Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
The Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula in Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties, North Carolina. Its headquarters is located in Columbia.
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| Designation | National Wildlife Refuge |
| Managed by | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| State | North Carolina |
| Size | 116,496 acres |
| FWS region | Region 4 |
| Center point | 35.72° N, 76.34° W |
| Night sky | About as dark as the ground gets (Black Marble reading 11) |
Boundary map
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
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
- 14.9 miHayes Plantation ↗National Historic Landmark
- under 0.1 miDavenport House ↗Creswell, NC
- 0.1 miTyrrell County Courthouse ↗Columbia, NC
- 0.1 miScuppernong River Bridge ↗Columbia, NC
- 2.6 miSomerset Place State Historic Site ↗Creswell, NC
- 6.1 miPantego Academy ↗Pantego, NC
- 6.1 miRehoboth Methodist Church ↗Skinnersville, NC
- 6.6 miPantego School No. 2 ↗Pantego, NC
Landmarks are listed first, then by distance from the boundary.
Guidebooks for North Carolina
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- Great Day Hikes on North Carolina's Mountains-To-Sea TrailFriends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail and Jim Grode, 2020Find at Bookshop.org
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.
Reference
Questions people ask
How big is Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge?
116,496 acres.
Source: How acreage is computed
Who manages Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
What state is Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in?
North Carolina.
Source: How states are assigned
How do I get to Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge?
A point inside the boundary is at 35.719° N, 76.345° W. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is 21 miles away. The official page carries directions and the office address.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Which national parks are near Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge?
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (21 mi) and Wright Brothers National Memorial (25 mi). Park Atlas has fees, hours and alerts for each.
Source: Nearby on the other atlases
Are there historic places near Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge?
The National Register has 22 listings within 15 miles, including Hayes Plantation and Davenport House.
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 (Q7206544), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
- Description: Pocosin Lakes 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.