Back to nature: amazing animal encounters in every state
Jacqui Agate
21 December 2023
Where to see wildlife in the USA
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Alabama: Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
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Alaska: Denali National Park
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Arizona: Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Area, Springerville
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Arkansas: Petit Jean State Park
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California: Point Reyes National Seashore
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Colorado: Rocky Mountain National Park
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Connecticut: Eagle Landing State Park
RiverQuest/Facebook
Delaware: Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
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District of Columbia: Rock Creek Park, Washington DC
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Florida: Everglades National Park
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Georgia: Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Jekyll Island
GeorgiaSeaTurtleCenter/Facebook
Hawaii: Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
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Idaho: Harriman State Park
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Illinois: Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
USFWSMidwest/Facebook
Indiana: Indiana Dunes National Park
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Iowa: Backbone State Park
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Kansas: Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Department of the Interior/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0
Kentucky: Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park/Facebook
Louisiana: Barataria Preserve, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park
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Maine: Baxter State Park
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Maryland: Assateague Island National Seashore
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Massachusetts: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
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Michigan: Isle Royale National Park
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Minnesota: Voyageurs National Park
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Mississippi: Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge
MSSandhillCraneNWR/Facebook
Missouri: Lone Elk Park, St Louis
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Montana: Glacier National Park
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Nebraska: Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge
USFWSMountainPrairie/Facebook
Nevada: Lake Mead National Recreation Area
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New Hampshire: Franconia Notch State Park
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New Jersey: Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
ForsytheNWR/Facebook
New Mexico: Carlsbad Cavern National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park/Facebook
New York: Montauk Point State Park
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North Carolina: Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
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North Dakota: Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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Ohio: Ottawa Wildlife Refuge
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Oklahoma: Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
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Oregon: Cape Arago State Park
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Pennsylvania: Leonard Harrison State Park
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Rhode Island: Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
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South Carolina: Myrtle Beach State Park
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South Dakota: Custer State Park
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Tennessee: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Texas: Big Bend National Park
Piotr Kalinowski Photos/Shutterstock
Utah: Antelope Island State Park
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Vermont: Nulhegan Basin Division, Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region/Flickr/CC0
Virginia: Shenandoah National Park
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Washington: Olympic National Park
Marina Poushkina/Shutterstock
West Virginia: Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory
David Lee/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0
Wisconsin: Peninsula State Park
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Wyoming: Yellowstone National Park
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