Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge

Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge is a 24-acre range and was established in 1973 for its "particular value in carrying out the national migratory bird management program".

Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nantucket Light.

Nantucket Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Simonas Agintas, CC BY 3.0.

Great Point Light, officially Nantucket Light, is a lighthouse located on the northernmost point of Nantucket Island. First built in 1784, the original wooden tower was destroyed by fire in 1816.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coskata and Wauwinet.

Coskata

Hamlet

Coskata is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 3 feet, and it is located at, 2 miles northwest of Wauwinet.

Wauwinet is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 3 feet. Named for an old local Indian chief, it lies on the northeastern coast of Nantucket Island, 4.7 miles north-northwest of Siasconset. Wauwinet is situated 5 miles southeast of Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge.

Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge

Type: Nature reserve
Description: Protected area in Massachusetts, US
Categories: National Wildlife Refuge and recreation area
Location: Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.39069° or 41° 23′ 27″ north

Longitude

-70.04858° or 70° 2′ 55″ west

Open location code

87HF9XR2+7H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29800733

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

11049208

Wikidata ID

Q12062319

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge” goes by many names.

French: “refuge faunique national de Nantucket”
French: “Refuge faunique national de Nantucket”

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