Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Photograph of Lake Drummond, Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia
Map showing the location of Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Map showing the location of Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Map showing the location of Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Map showing the location of Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
LocationCamden, Gates, Pasquotank counties, North Carolina,
Chesapeake, Suffolk, Virginia, United States
Coordinates36°35′00″N 76°27′00″W / 36.58333°N 76.45000°W / 36.58333; -76.45000
Area112,000 acres (450 km2)
Established1974
Governing bodyU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
WebsiteGreat Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Washington Ditch in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in 2016

The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1974 to help protect and preserve a portion of the Great Dismal Swamp, a marshy region on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the United States. It is located in parts of the independent cities of Chesapeake and Suffolk in Virginia, and the counties of Camden, Gates, and Pasquotank in North Carolina.[1]

  1. ^ "Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge" (PDF). The Great Dismal Swamp and the Underground Railroad. Fish and Wildlife Service. September 2003. Retrieved January 30, 2012.