Welcome to Hirundo Wildlife Refuge! Hirundo is a 2,400- acre nature preserve spanning Pushaw and Dead Streams only 10 miles from the University of Maine-Orono Campus, and half an hour’s drive from Bangor. The Refuge comprises a wide variety of habitats with mixed hardwood and evergreen forests, and vast wetlands including riverways, domed bog, maple and juniper swamps, and a man-made lake (Lac d’Or). Hirundo Wildlife Refuge is operated independently by the HIrundo Wildlife Trust, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

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The mission of the Hirundo Wildlife Trust is to maintain the Hirundo Wildlife Refuge as a sanctuary to preserve and protect wildlife and their habitats. Consistent with this primary purpose, the Trust makes the Refuge available as a living laboratory for education and research, and to promote the public’s appreciation of Nature.

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The public is welcome to visit Hirundo Wildlife Refuge 7 days a week dawn to dusk year round.

Visitors can paddle canoes free of charge and hike a clearly marked, seven-mile trail system on 300 acres. Trail maps are available at Gates 1, 2, 3 or 6, and may be downloaded here. Please call a day in advance for canoes. See the calendar for upcoming programs.

 

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Become a member and support the Refuge!

Admission is free, but donations are encouraged. Donation boxes are located at the gates. For membership information, click on “Support Hirundo”.To continue our work, we need your involvement and support!
It takes a village to keep a refuge.