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Ul Bend National Wildlife Refuge

UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge is a 56,048 acres (22,682 ha) protected area that is located in central Montana, United States. The refuge, located at the extreme southernmost tip of Phillips County, is managed and bordered on three sides by the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and the Fort Peck Reservoir on the Missouri River. The refuge is managed as part of the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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National Wildlife Refuge 55,779 acres USFWS MT

Official page at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ↗

Photo by Dean Biggins, USFWS, in the public domain, from Wikimedia Commons.

Facts

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Designation	National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
State	Montana
Size	55,779 acres
FWS region	Region 6
Center point	47.59° N, 107.90° W
Night sky	Very dark ground, a faint glow at most (Black Marble reading 23)

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 →

The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Malta 35 S, 17 miles from the center point at 2,615 feet, station USC00245340 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 13 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 32 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.

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Camping Montana
Kenneth L. Graham, 2019
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Best Backpacking Trips in Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado
Mike White and Douglas Lorain, 2019
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Moon Montana
Carter G. Walker, 2019
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Reference

Questions people ask

How big is Ul Bend National Wildlife Refuge?

55,779 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Ul Bend National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What state is Ul Bend National Wildlife Refuge in?

Montana.

Source: How states are assigned

How do I get to Ul Bend National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 47.592° N, 107.896° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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 (Q7865072), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
Description: UL Bend 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.
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