The Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in a region known as the 'Backcountry', which reaches from north of Marathon to north of Key West.

the refuge is located along the north side of the Keys in that area that border the Gulf of Mexico.

One of the few remaining breeding colonies of the Miami blue is in the refuge.

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