Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
DeLeon Springs, FL 32130
Phone:386-985-4673
Fax:386-985-7926
Web: www.fws.gov/lakewoodruff/
Established: 1964.
Location:30 miles north of Orlando in central Florida.
Facilities:Visitor contact station, observation tower, hiking trails.
Activities:Boating, canoeing, fishing, bicycling, hiking, hunting, educational programs.
Special Features:Refuge protects ecologically sensitive lands along the Saint John River. It contains more than 5,000 acres of freshwater and more than 50 miles of waterways which are used by endangered Florida manatees as foraging, breeding and calving areas.
Habitats: 21,574 acres of freshwater marsh and hardwood swamp interspersed with canals, streams, and lakes.
Access: Open year round during daylight hours.
Wild life: West Indian manatee, indigo snake, American alligator, snail kite, osprey, limpkin, gopher tortoise, and white-tailed deer.
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