Recreation Opportunities Abound



















Today visitors are drawn to Columbia National Wildlife Refuge for the scenic and recreational opportunities available. Take an auto tour of the refuge. Visit the Drumheller Channels National Natural Landmark interpretive site commemorating the glacial floods. Go for a walk and photograph flower or identify birds. Paddle a canoe from Hutchinson Lake to Shiner Lake and enjoy solitude and the antics of swallows building cliffside nest. Hike on of three different interpretive trails that highlight three different habitats.




















Visitors to Columbia have a wide variety of wildlands-oriented activities from which to choose; Wildlife observation, birding, photography, hiking and canoeing, as well as hunting and fishing.























Specific hunting and fishing information and regulations are available at information points on the refuge and at refuge headquarters at 7th and Main Streets in Othello.