Birding spots · Colorado

Best Birding Spots in Routt County, Colorado

Stagecoach State Park leads Routt County's birding spots with 146 species reported, best in summer. 21 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
Stagecoach State Park	146	416	27	87	113	96
Carpenter Ranch Preserve	115	157	1	56	86	66
Lake Catamount	110	224	16	59	59	72
Yampa River Preserve	107	203	0	86	86	75
Steamboat Lake	102	227	0	31	90	37
Sulphur Cave Spring	94	590	33	57	69	52
Elmerald Park	88	448	11	62	78	53
Yampa River State Park - Double Bridges	77	167	1	38	69	31
Pearl Lake State Park	74	90	0	28	70	10
Fish Creek Falls	70	277	11	21	59	33
Carpenter Ranch Preserve (Sage Creek)	69	54	4	27	54	2
Routt National Forest	64	209	16	27	46	16
Mount Werner /Yampa Valley Corridor / Williams	63	154	6	33	49	29
Chuck Lewis State Wildlife Area	62	89	3	28	43	11
Steamboat Lake State Park	62	82	0	0	54	29
Stehley Park	57	58	8	35	28	23
Hahns Peak Lake	56	85	0	0	52	19
Routt National Forest (South Fork Soda Creek)	48	60	0	15	40	11
Birding spot near Hayden	69	176	21	59	36	27
Birding spot near Steamboat Springs	60	121	8	21	49	16
Birding spot near Hayden (Morgan Creek Falls)	57	96	0	49	21	0