US Fish and Wildlife Service
National Wildlife Refuges
From the Oregon Coast to the coast of South Carolina, many national wildlife refuges will welcome solar eclipse viewers on August 21. More than a dozen refuges are in the prime viewing area. Their aim is to help visitors enjoy this natural phenomenon while ensuring public safety and protecting fragile wildlife habitat. Parts of refuges may be closed to protect rare species. Sorry, overnight camping or parking is not permitted.
Refuges in the direct path of the eclipse include:
Pacific Northwest (first U.S. viewing area)
- Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon
- Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon
- Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon
- Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon
- William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon
- Camas National Wildlife Refuge, Idaho
Mountain-Prairie region
- National Elk Refuge, Wyoming
- Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Nebraska
Midwest
- Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri
- Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri
- Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Missouri
- Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois and Missouri
- Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois
- Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois and Missouri
Southeast (last U.S. viewing area)
- Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge, Kentucky
- Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge, Tennessee
- Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina
- Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia and South Carolina
- Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina
- Santee National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina
