National wildlife refuge

Mingo National Wildlife Refuge

Mingo National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in Stoddard County, Missouri run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. There is no entrance fee.

Check current closures and fire restrictions for Mingo National Wildlife Refuge on the managing agency's own page.

Mingo National Wildlife Refuge map

Mingo National Wildlife Refuge boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.

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Fire restrictions

This unit's own agency alerts list no fire restriction as of Oct. 5, 2026. We do not check a statewide fire-order feed for MO, so that is not a statement that no order exists, and not a green light for a fire. Check with the land manager and your county before you light anything.

Hours, fees, and visitor center

There is no entrance fee at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge.

What visitors do here: wildlife viewing, hiking, an auto tour route, hunting, fishing, boating.

Wildlife

BirdWaterfowl

Camping

Peoples Creek camping (0.9 miles outside the boundary): its sites, fees, and reservations on campgroundsdb.com.

Getting there

Nearest town: Puxico, 2.2 miles

Source: www2.census.gov, checked 2026-09-30.

Public lands next to Mingo National Wildlife Refuge

Wilderness areaMingo Wilderness lies inside Mingo National Wildlife Refuge.
National forestMark Twain National Forest is 2.3 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.

Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.

Photos

Photo of Mingo National Wildlife Refuge — Debbie Koenigs/USFWS, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)

Data source: Recreation.gov

fws.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
recreation.gov (accessed 2026-09-29)
www2.census.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)