72.190° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Are there historic places near Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge?

The National Register has 57 listings within 15 miles, including Methodist Episcopal Church and Parish of the Holy Trinity.

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 (Q3423278), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Description: Missisquoi 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.