A large bird flying over water and its reflection below in the water

Whether you wield a smartphone or a zoom lens, you’ll find photo-worthy subjects at Ash Meadows. Photography is a priority public use on national wildlife refuges, so you’ll find wildlife drives and boardwalks, to help you get the images you’re after.

Drone use is not allowed on the refuge. 

Photography should not cause resource damage, unreasonably disrupt public use, pose health or safety risks, or violate the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131-1136)