DeSoto Bend Visitors Center

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DeSoto Bend Waterfowl Viewing Area

  • September 28, 2000
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Casual Tourist from Enterprise, Kansas
I'm usually very frustrated with the outdoor waterfowl viewing area. It is constructed much like an old-time wooden fort with peep holes for us humans to look out of onto the water. The problem is, the area is usually crowded and there are not enough 'peep holes' to go around. I understand that there is a concerted effort to hide us humans from the birds so as to preserve the integrity of their habitat, but it is frustrating all the same. The viewing problems exist mostly on weekends, so this problem can be resolved by visiting on a week day.

The numbers provided by the refuge for migrating fowl are stagering -- 500,000 snow geese and 50,000 ducks.

From journal DeSoto Bend Wildlife Refuge and Ft Atkinson, NE

DeSoto Bend Visitors Center

  • September 28, 2000
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Casual Tourist from Enterprise, Kansas
DeSoto Bend Visitors Center

The Visitors Center serves as a museum for the articles recovered from the Bertrand, a steamboat that sank within the current boundaries of the park. The displays in the museum are well-lit and adequately spread out so that crowding is not a problem.

The visitor's center also offers an auditorium for films and several wildlife displays. There is a pleasant wildlife viewing area indoors so even if there is a chill in the air one can see what they came to see in comfort.

The facility is clean and well kept with large, roomy restrooms.

From journal DeSoto Bend Wildlife Refuge and Ft Atkinson, NE

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