Washita NWR is located in western Oklahoma in Custer County on the western shores of Foss Lake off SR 33.
The 8,200-acre refuge was established in 1961 and provides habitat for a wide variety wildlife including the American avocet, American white pelican, bald eagle, blue-winged teal, bobcat, bobwhite quail, Canada goose, coyote, gadwall, golden eagle, green-winged teal, interior least tern, lesser yellowlegs, mallard, marbled godwit, merganser, osprey, pintail, prairie dog, raccoon, Ross' goose, sanderling, sandhill crane, snow goose, snowy egret, turkey, white-fronted goose, white-tailed deer, whooping crane and wigeon.