Togiak National Wildlife Refuge

Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Ahklun and Wood River Mountains, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
Map of Alaska, United States
Location	Alaska, United States
Nearest city	Dillingham, Alaska
Coordinates	59°20′00″N 160°15′02″W / 59.3333333°N 160.2505556°W / 59.3333333; -160.2505556[1]
Area	4,102,537 acres (16,602.38 km2)
Established	1980
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Togiak NWR

Dominated by the Ahklun Mountains in the north and the cold waters of Bristol Bay to the south, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge confronts the traveler with a kaleidoscope of landscapes. The natural forces that have shaped this land range from the violent and powerful to the geologically patient. Earthquakes and volcanoes filled the former role, and their marks can still be found, but it was the gradual advance and retreat of glacial ice that carved many of the physical features of this refuge.

The refuge has a surface area of 4,102,537 acres (16,602.4 km²). It is the fourth-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the United States as well as the state of Alaska, which has all eleven of the largest NWRs. It is bordered in the southeast by Wood-Tikchik State Park, the largest state park in the United States.