Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge

Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: c/o McFaddin NWR
PO Box 358
Sabine Pass, TX 77655
Phone: 409-971-2909;
Fax: 409-971-2104;
Web: www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/texas/mcfaddin
Established: 1979.
Location: On the Texas gulf coast, near the Louisiana border.
Facilities: Hiking trails, 5 boat ramps.
Activities: Boating, canoeing, fishing, crabbing, hunting.
Special Features: Large concentrations of migrating songbirds fly through the upper Texas coast, with peak periods of migration occurring in April. Nearly 280 species of birds are found on the refuge.
Habitats: 8,900 acres of fresh to salt marsh with some wooded uplands and prairie ridges.
Access: Open 24 hours a day.
Wild life: Warblers, vireos, grosbeaks, tanagers, orioles, buntings, bobcat, gray fox, and American alligator.

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