Birding spots · Indiana

Best Birding Spots in Elkhart County, Indiana

Boot Lake leads Elkhart County's birding spots with 185 species reported, best in spring. 51 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
Boot Lake	185	1,007	45	166	93	123
Shanklin Park	161	1,504	48	151	83	112
Fidler Pond Park	158	3,156	86	117	76	121
Millrace Park	145	1,136	49	138	77	95
Shoup - Parsons Swamp Woods	144	840	52	127	78	86
Goshen Dam Pond	139	734	50	115	55	73
Elkart County (Oxbow) Park	137	892	57	116	77	93
Shoup-parsons Swamp Woods	134	426	28	128	40	48
Shanklin Park (Goshen)	133	567	47	117	63	73
Dr. Larry Beachy Classified Forest	127	182	50	115	62	57
Bonnyville Mills	118	192	42	103	58	60
Norton Lake	114	317	34	95	64	64
River Preserve Park	114	199	37	102	55	45
John O. Abshire Park	113	618	28	65	71	100
Cobus Creek Community Park	112	262	26	98	65	54
Baintertown Park	112	225	31	105	51	42
Pipewort Pond Nature Preserve	107	246	31	89	63	40
Goshen Dam Pond (east)	101	151	21	96	12	53
Wellfield Trails	98	408	31	77	59	69
Bonnyville Mills (Bonneyville Mills)	97	106	23	75	46	43
Gans Park	95	158	33	84	34	50
Norton Lake (northwest)	93	116	25	77	43	49
John O. Abshire Park (Goshen)	87	347	29	71	45	53
John O. Abshire Park (northwest)	84	189	33	53	36	51
Riverbend Park	84	88	19	77	35	15
Butts Lake	82	188	7	60	30	34
Bonnyville Mills (south)	82	144	38	55	35	34
River Greenway	80	104	29	67	42	31
Goshen Dam Pond (north)	77	176	27	61	31	33
Treasure Island County Park	69	116	42	36	16	33
Fish Lake (Elkhart) Public Access Site	68	114	6	37	59	40
Boner Lake	63	181	11	59	2	25
Island Park	56	69	21	34	37	25
Linway Lake	56	56	10	47	22	19
Hayden Park	41	69	0	39	17	0
Birding spot near Wakarusa	190	1,011	49	173	80	117
Birding spot near Benton	146	464	39	135	68	78
Birding spot near Middlebury	113	173	29	100	59	71
Birding spot near New Paris	103	259	35	94	51	62
Birding spot near Goshen	97	283	5	70	66	50
Birding spot near Goshen (north)	96	117	16	75	44	65
Birding spot near Benton (northwest)	93	120	29	85	18	33
Birding spot near New Paris (southeast)	83	164	27	70	33	23
Birding spot near Simonton Lake	78	91	7	64	40	33
Birding spot near Dunlap	77	312	58	50	4	19
Birding spot near Middlebury (northeast)	71	78	20	34	51	43
Birding spot near Goshen (northwest)	67	114	0	56	52	12
Birding spot near Middlebury (northeast)	67	54	0	44	46	28
Birding spot near Goshen (southwest)	54	80	17	40	32	8
Birding spot near Elkhart	39	82	20	35	1	2