Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge


Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife RefugesAddress:PO Box 1128
Kilauea, HI 96754

Phone:808-828-1413
Fax:808-828-1414
Web: pacificislands.fws.gov/wnwr/kkilaueanwr.html
Established: 1985.
Location:On the north coast of Kauai, 1 mile north of Kilauea.
Facilities:Visitor center, viewing sites, trails, historic features.
Activities:Educational programs, hiking, wildlife observation.
Special Features:Refuge houses the historic Kilauea Lighthouse. Visitors may spot great frigatebirds, brown boobies, red-tailed and white-tailed tropicbirds, and Laysan albatrosses. Humpback whales and dolphins can often be sighted in the water off the Point.
Habitats: 203 acres of cliffs and headlands jutting up to 200 feet above the surf.
Access: Open daily, 10am - 4pm.
Wild life: Wedge-tailed shearwaters, red-footed boobies, Hawaiian monk seals, and the endangerd nene or Hawaiian Goose, which is the state bird of Hawaii.

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