Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge

Best to bring some time

This is an extensive wildlife refuge. It’s beautiful but a little hard to navigate. Not a zoo, you need patience to see wildlife. Good birding place though.

Best to bring some time

This is an extensive wildlife refuge. It’s beautiful but a little hard to navigate. Not a zoo, you need patience to see wildlife. Good birding place though.

Not easy to navigate

This refuge serves a wonderful function for the wildlife and local hunters and people fishing. It is not well designed for nature lovers looking to explore. The maps are not helpful. There are no tra...

Not easy to navigate

This refuge serves a wonderful function for the wildlife and local hunters and people fishing. It is not well designed for nature lovers looking to explore. The maps are not helpful. There are no tra...

Nice NWR!

Off the beaten track, and you really need a map to find your way around, but this is a really nice NWR to visit. Make sure you stop by the visitors center on Rte 52 to orient yourself. Some pretty dec...