Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife Reserve · Princeton, Oregon
Some 187,000 acres of marsh, lake and meadow in the Harney Basin of south-eastern Oregon, established by Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 to stop plume hunters shooting out the egret and grebe colonies. It sits at a pinch point on the Pacific Flyway, and in spring the shallow water fills with birds - well over 300 species recorded, and days when the count runs to hundreds of thousands of individuals. It is a very long way from anywhere and that is the whole character of the place.
36391 Sodhouse Lane, Princeton, Oregon, 97721, United States
FREE and open daily, dawn to dusk, year round. The visitor centre and museum keep their own hours and are closed on some days and in winter - ring before making the drive. ⚠ THE SOD HOUSE RANCH IS OPEN ONLY SEASONALLY, typically mid-August to late September, to avoid disturbing nesting birds, and parts of the refuge close seasonally for the same reason. There is no fuel, food or shop on the refuge; Burns, 30 miles north, is the nearest of everything. The gravel roads become impassable after rain.
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