Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge

Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: 718 Juliette Rd
Hillsboro, GA 31038
Phone: 478-986-5441;
Fax: 478-986-9646;
Web: www.fws.gov/piedmont
Established: 1939.
Location: In central Georgia, 25 miles north of Macon.
Facilities: Visitor center, viewing sites, auto tour route, trails.
Activities: Fishing, hiking, hunting, educational programs.
Special Features: More than 30 cemeteries are locted on the refuge, and are a link to the settlers that once lived on the land. Headstones are inscribed with dates leading as far back as the 1700s. Five are easily accessible to the public.
Habitats: 35,000 acres of hardwoods, streams, and ponds.
Access: Open during daylight hours.
Wild life: Woodpeckers, including the red-cockaded woodpecker, warblers, flycatchers, brown-headed nuthatches, chickadees, wood ducks, herons, belted kingfishers, and hawks; also provides habitat for white-tailed deer, squirrels, bats, foxes, coyotes, raccoons, and bobcats.

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