Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge

Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: PO Box 510
Alamo, NV 89001
Phone: 775-725-3417;
Fax: 775-725-3389;
Web: www.fws.gov/desertcomplex/pahranagat
Established: 1963.
Location: 90 miles north of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Facilities: Primitive campsites, viewing sites, picnic areas, trails.
Activities: Camping, fishing, hiking, hunting, educational programs.
Special Features: Pahranagat's water originates from large springs north of the refuge. The site includes four main water impoundments--North Marsh, Upper and Lower Pahranagat Lakes, and the Middle Marsh.
Habitats: 5,380 acres of marshes, meadows, lakes, and upland desert.
Access: Open year round, 24 hours a day.
Wild life: Waterfowl and shorebirds, including pintails, mallards, redheads, greater sandhill cranes. Also provides habitat for warblers, orioles, finches, sparrows, Gambel's quail, roadrunners, kit roxes, coyotes, mule deer and mountain lions.

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