J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Map

This interactive visitor map shows the roads, trails, parking lots, and points of interest within J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel, Florida. If you are in the park, your current location will be marked with a blue arrow.

The refuge is known as "America's Birding Hotspot" and is also home to iconic Florida wildlife, including the Florida manatee, bottlenose dolphin, and American alligator. Use this map to view birding hotspots from eBird, view recent wildlife sightings, and submit your own observations.

Filter points of interest by theme or location

Submit your own wildlife observations

Note: Submitting data requires the use of a CARTO API key, which is secured behind a proxy and requires server access. This portion of the application needs to run locally through XAMPP. See a demo here.

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