Dogs at the national wildlife refuges.

Wildlife refuges are the strict end of the public-land map. They exist to protect animals first, so pets are often limited to auto-tour roads or a single trail, and plenty of refuges keep dogs out entirely. Here is the verified rule for the most-visited refuges, so you know before you go.

122refuges

70dog-friendly

28no dogs on trails

MNLimited access

Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge

Only on three trails, leashed dogs are restricted to Agassiz's three designated hiking trails.

Dogs at the national wildlife refuges.

Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge

Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge

Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge

Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge

Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge

Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge

Cape May National Wildlife Refuge

Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge

Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Cibola National Wildlife Refuge

Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge

Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge

DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge

DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge

Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

Desert National Wildlife Refuge

Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

Erie National Wildlife Refuge

Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge

Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge

Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge

Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge

Havasu National Wildlife Refuge

Horicon National Wildlife Refuge

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Imperial National Wildlife Refuge

Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge

J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge

J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum

Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge

Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge

Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Mingo National Wildlife Refuge

Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge

Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge

Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge

Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge

Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge

National Elk Refuge

Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge

Necedah National Wildlife Refuge