National Wildlife Refuges in Massachusetts

Massachusetts has 10 national wildlife refuges, all run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge, Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge, Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, and Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge. 2 are closed to the public.

Each refuge sets its own closures and fire rules. Each refuge's page lists the fire restriction orders and closures on record for it, from the refuge's own fws.gov alerts, re-checked every six hours. Hunting and fishing seasons and limits are the refuge regulation's and Nevada's: each page links them, and none are restated here.

Massachusetts national wildlife refuges map

  • National wildlife refuges (FWS)
Land managed by (switch layers on or off)
Land managed by

Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.

Open this area in Google Maps

Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge Middlesex County Yes Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Middlesex County Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge Barnstable County Yes Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record
Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge Plymouth County No Closed to the public Closed to the public Closed to the public Closed to the public
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge Barnstable County Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record
Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge Nantucket County Yes Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record
Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge Dukes County No Closed to the public Closed to the public Closed to the public Closed to the public
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge Worcester County Yes Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Essex County Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record
Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge Essex County Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record