Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge
Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge is a 264-acre (107 ha) National Wildlife Refuge located in northeastern Alabama, near the Sauty Creek embayment of Guntersville Lake.
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| Designation | National Wildlife Refuge |
| Managed by | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| State | Alabama |
| Size | 263 acres |
| FWS region | Region 4 |
| Center point | 34.61° N, 86.13° W |
| Night sky | Very dark ground, a faint glow at most (Black Marble reading 39) |
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
- 6.2 miBrown-Proctor House ↗Scottsboro, AL
- 6.4 miScottsboro Memphis and Charleston Railroad Depot ↗Scottsboro, AL
- 13.3 miTownsend Farmhouse ↗Hollywood, AL
- 13.5 miSkyline Commissary ↗Scottsboro, AL
Landmarks are listed first, then by distance from the boundary.
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Reference
Questions people ask
How big is Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge?
263 acres.
Source: How acreage is computed
Who manages Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
What state is Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge in?
Alabama.
Source: How states are assigned
How do I get to Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge?
A point inside the boundary is at 34.613° N, 86.132° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Are there historic places near Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge?
The National Register has 4 listings within 15 miles, including Brown-Proctor House and Scottsboro Memphis and Charleston Railroad Depot.
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 (Q7427612), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
- Description: Sauta Cave 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.