Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

Beautiful place to visit.

Beautiful place friendly staff but really need to include photographers in the design of their blinds. Not conducive for real wildlife photographers.

Lovely forest nature trails

We arrived mid-morning at the Flint Creek Day Use Area in Decatur, on a slough off the Tennessee River. It has a parking lot right off Point Mallard Parkway, and there is a fishing dock there but no ...

Most every part of the refuge is closed until October 2022 ish.

Most every part of the refuge is closed until October 2022 ish. We showed up only to find everything closed. They decided to close right before our trip.

Very interesting place

We arrived in Decatur earlier than expected so had time to check out the area. I wish we would have had more time at the refuge. There were many trails and the area was very nice. There was no admiss...

Winter Birdwatching 2021

Outstanding location to view wintering Sandhill Cranes. 8,000 had been counted during our visit. 9 Whooping Cranes were a bonus, as were many White-fronted Geese. One Ross's Goose made an appearanc...