If you enjoy getting outdoors and looking for wildlife, visit the Complex! Drive one of the auto tours or take a hike along a trail to spot some of the wildlife of the Sacramento Valley. Learn more about planning your visit, seeing wildlife, and more.

 The Visitor Center for the Sacramento NWR Complex is located at Sacramento NWR.  Come by and check out the wildlife displays, bookstore, Discovery Room, native plant garden, picnic area, Wetland Walk, auto Tour and more!

The Complex offers two Auto Tours that take you through a variety of habitats and provide amazing wildlife viewing.

From self-guided walks to naturalist-led programs, the Complex provides opportunities for visitors of all ages learn more about the wildlife and habitat.

Refuges provide enhanced opportunities to photograph wildlife in natural habitats by providing platforms, brochures, interpreters, viewing areas, and tour routes.

The Complex has a variety of trails through different habitats

Bicycling is only allowed on a limited number of trails and roads, for a limited time during the year (May 15 – Aug 15).  To learn more about where bicycling is permitted, click the link below.

Hunting is an important wildlife management tool that we recognize as a healthy, traditional outdoor pastime, deeply rooted in America’s heritage. Hunting can instill a unique understanding and appreciation of wildlife, their behavior, and their habitat needs.

As practiced on refuges, hunting does not pose a threat to wildlife populations, and in some instances is necessary for sound wildlife management.

Thousands of students and youth participate in educational programs every year. Refuges are wild places, and we want to teach you more about them!

Combine nature and technology on our high-tech scavenger hunt.

Fishing is only available on the Packer Unit of the Sacramento River NWR and on the Sacramento River.