Birding spots · Colorado

Best Birding Spots in Denver County, Colorado

Bluff Lake leads Denver County's birding spots with 194 species reported, best in spring. 72 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
Bluff Lake	194	4,827	82	161	112	154
Heron Pond/Heller Open Space	161	924	48	144	62	92
Verbena Park	159	1,299	59	124	90	109
Westerly Creek Park	150	1,747	55	123	75	101
City Park (south)	149	2,055	69	120	75	100
Marston Lake	146	1,558	67	122	62	87
Washington Park	132	2,063	67	104	64	85
Overland Pond Park	130	1,033	62	112	48	68
Sand Creek Open Space (Westerly Creek)	130	891	51	107	67	79
Rocky Mountain Lake Park	126	1,252	54	104	57	59
Sloan's Lake Park	125	939	46	99	49	88
Stapleton Central Park	124	2,041	54	102	72	83
Bear Creek Park	123	806	53	99	70	68
Bear Valley Park	118	820	65	84	66	69
Sand Creek Open Space	117	1,060	48	97	53	76
Bowles Reservoir Number One	115	411	58	71	36	81
Parkfield	112	388	36	92	57	63
Washington Park (south)	106	823	57	79	51	66
Marston Lake (Bowles Reservoir Number One)	101	196	56	66	23	62
Denver Botanic Gardens	100	1,313	31	80	55	59
Kelly Open Space	97	426	27	81	52	36
Bible (James A) Park	92	725	44	71	52	33
Commons	89	598	44	62	47	40
City Park (south 2)	89	495	53	77	40	42
City Park (Duck Lake)	87	749	53	64	42	41
Berkeley Lake Park	85	764	39	63	41	42
Garland (David T) Park	85	520	32	76	40	37
City Park (Ferril Lake)	83	454	47	68	40	40
High Line Canal Trail (Windsor Lake)	83	253	35	70	36	30
Hentzel (Paul A) Park	83	215	45	51	51	34
Valle Lake	83	163	42	43	31	40
Inspiration Point Park	79	264	31	54	42	48
Frontier West	77	249	50	59	27	28
Incinerator Lake	75	336	44	54	37	31
City Park (south 3)	72	455	49	51	34	34
Barnum Park	68	165	20	54	24	37
Cherry Creek Corridor	62	165	34	44	30	30
Huston Lake Park	61	297	30	43	25	33
Washington Park (Smith Lake)	57	171	35	42	24	30
Vanderbilt Park	57	73	14	45	12	15
Ward Reservoir Number 5	56	488	28	37	26	36
Overland Municipal Golf Course	55	69	38	26	19	18
Great Lawn Park	54	71	9	41	32	20
Cook (Judge Joseph E) Park	52	186	30	41	27	14
Rocky Mountain Lake	49	142	16	34	12	28
Eisenhower (Mamie Doud) Park	48	179	34	30	20	22
Northfield Pond Park	44	51	10	22	24	21
Garfield Lake Park	43	80	20	27	26	19
City of Karmiel Park	42	93	18	28	22	7
Harvard Gulch Golf Course	42	77	8	23	21	20