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Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
View of Great Meadows, Concord
Map showing the location of Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Map showing the location of Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Location within Massachusetts
LocationConcord, Massachusetts, Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
Nearest cityConcord, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°28′30″N 71°19′47″W / 42.47500°N 71.32972°W / 42.47500; -71.32972
Area250 acres (100 ha)
Established1944
Governing bodyU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
WebsiteGreat Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

The Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a 12-mile-long (19 km) river wetlands conservation area, in two major parcels, stretching from the towns of Billerica, Massachusetts (downstream) to Wayland, Massachusetts (upstream), along the Concord River and Sudbury River.

Part of the National Wildlife Refuge system, the park is a popular destination for bird watchers and tourists. About 85 percent of the refuge's 3,600 acres (15 km2) is freshwater wetlands.[1]

  1. ^ Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 1, 2007.

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