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Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge


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Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
2591 Whitehall Neck Road
Smyrna, 19977





National Park Overview
Since 1937, Bombay Hook has hosted hundreds of thousands of migrating ducks, geese, shorebirds and neotropical songbirds -ll following old traditions of natural history, the spring and fall migrations. Tired and hungry, they seek shelter at Bombay Hook and feast on marsh grasses, fish and other important foods before continuing their flight.

Bombay Hook is one of many refuges providing critical habitat between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. Its 16,000 acres include freshwater pools, swamps, upland forests -gricultural fields and one of the largest unaltered tidal salt marshes in the Mid-Atlantic region.




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Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge R.D. #1 Box 147 Smyrna, DE 19977-9764 (302) 653 6872 ? 653 9345 A tremendous resource not only for the MidAtlantic states, but for the entire nation, the

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JAN 0014 JAN 00 Wednesday Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Leipsic DE A loop road

From the NorthPhiladelphia AreaI-95 South into Delaware Route 1 South (Christiana exit) (toll road $1.00) Exit 114 (Route 13 North) for Smyrna. Right turn at the end of the exit ramp. Right at the next light onto Route 12 East (Smyrna-Leipsic Road) Route 12 merges with Route 9 South (5 miles) Left onto Whitehall Neck Road which ends at the Refuge

From Washington, DC AreaI-95 North to Washington, DC Beltway Route 50 East over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge 301 North Route 300 East to Smyrna Route 13 South Left on Rt 12 East (Symrna-Leipsic Road) until it merges with Rt 9 (5 miles) Left on Whitehall Neck Road which ends at the Refuge

From Dover, DelawareTake Route 13 North Turn right onto Route 42 East into Leipsic Turn left onto Route 9 and proceed north for 2 miles Turn right onto Whitehall Neck Road which ends at the Refuge entrance

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge