Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge


Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife RefugesAddress:c/o Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex
1000 Business Center Dr, Suite 10
Savannah, GA 31405
Phone:912-652-4415
Web: www.fws.gov/pinckneyisland
Established: 1975.
Location:Near Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Facilities:Viewing sites, trails.
Activities:Fishing, hiking, bicycling, hunting (limited), educational programs.
Special Features:Pinckney Island NWR includes Corn Island, Big and Little Harry Islands, Buzzard Island, and numerous small hammocks. Picnkney Island is the largest and the only one open to public use.
Habitats: 4,053 acres of salt marsh, tidal creeks, forestland, brushland, fallow field, and freshwater ponds.
Access: Open sunrise to sunset.
Wild life: Herons, egrets, alligators, deer, bald eagle, wood stork, and flatwoods salamander.
See other parks in Georgia.