Birding spots · Alaska

Best Birding Spots in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska

Eagle River leads Juneau City and Borough's birding spots with 165 species reported, best in spring. 50 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
Eagle River	165	1,420	41	141	117	106
Entrance Point	114	486	45	91	53	66
Dredge Lake	111	1,027	4	94	84	42
Mendenhall Glacier Ecology National Recreation Trail	101	934	7	64	78	25
Point Bridget State Park	94	90	0	72	59	23
Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge (Ninemile Creek)	91	94	23	55	57	25
Point Louisa	85	984	49	73	44	56
Tolch Rock	81	432	0	64	55	36
Juneau	73	349	23	49	47	21
Savikko Park (Sandy Beach)	71	290	27	54	52	18
Sheep Creek	69	221	28	45	39	25
Riverside Rotary Park	64	453	4	51	36	28
Vanderbilt Hill	59	195	4	38	25	33
Gastineau Channel	58	315	14	27	40	14
Pearl Harbor	58	210	15	48	39	22
Mayor Bill Overstreet Park	54	168	20	23	31	25
Salt Lake	52	166	0	39	16	31
Auke Bay	51	127	20	35	26	13
Snowslide Creek	50	72	11	18	39	0
Nugget Creek	46	157	0	32	40	11
Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge	46	105	21	31	12	9
Mendenhall Lake Recreation Area	43	82	2	34	18	11
Mendenhall Lake Recreation Area (Tolch Rock)	41	64	1	24	32	1
Pearl Harbor (Saint Terese)	41	52	0	22	22	20
Waydelich Creek	40	167	22	21	12	25
State Patented (Douglas Island)	38	61	1	13	25	16
Gold Creek Valley	37	84	0	21	30	3
Snowslide Gulch	37	82	0	21	27	12
Mendenhall Lake Recreation Area (Nugget Creek)	37	75	0	19	34	3
State Patented (Shaman Island)	37	64	14	30	4	2
Nugget Creek (Steep Creek)	37	63	1	26	33	8
Sunny Point	34	61	7	18	13	9
Switzer Creek	34	50	1	24	26	12
Mendenhall Lake Recreation Area (Steep Creek)	33	75	0	19	29	1
Starr Hill	33	62	0	19	26	1
Auke Nu Cove	25	72	14	14	10	13
Birding spot near Juneau	165	2,811	68	113	116	128
Birding spot near Juneau (Mendenhall Valley)	138	431	30	110	91	62
Birding spot near Juneau (Mendenhall Peninsula)	130	978	43	111	67	67
Birding spot near Juneau (Jordan Creek)	111	256	22	96	65	39
Birding spot near Juneau (Outer Point)	98	404	43	71	61	62
Birding spot near Excursion Inlet	96	141	20	72	40	49
Birding spot near Juneau (Montana Creek)	85	546	24	53	61	40
Birding spot near Juneau (Lemon Creek)	78	530	8	50	43	45
Birding spot near Juneau (Salmon Creek)	53	230	17	31	7	40
Birding spot near Juneau (Lena Beach)	52	251	16	42	21	20
Birding spot near Juneau (west)	52	79	20	34	33	21
Birding spot near Juneau (Tsantikihin (historical))	46	182	0	25	42	10
Birding spot near Juneau (Tolch Rock)	38	231	12	28	23	18
Birding spot near Juneau (Snowslide Creek)	36	83	0	14	33	4