Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in Washington County, Nebraska run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. There is no entrance fee.
Check current closures and fire restrictions for Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge on the managing agency's own page.
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge map
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
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 NE, 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 Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge.
What visitors do here: birding, hiking, an auto tour route, hunting, fishing.
Getting there
- Nearest town: Loveland, 4.1 miles
Source: www2.census.gov, checked 2026-09-30.
Public lands next to Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge
- State parkFort Atkinson State Historical Park, a state park, is 0.3 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.
- National wildlife refugeDesoto National Wildlife Refuge is 1.2 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.
- fws.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- recreation.gov (accessed 2026-09-29)
- www2.census.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)