Birding spots · Alaska

Best Birding Spots in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

Chester Creek Greenbelt leads Anchorage Municipality's birding spots with 134 species reported, best in summer. 110 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Chester Creek Greenbelt	134	4,339	16	105	109	81
Bootlegger Cove	134	2,460	13	110	108	75
Potter Marsh	125	4,058	11	106	111	57
Turnagain Refuge Park	123	677	7	93	86	72
Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge	114	735	16	107	50	39
Hood Lake	109	2,805	4	95	79	53
Potter Marsh (south)	103	664	0	72	83	29
Campbell Creek Estuary (Campbell Reservoir)	102	296	2	63	77	60
Campbell Creek Estuary	99	720	14	64	65	61
Point Woronzof Overlook	98	397	6	65	55	54
Chester Creek Greenbelt (Westchester Lake)	94	2,640	35	73	58	54
North Coastal Trail	94	517	13	61	71	37
Kincaid Park	91	853	21	67	72	45
Connors Lake Park	91	542	13	68	63	43
Kincaid Park (Point Campbell)	86	218	8	66	45	41
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area	84	403	13	64	47	38
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area (Twentymile River)	84	191	5	68	40	28
Otter Lake	83	143	2	72	58	14
Potter Marsh (Little Survival Creek)	80	884	0	57	64	17
Lynn Ary Park	80	227	2	58	56	11
Earthquake Park	79	353	8	56	60	23
Girdwood Town Square Buffer Park	79	251	14	64	56	14
Chugach State Park (Bird Point)	77	275	2	52	50	37
Glacier Creek	74	259	20	56	49	22
Potter Marsh (south 2)	71	592	0	47	62	10
Northwood Park	71	305	17	46	58	16
Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge (Rabbit Creek)	69	88	9	65	20	2
Chester Creek Greenbelt (Thompson)	67	448	29	50	37	34
Johns Park	67	156	14	60	17	7
University Lake Park	65	611	18	53	41	29
Oceanview Bluff Park	64	154	10	55	29	13
Potter Marsh (south 3)	63	337	0	54	49	2
Goose Lake	60	361	3	45	44	21
Jewel Lake	60	209	1	33	31	34
Cheney Lake Park	58	282	12	37	38	28
Lyn Ary Park	58	152	7	42	42	4
Chugach State Park	55	575	12	41	46	23
Hillside Park	55	338	8	40	47	20
State Land Disposals - Municipal Purposes (southeast)	54	164	10	44	34	13
DeLong Lake	54	164	0	34	32	24
Potter Marsh (Little Rabbit Creek)	54	110	4	44	39	0
Airstrip Pond	54	92	1	39	37	3
State Land Disposals - Municipal Purposes	53	265	15	40	36	21
Campbell Creek Greenbelt	52	258	14	33	37	27
Kincaid Park (Little Campbell Lake)	52	151	5	33	38	19
Ship Creek Overlook Park	51	381	17	41	28	25
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area (Alyeska)	50	228	12	34	46	7
Elderberry Park	49	173	8	24	39	13
Chugach State Park (Mc Hugh Creek)	49	144	6	31	40	7
The Cuddy Family Mid-Town Park	48	598	15	42	24	23