DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, created in 1958, is located along the banks of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Iowa and Nebraska. The 8,362-acre refuge preserves an area that would have been otherwise lost to cultivation.Photo: Joe Passe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Calhoun.
Fort Calhoun
Town
Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.
Fort Calhoun is a city in Washington County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,108 at the 2020 census. The city includes Fort Atkinson, the first fort built west of the Missouri River. Fort Calhoun is situated 3 miles south of DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge.
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
- Type: Park
- Description: wildlife refuge in Iowa and Nebraska, U.S
- Categories: National Wildlife Refuge and recreation area
- Location: Washington, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.49722° or 41° 29′ 50″ northLongitude
-96.01779° or 96° 1′ 4″ westElevation
997 feet (304 metres)Open location code
86H5FXWJ+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 354331274OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “De Soto National Wildlife Refuge”
- Cebuano: “Desoto National Wildlife Refuge”
- Dutch: “DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge”
- Russian: “Де-Сото (заповедник)”
- Russian: “Де-Сото”
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