Birding spots · Colorado

Best Birding Spots in Garfield County, Colorado

Rifle Gap State Park leads Garfield County's birding spots with 145 species reported, best in spring. 23 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
Rifle Gap State Park	145	518	33	105	86	86
Carbondale Nature Park	111	342	54	74	45	67
Harvey Gap State Park	111	251	17	71	53	61
Dry Hollow Creek	106	218	28	78	59	68
Rifle Falls State Park	93	235	11	47	73	23
Two Rivers Park	86	352	47	47	48	35
Town Park	85	191	24	59	61	32
Kiwanis Park	74	210	28	49	45	32
Lions Park Rifle Visitor Center	73	198	29	50	43	32
Fravert Reservoir	70	153	5	42	48	31
Parachute Ponds State Wildlife Area	70	88	9	58	44	18
No Name	64	185	18	38	42	21
John M Fleet Municipal Pool	58	83	14	34	30	13
Hanging Lake	55	128	16	27	39	19
Colorado River Segment 7 (Grizzly Creek)	52	206	8	17	33	12
Scotts Lake	47	55	0	0	44	17
Douglas Pass	46	106	0	24	36	11
Rifle Falls SFU	46	58	22	15	30	9
Threemile Creek	45	50	20	26	14	18
Colorado River Segment 7 (Ike Creek)	41	90	8	15	28	9
Birding spot near Rifle	95	337	35	72	39	51
Birding spot near Carbondale	59	64	11	39	32	19
Birding spot near Silt	57	117	0	51	17	14