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Refuge's Fall Festival Dates and Parade
The Refuge's fall to winter Events include our weekly "Fall Flight Festival," and Holiday "Electric Light Parade." View our Calendar -
Events Calendar
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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
● Beginning November 3, 2019 is our "Fall Flight Festival" - Every Sunday in November! Starting at 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Discover Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge during the fall migration! The 4 1/2 mile self-guided wildlife drive will take you through native short-grass prairie grasslands, playa lakes, marshes, and croplands that serve as important habitat for a multitude of migratory birds. You will see a wide variety of waterfowl, geese, eagles, and sandhill cranes. Volunteer roving Naturalists will be on hand with spotting scopes to help you identify birds. Interpretive programs will also be offered at the Visitor Center every Sunday in November at 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. (Seating is limited to 40. All seats will be available on a first come first serve basis.) For information call Ted Winston at (505) 429-2032.
● December, 2019 - "Electric Light Parade." Come help the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge and the Friends of Las Vegas build a Christmas float to enter in the Electric Light Parade. For more details call Debbie Pike at the refuge: 505-425-3581, Ext. 205.
Upcoming Calendar Events
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
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
Fall Canada Goose Hunting Season
Public hunting for Canada geese will be allowed by permit on Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge in a designated goose hunt area. Specific hunt dates begin Tuesday, November 19, 2019 through Tuesday, December 17, 2019 for one hunt date per hunter.
Two Canada Geese will be permitted for each hunter. Our current Hunt Regulations, Hunt Area Map, and fillable Hunt Application are linked below. For Additional Information:
505-425-3581.
2019 Canada Goose Hunt Season
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
eBird Sightings
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
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, Canada Geese / USFWS, Sandhill cranes in flight / USFWS, White-tailed buck / R. Larranaga, USFWS, Harrier hawk / © Bernadette Madison, USFWS, Canada Goose / USFWS, Refuge's Visitor Center entrance / USFWS, Northern shovelers male and female / © Bernadette Madison, USFWS, White-tailed deer fawn / © Tom Stehn, USFWS, Red-tailed hawk perched on refuge fence post / USFWS, Long-billed dowitcher / © Cyndi Souza, USFWS
Last Updated: Sep 30, 2019