Canoers paddle Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge Canoe Trail
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Boating - non-motorized

At Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge

The Boat Dock Day Use Area provides water access for paddlecraft. Paddlecraft are permitted on the water from this launch area south to the Highway 52 crossing. Picnic tables and a restroom are available on-site. Please note that swimming is not permitted anywhere on the Refuge.

Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Activities

Hunter and his dog pursue upland game birds in the prairie at Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge in South Dakota.
Hunting
Two volunteers birding on sandpiper trail at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge.
Birding
A woman points while a child next to her looks through binoculars
Wildlife watching
Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge
42000 520th Street NW
Kenmare, ND 58746
Get directions
(701) 385-4046
MountainPrairieNWRS@fws.gov