Tensas River
Tallulah, LA 71282
Plan Your Visit
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge offers a wide variety of activities for visitors. Thousands of people visit the refuge each year to take advantage of outdoor recreation opportunities such as hunting, wildlife photography and observation, and environmental education. Please use the information throughout this website to plan your visit!
Related Documents
The Public Use Regulations Brochure, which includes permit information, is available at refuge entrances and at the Visitor Center.
Using a GPS navigation system will sometimes NOT bring you to the Visitor Center. Please follow driving directions below!
Directions from I-20 Eastbound: Exit at Waverly (exit 157). Turn left onto Hwy 577 North. After approximately 1½ -2 miles, turn right onto Hwy 80 East. After approximately 8 miles, turn right onto Quebec Road. Follow Quebec Road for approximately 11 miles and the visitor center and headquarters are on the left.
Directions from I-20 Westbound: Exit at Tallulah (exit 171). Turn right onto Hwy 65 North and drive approximately 2 miles into Tallulah. Turn left between the courthouse and Popeyes onto Hwy 80 West. After approximately 7 miles, turn left onto Quebec Road. Follow Quebec Road for approximately 11 miles and the visitor center and headquarters are on the left.
Activities
Services
The Refuge is open to visitors from 4 a.m. until 2 hours after legal sunset. There is a Visitor Center on Quebec Road with exhibits. Activities available within the vicinity include the Hollow Cypress Boardwalk to the Observation Tower, the 4.5 mile gravel Wildlife Drive loop, and the Rainey Brake observatory and public use pier accessible via walking trail.
About
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1980 to preserve and develop environmental resources and conserve diverse fish and wildlife habitat. The refuge consists of nearly 80,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forests and oxbow lakes, supporting the state's largest population of the Louisiana black bear. It is part of the North Louisiana Refuges Complex, with headquarters located at D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge.