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Sabine National Wildlife Refuge

Sabine National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located in Cameron Parish in southwestern Louisiana. It is on Louisiana Highway 27, 8 miles (13 km) south of Hackberry and 12 miles (19 km) north of Holly Beach. The western boundary of the Sabine Refuge is Sabine Lake, the inlet for Port Arthur, Texas, while the tip of the eastern end reaches Calcasieu Lake.

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Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by User:Podruznik, in the public domain, from Wikimedia Commons.

Facts

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DesignationNational Wildlife Refuge
Managed byU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
StateLouisiana
Size124,964 acres
FWS regionRegion 4
Center point29.90° N, 93.58° W
Night skyAbout as dark as the ground gets (Black Marble reading 12)

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 Sabine National Wildlife Refuge50°60°70°80°90°January: 5.44 inches of precipitationFebruary: 3.52 inches of precipitationMarch: 3.84 inches of precipitationApril: 4.62 inches of precipitationMay: 4.21 inches of precipitationJune: 7.23 inches of precipitationJuly: 6.72 inches of precipitationAugust: 6.23 inches of precipitationSeptember: 5.24 inches of precipitationOctober: 4.29 inches of precipitationNovember: 4.37 inches of precipitationDecember: 4.44 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 52.4°F averageFebruary: 56.0°F averageMarch: 61.9°F averageApril: 68.9°F averageMay: 76.5°F averageJune: 82.1°F averageJuly: 83.8°F averageAugust: 83.9°F averageSeptember: 80.3°F averageOctober: 71.9°F averageNovember: 62.1°F averageDecember: 54.8°F average0 in2 in4 in6 in8 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Hackberry 8 SSW, 11 miles from the center point at 6 feet, station USC00163979 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 60 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 Sabine National Wildlife Refuge?

124,964 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Sabine National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What state is Sabine National Wildlife Refuge in?

Louisiana.

Source: How states are assigned

How do I get to Sabine National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 29.902° N, 93.579° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Are there historic places near Sabine National Wildlife Refuge?

The National Register has 13 listings within 15 miles, including Port Arthur--Orange Bridge and Cow Bayou Swing Bridge.

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 (Q7396170), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Description: Sabine 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.