There is an 8-mile auto tour route within Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge takes you through a variety of habitats and provides good opportunities for viewing wildlife. The route is passable by passenger vehicles. All other dirt roads are only seasonally passable and are not maintained. Four-wheel drive or high-clearance vehicles are recommended for these roads.

To protect sensitive wildlife, seasonal road closures within the Refuge are in effect on the lower river terraces in Straddle, Hog, Horseshoe, and Spitzie bottoms from March 1st to July 31st. Motorized vehicles are not permitted into those areas during seasonal closures, however visitors may walk or bike into them.

Wildlife viewing is available throughout the refuge. The 8 mile long wildlife drive takes you along the Green River as well as to wetlands observations and through upland and grassland habitats. A variety of species such as river otter, beaver, black-tailed jackrabbits, osprey, Great Basin gopher snakes, songbirds, Woodhouse’s toad, waterfowl, deer, moose and elk inhabit this area.

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