Birding spots · Indiana

Best Birding Spots in Porter County, Indiana

Indiana Dunes State Park leads Porter County's birding spots with 249 species reported, best in spring. 49 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
Indiana Dunes State Park	249	1,729	77	231	81	145
Cowles Bog	227	2,662	60	216	134	163
Dunes Nature Preserve	215	1,377	50	185	111	147
Indiana Dunes National Park	202	1,960	50	181	111	145
Long Lake	173	562	31	140	62	108
Long Lake (north)	173	486	36	120	73	115
Indiana Dunes National Park (southwest)	160	343	21	149	67	54
Reynold's Creek Gamebird Habitat Area	153	917	45	135	74	56
Dunes Nature Preserve (west)	151	431	18	143	70	89
Indiana Dunes National Park (south)	149	692	22	146	48	51
Indiana Dunes State Park (east)	149	535	8	142	66	56
Dunes Nature Preserve (Tremont)	149	428	25	143	70	91
Indiana Dunes State Park (Mount Jackson)	146	917	33	142	60	74
Reynold's Creek Gamebird Habitat Area (Reynolds Creek)	145	557	33	136	64	40
Indiana Dunes National Park (west)	144	458	41	121	68	68
Indiana Dunes National Park (Beverly Shores)	132	230	41	110	41	60
Indiana Dunes National Park (northeast)	129	201	31	112	59	63
Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve	125	331	27	116	61	52
Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk	124	908	68	58	44	70
Indiana Dunes National Park (southwest)	123	159	8	107	47	49
Indiana Dunes State Park (Tremont)	121	262	8	120	24	28
Indiana Dunes National Park (west 2)	119	243	4	109	57	27
Indiana Dunes National Park (west 3)	116	150	6	95	43	20
Indiana Dunes National Park (northeast)	113	128	1	88	50	32
Pratt Lake	108	211	15	97	54	42
Long Lake (Ogden Dunes)	108	174	19	64	57	48
Indiana Dunes National Park (Ogden Dunes)	107	285	57	46	4	69
Indiana Dunes State Park (Dunes Creek)	107	141	19	90	19	31
Moraine Nature Preserve	107	100	11	102	24	13
Indiana Dunes State Park (southeast)	106	56	0	102	2	0
Indiana Dunes National Park (Tremont)	105	137	16	102	19	14
Lake Minnehaha	100	82	4	97	6	0
Taltree Arboretum and Gardens	96	89	15	85	55	17
Lake Charles	96	79	7	87	45	26
Indiana Dunes National Park (Long Lake)	94	123	14	76	41	48
Indiana Dunes National Park (south)	93	179	11	82	31	43
Indiana Dunes State Park (east)	92	92	0	88	20	12
Brincka Cross Gardens	84	92	15	84	16	3
Dunes Nature Preserve (Mount Tom)	74	57	4	51	23	18
Indiana Dunes National Park (Dunes Creek)	70	123	2	46	32	30
Spectacle Lake	66	73	15	49	37	27
Birding spot near Beverly Shores	137	315	34	118	64	73
Birding spot near South Haven	113	301	26	108	54	51
Birding spot near Chesterton	92	185	28	83	35	36
Birding spot near Burns Harbor	86	729	64	35	13	39
Birding spot near Porter	85	136	6	76	26	15
Birding spot near Beverly Shores (west)	64	164	26	20	18	31
Birding spot near Ogden Dunes	57	136	45	4	9	7
Birding spot near South Haven (west)	35	53	0	32	0	0