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Trails, Scenic Drives, Overlook
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge offers nature trails from .5 miles to 1.75 miles, scenic drives, and an overlook observation deck.
Wildlife Watching & Nature Trails
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eBird Observation Entries
Find out what birds are being seen at the refuge, including the most recent sightings.
eBird Daily Observations
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The Meadows
Las Vegas is Spanish for ‘The
Meadows,’ an appropriate name for a high plains refuge blanketed in short and
tall-grass prairie.
Wildlife & Habitat
Your Support is Appreciated
Refuge Experiencing Intermittent Power Losses
Beginning early this week, the refuge has encountered telephone, Internet, and power outages. Communication services and some power to facilities has been intermittent. We apologize for this inconvenience. Updates will be posted when all services are restored.
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge is fortunate to have a dedicated Friends Group that provides continual support! The Friends of Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge manage a variety of events at the refuge, the refuges within the Northern New Mexico National Wildlife Refuge Complex, and in the neighboring community. For more information on the Friends Group, to assist the Group as a Volunteer, and/or to become a Friends' Member, visit their website link within the page below.
Friends of Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
Launched in 2002 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, eBird website program is a real-time, online checklist program that has revolutionized the way that the birding community reports and accesses information about birds. A birder simply enters when, where, and how they went birding, then fills out a checklist of all the birds seen and heard during the outing. The observations of each participant join those of others in an international network of eBird users. The link below allows you to set-up an account in eBird to submit your observations. The Refuge appreciates you entering your bird sightings on the eBird online checklist program. For more information about eBird go to: https://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/eBird.org.
Current entries at Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge, can be seen on our Wildlife & Habitat page, in the header section up above, and then open the left menu link titled: Report a Bird Sighting.
eBird On-line Program to Submit Observations
Visit Today!
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge's Visitor Center is open when staff are available: Monday-Thursday from 8:00 am-4:30 pm, and Fridays from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm. Due to a smaller staff, our refuge office and Visitor Center may be closed during some of these hours, when employees are in the field. You may call 505-425-3581, before coming to the refuge, to assure that a staff member is available. We appreciate your patience and understanding when visiting the refuge.
Contact Us
New Mexico's Las Vegas!
Come rejuvenate your soul by enjoying nature at Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge, located in the State of New Mexico, Land of Enchantment! Enjoy hiking trails, an 8 mile scenic auto tour loop drive, and an observation deck lookout for wildlife watching. The views are magnificent at this beautiful Refuge! What happens here, you will want to share with Everyone!
Refuge' Trails and Observation Areas
About the NWRS
The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife, and plants.
Learn more about the NWRS
Page Photo Credits – Canyon view down to the Gallinas River / USFWS, White-tailed buck / R. Larranaga, USFWS, Harrier hawk / © Bernadette Madison, USFWS, Yellow-headed blackbird / © Bernadette Madison, USFWS, Refuge's Visitor Center entrance / USFWS, White-tailed deer fawn / © Tom Stehn, USFWS, Alternate communication - Maxwell Smart with his shoe phone, Red-tailed hawk perched on refuge fence post / USFWS, Northern shovelers male and female / © Bernadette Madison, USFWS, Long-billed dowitcher / © Cyndi Souza, USFWS
Last Updated: Mar 13, 2019