National Wildlife Refuge · FWS · IN
Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge
Alerts and conditions
Weather Frost Advisory issued November 8 at 9:57AM EST until November 9 at 9:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 35 will result in frost formation.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Indiana, northeast and northern
Kentucky, and central, south central, and southwest Ohio.
* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive
outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
What to do: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Read the full alert · Until Nov 9, 2026, 2:00 PM
History
The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.
What to see and do
Plan your visit
Check the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for current hours, fees and access.
Whose lands these are
These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.
Pair it with
- Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 20 miles
- William Howard Taft National Historic Site NPS · 50 miles
- Hoosier National Forest USFS · 74 miles
- Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park NPS · 91 miles
- Camp Nelson National Monument NPS · 91 miles
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park NPS · 96 miles