Knotts
Island
Refuge Headquarters
Charles Kuralt Overlook
Great Marsh Trail
Mackay Island Roads
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Mackay Island
Official Site
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Managed by the
US Fish and Wildlife Service,
the refuge is probably the greatest treasure on
Knotts Island.
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge was established on
December 30, 1960. The Service established the original
boundary of 7,835 acres in 1961 and expanded the boundary to
9,503 acres in 1991.
Today the refuge covers 8,219 acres of land in Currituck
County, North Carolina, and Virginia Beach, Virginia, along
with 4,383 acres of land and 3,931 acres of conservation
easement at the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge on the
Outer Banks of Currituck County, North Carolina.
Visitors are welcome and encouraged to enjoy the refuge
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