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Best Birding Spots in Monroe County, Indiana

Monroe Recreation Area leads Monroe County's birding spots with 236 species reported, best in spring. 48 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
Monroe Recreation Area	236	3,126	110	187	120	178
Monroe Recreation Area (Stephens Creek)	217	1,682	69	201	102	119
Paynetown State Recreation Area	184	989	84	151	51	104
North Fork State Wildlife Refuge	173	495	21	119	112	127
Cutright State Recreation Area	164	518	59	120	74	102
Beanblossom Bottoms	160	1,003	59	141	83	115
Riddle Point	142	348	64	101	38	93
Griffy Lake Nature Preserve	134	554	43	121	74	88
Monroe Recreation Area (Pine Ridge)	127	201	50	97	56	67
Flatwoods Park	125	400	58	99	65	80
Monroe Recreation Area (northeast)	125	208	38	65	67	93
Monroe Recreation Area (Johnson Hollow)	119	231	40	89	69	73
Monroe Recreation Area (Rush Ridge)	117	294	44	86	21	60
Clear Creek Trail	112	946	51	86	76	71
Monroe Lake	106	115	0	43	80	72
Leonard Springs Nature Park	105	213	27	97	48	48
Goat Farm Park	104	337	46	88	64	46
Monroe Recreation Area (Woodville Hills)	101	98	0	93	28	25
Porter - West	99	113	27	84	41	46
Bryant Creek Lake	98	106	13	89	40	31
Monroe Recreation Area (Moore Creek)	94	156	62	40	11	36
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	92	133	20	73	32	29
Monroe Recreation Area (Kelly Point)	88	223	55	55	14	28
Lake Lemon	86	98	43	61	0	44
Broadview	81	125	28	54	38	50
Griffy Lake Nature Preserve (Marlin Hills)	81	100	23	51	42	63
Blackwell Pond	79	92	14	54	30	32
Clear Creek	72	53	24	57	53	27
Bloomington Rail Trail	71	105	23	59	33	24
Morgan - Monroe State Forest (Farr Ridge)	71	52	0	48	27	33
Morgan - Monroe State Forest (Tincher Ridge)	65	61	0	50	37	23
Clear Creek Trail (Weimer Lake)	64	73	21	39	45	30
Bryan Park	56	179	24	47	27	23
Winslow Woods Park	55	136	22	45	28	27
Monroe Recreation Area (Sugar Creek)	49	51	18	23	15	4
Latimer Woods	44	62	18	38	18	19
Dunn Woods	43	93	12	36	32	16
Dennis Murphy Hollow	42	77	36	33	0	0
Birding spot near Bloomington	164	372	30	156	81	81
Birding spot near Bloomington (Buck Creek)	115	352	35	106	21	1
Birding spot near Bloomington (Conrad Branch)	102	63	15	83	44	0
Birding spot near Smithville-Sanders	98	148	38	65	41	53
Birding spot near Bloomington (Broadview)	90	179	33	69	42	55
Birding spot near Bloomington (Helton Hollow)	87	68	0	87	0	0
Birding spot near Bloomington (west)	86	202	24	74	33	37
Birding spot near Ellettsville	68	61	13	60	7	0
Birding spot near Stinesville	60	108	35	41	27	0
Birding spot near Bloomington (west)	23	57	7	15	12	6