Santee National Wildlife Refuge

Santee National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: 2125 Fort Watson Rd
Summerton, SC 29148
Phone: 803-478-2217;
Fax: 803-478-2314;
Web: southeast.fws.gov/santee
Established: 1942.
Location: North side of Lake Marion.
Facilities: Visitor center, trails, auto tour route, boat ramp.
Activities: Boating, canoeing, fishing, hiking, hunting, educational programs.
Special Features: Refuge is a major wintering area for ducks, geese and swans, as well as a nesting and stopover area for neotropical migratory birds, raptors, shore and wading birds..
Habitats: 15,095 acres of mixed hardwoods and pine hardwoods, pine plantations, marsh, croplands, old fields, ponds, impoundments, and open water.
Access: Open during daylight hours.
Wild life: Red-cockaded woodpecker, bald eagle, and American alligator (all endangered), ducks, geese and swans, shrews, moles bats, river otter, bobcat, long-tailed weasel, and white-tailed deer.

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