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Getting There & Away
Klamath Falls airport (
541-883-5372; www.flykfalls.com ; 6775 Arnold Ave) 5 miles south-
east of town.
BTS ( 541-883-2877; www.basintransit.com ; 1130 Adams St) Provides regional bus services
to surrounding cities from Monday to Saturday.
Amtrak (
541-884-2822; www.amtrak.com ; 1600 Oak Ave) is at Spring St and Oak Ave.
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Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges
The Klamath Basin is a broad, marshy floodplain extending from the southern base of
Crater Lake into the northernmost part of California. The surrounding region offers some
of the finest bird-watching in the West: six wildlife refuges, totaling more than 300 sq
miles, support concentrations of more than a million birds.
In the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge , tule rushes fill the northwestern
shore of shallow, marshy Upper Klamath Lake. Here there's shelter for colonies of cor-
morants, egrets, herons, cranes, pelicans and many varieties of ducks and geese. A
9.5-mile canoe trail starts at Rocky Point Resort, 24 miles northwest of Klamath Falls
off Hwy 140.
West of Worden, down near the state border, Bear Valley Refuge is known mostly as a
wintering area for bald eagles; 500 to 1000 birds gather here between December and
March.
The Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge lies mostly in California. This mix of
open water, shallow marsh, cropland and grassy upland offers the best year-round view-
ing and great access for motorists: a 10-mile auto tour begins off Hwy 161 (State Line
Rd). Get information beforehand in Klamath Falls or at the Refuge Headquarters (
530-667-2231; www.fws.gov/klamathbasinrefuges ; 4009 Hill Rd) in Tulelake, California.
If you're in the area on President's Day weekend in mid-February, check out the four-
day Winter Wings Festival ( www.winterwingsfest.org ) , which draws together bird-lovers of
all kinds for lectures, workshops, field trips and wildlife art at the Oregon Institute of
Technology in Klamath Falls.
 
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