Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge

Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map of the United States
Location	Suffolk County, New York, United States
Nearest city	Lloyd Harbor, New York
Coordinates	40°55′22″N 73°25′51″W / 40.92277°N 73.43083°W / 40.92277; -73.43083Coordinates: 40°55′22″N 73°25′51″W / 40.92277°N 73.43083°W / 40.92277; -73.43083^[1]
Area	80 acres (0.32 km²)
Established	1967
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge

The Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge is located just east of the village of Lloyd Harbor, New York, on the north shore of Long Island, 25 miles (40 km) east of New York City.

This 80-acre (320,000 m²) refuge is composed of mature oak-hickory forest, a half-mile rocky beach, a brackish pond, and several vernal ponds. The land and waters support a variety of songbirds (particularly warblers during spring migration), mammals, shorebirds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. During the colder months, diving ducks are common offshore, while harbor seals occasionally use the beach and nearby rocks as resting sites. New York State and federally protected piping plover, least tern, and common tern depend on the Refuge's rocky shore for foraging and rearing young.

The spring bloom at Target Rock is a reminder of its days as a garden estate, with flowering rhododendrons and mountain laurel.

References

Refuge website

↑ "Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Protected areas of New York

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National Wildlife Refuges	Iroquois Long Island Complex Amagansett Conscience Point Elizabeth A. Morton Lido Beach Oyster Bay Sayville Seatuck Target Rock Wertheim Montezuma Shawangunk Grasslands Wallkill River

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