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Best Birding Spots in Marion County, Indiana

Eagle Creek Park leads Marion County's birding spots with 253 species reported, best in fall. 82 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
Eagle Creek Park	253	5,110	113	218	162	219
Eagle Creek Park (Crest Branch)	225	2,458	99	173	112	190
Eagle Creek Park (Bushs Run)	220	1,589	71	178	139	180
Eagle Creek Park (Fishback Creek)	208	1,798	55	162	140	161
Eagle Creek Park (Hill Creek)	204	3,298	71	177	110	176
Eagle Creek Park (southeast 2)	200	1,049	96	176	94	128
Eagle Creek Park (east)	193	2,923	92	167	90	130
Fall Creek Trail at Geist Dam	187	1,733	97	153	76	145
Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park	173	1,724	46	159	99	138
Eagle Creek Reservoir	173	846	83	123	85	118
Eagles Crest Nature Preserve	173	349	40	144	96	104
Eagle Creek Park (southeast)	172	2,619	58	163	89	124
Forest Lake	165	1,119	39	149	97	103
Eagle Creek Park (Eagle Creek Reservoir)	157	520	61	121	67	102
Eagle Creek Reservoir (DeLong Creek)	157	275	57	121	81	114
Greenway - Ima Lake	153	732	60	126	82	98
Eagle Creek Reservoir (Bird Run)	153	540	58	125	69	85
Southwestway Park	153	480	52	130	91	108
Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park (Fort Branch)	152	831	37	146	73	111
Eagle Creek Park (north)	151	277	1	55	109	111
Eagle Creek Park (southeast 3)	150	505	39	127	82	89
Lake Sullivan	145	511	41	134	74	96
Traders Point Lake	141	367	41	117	80	66
Holliday Park	140	896	53	131	66	89
Eagle Creek Park (Traders Point Lake)	139	1,058	52	125	69	76
Forest Lake (Crest Branch)	130	128	48	103	80	34
Eagle Creek Park (Bird Run)	128	517	55	105	58	54
Spring Pond Nature Preserve	128	273	37	107	63	77
Southeastway Park	126	432	37	113	61	82
Marrot Park Woods Nature Preserve	123	343	32	119	47	63
Butler Athletic Fields	123	296	46	108	56	58
Paul Ruster Dog Park	122	139	25	113	42	58
Grassy Creek Park	120	282	35	85	69	85
Eagle Creek Park (Log Run)	116	600	68	79	55	60
Eagle Creek Park (east)	114	192	27	99	52	55
Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park (Trilobi Hills)	113	180	31	98	51	53
WarblerWoods Nature Preserve	112	225	34	100	67	45
Franklin Township Community Park	110	315	39	90	42	64
Garfield Park	108	373	26	103	34	46
Eagle Creek Park (southeast 4)	108	148	29	85	60	47
Eagle Creek Park (Traders Point)	106	113	35	82	71	56
Eagle Creek Park (McCurdy Creek)	103	79	28	58	64	54
Spades Park	98	215	18	82	50	55
Gray Park	97	137	18	88	38	47
Sahm Park	91	136	30	76	40	38
Holcomb Gardens	87	108	16	85	40	19
Lawrence Creek Nature Preserve	87	73	14	77	40	12
Juan Solomon Park	85	81	16	61	27	36
Military Park	84	502	12	77	30	45
Glenns Valley Nature Park	81	116	25	76	24	23