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Best Birding Spots in Jefferson County, Colorado

Bear Creek Lake leads Jefferson County's birding spots with 243 species reported, best in spring. 181 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
Bear Creek Lake	243	2,853	90	200	123	192
Chatfield Lake (Deer Creek)	223	1,245	82	157	122	158
Prospect	220	4,389	101	190	110	129
Chatfield State Park	220	1,905	68	137	134	177
Main Reservoir	206	3,436	69	184	87	129
Platte Canyon Reservoir	202	4,722	82	178	125	140
Belmar Park	197	4,686	70	169	103	139
Harriman Lake	197	3,241	66	166	99	141
Prospect (Tabor Lake)	182	1,725	76	156	68	105
The Ridge Recreation Center	179	1,899	63	145	88	123
Clement Park	178	1,925	61	133	88	133
Standley Lake	176	1,570	77	137	83	129
Chatfield State Park (north)	170	1,060	49	111	71	132
West Lake	168	1,835	92	138	77	86
Chatfield State Park (south)	167	838	50	134	87	96
Standley Lake (Woman Creek)	165	816	72	128	90	123
Bear Creek Lake (Turkey Creek)	163	671	33	136	56	112
Chatfield Lake (Fairview Reservoir Number 2)	157	1,041	60	127	96	92
Bear Creek Greenbelt	156	3,759	81	137	91	104
West Lake (east)	152	1,073	78	135	64	78
Mesa Meadows Park	150	2,624	54	136	64	81
Coal Creek Canyon Study Area	149	998	28	105	117	82
Crown Hill Park	148	1,341	56	106	79	96
Standley Lake Regional Park	144	765	71	88	70	105
Soda Lakes	143	517	39	122	37	91
Leyden Lake	142	375	49	111	77	102
Chatfield State Park (Fairview Reservoir)	141	443	40	88	66	99
Long Lake Ranch Regional Park	139	867	33	120	71	68
Tucker Lake Park	139	717	66	108	57	85
Dedisse Park	136	968	20	116	84	90
Arvada/Blunn Reservoir	136	253	51	121	61	46
Platte Canyon	133	807	45	107	91	83
Bear Creek Lake (northeast)	132	442	32	94	54	71
Chatfield State Park (north)	128	323	37	91	58	80
South Platte Pk\ Carson Nature Area (Columbine Hills)	127	1,365	71	75	38	95
Red Rocks Park	125	1,764	43	96	90	69
Chatfield State Park (Massey Draw)	124	932	59	68	37	105
Tinker-Shaffer Reservoir (historical)	122	9,735	54	95	75	79
Lair o' the Bear Park	122	1,259	33	89	103	85
Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge	119	638	14	104	62	55
Platte Canyon Reservoir (Willow Creek)	119	271	42	100	67	51
Casto Creek	116	1,275	19	76	101	52
Tinker-Shaffer Reservoir (historical) (The Valley)	116	938	33	80	71	78
South Valley Park	115	702	33	92	76	47
Mower Reservoir	114	192	4	82	74	57
Tabor Lake	112	706	58	91	48	68
Mount Falcon Park	112	597	33	65	95	53
Bear Creek Greenbelt (west)	112	552	60	94	40	41
West Lake (Tabor Lake)	111	444	58	86	61	54
West Woods Golf Club	110	450	64	91	48	38