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Lucas County
=Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge= =Veler Road= Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge website Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge map

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Ottawa NWR--Veler Rd.
Coordinates: 41.6307776, -83.2511248 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Veler Road
Veler Road is the exit to the Wildlife Drive at the wildlife refuge. When the Wildlife Drive is not open Veler Road is open to the gate at the refuge boundary. There is a small parking area outside the gate. This is a good area to view birds in the moist soil unit on the refuge south of Veler Road. A scope is helpful. From Ken Ostermiller

About Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge provides valuable habitat for a diversity of waterfowl and other migratory birds, resident wildlife, and endangered and threatened species. It provides a place for people to enjoy wildlife-dependent activities and learn about the complexities of the natural world through education and interpretive programming.

Ottawa Refuge is located in northwest Ohio. The entrance is located 15 miles east of Toledo, Ohio or 16 miles west of Port Clinton, Ohio on OH-2. The entrance road is located on the north side of OH-2.

Visitors should stop at the visitor center which opened in 2007. This beautiful lodge style building welcomes you and tells the refuge story. The building is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

There are ten miles of hiking trails. These trails travel through a variety of habitats and start behind the visitor center or from the trailhead parking lot.

The refuge auto tour is open on scheduled days from 8 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The auto tour travels through areas of the refuge not otherwise open to the general public. See the calendar of events for open dates. From Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge website

Trumpeter Swan Photo by Peter Kaestner || **Please, be safe. It is never safe to stop your car on OH-2 in this area. State and local police ticket drivers pulled over to the side of this highway.**

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