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This refuge is closed to the public

Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge is closed to the public. No visitor services programs or facilities exist to accommodate visitation to the island.

Other Facilities in the Complex

Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge is one of many refuges that make up the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Each refuge in the complex plays vital role to conserving our unique, endemic species and resources in the Caribbean.

Sunset behind mountains that overlook a marsh framed by low vegetation.
Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge
Established in 1989, Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge is one of the most important freshwater habitats for migrating and resident aquatic birds in Puerto Rico. Establecido en el 1989 Laguna Cartagena es uno de los hábitats de agua dulce más importantes para las aves nativas y...
National Wildlife Refuge
Boqueron
A great frigatebird flies towards the photo. It's red throat is extended out. Behind him is another great frigatebird with its throat extended, sitting in a bush. White red-footed boobies sit in the bushes too.
Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge
Established in 1999, Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge is an uninhabited, 5 km² island in the Caribbean Sea between Haiti and Jamaica.
National Wildlife Refuge
Boqueron
Beach shoreline with a crisp blue ocean waves
Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge
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Frederiksted,VI
Caracas beach ocean view with bright blue sky and clear blue waters
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge created by Congress with lands formerly managed by the Navy in 2001 and 2003. The refuge consists of approximately 17,771 acres of land (3,100 acres on the west and 14,671 acres on the east). Vieques National Wildlife Refuge is considered one of the most...
National Wildlife Refuge
Vieques,PR

Locations

Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge
(340) 773-4554
C/O Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, Federal Building3013 Estate Golden Rock, Suite 167Christiansted,VI00820-4226
Hours
Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge
Year-round
The refuge is closed to public access
Buck Island Danish Lighthouse

The Buck Island Light Station was erected in 1913. This 25-foot-high, truncated square steel tower represents Danish Colonial style. It is the older of two towers situated on a 0.92-acre site located atop a plateau on the crest of the northeast corner of the Island. The lighthouse was owned by Denmark at the time of the transfer of the Danish West Indies to the United States in 1917.