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Best Birding Spots in Johnson County, Kansas

Shawnee Mission leads Johnson County's birding spots with 210 species reported, best in spring. 84 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
Shawnee Mission	210	2,038	88	189	81	153
Kcpl Wetland	209	2,237	64	201	60	100
Heritage Park	200	1,349	54	157	102	128
Lake Olathe	198	3,529	94	168	85	139
Kill Creek Park	198	1,305	77	179	93	134
Heritage Lake	196	1,092	67	167	96	120
Cedar Lake	186	1,712	71	173	76	90
Mill Creek Streamway	167	1,119	50	158	70	93
Black Hoof	167	873	62	149	65	83
Mill Creek Streamway (Nelson Island)	162	351	63	147	41	41
Prairie Center	159	757	51	129	95	93
Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens	152	1,032	60	138	68	91
Shawnee Mission (east)	152	627	56	117	58	87
Tomahawk Creek Greenway	147	641	35	144	47	54
Cedar Niles (Future)	143	315	48	125	54	66
Lexington Lake Park	142	354	63	97	73	76
Tomahawk Creek Greenway (Tomahawk Parkway North Pond)	137	513	49	125	66	62
Mill Creek Streamway (Little Mill Creek)	136	300	31	131	44	31
Quivira Lake	135	142	48	110	28	67
Riverfront	133	132	70	88	11	43
Mill Creek Streamway (southeast)	131	472	43	100	68	75
Leawood City	128	429	44	116	54	29
Mill Creek Streamway (Shawnee Mission Lake)	126	162	43	110	54	56
Kill Creek Streamway	126	142	47	114	38	15
Santa Fe Lake	124	196	43	99	72	57
Cedar Niles (Future) (west)	123	209	10	116	46	25
Roe	122	317	30	100	42	74
Antioch	119	399	26	116	30	32
Olathe Lake (south)	119	116	39	98	48	48
Ernie Miller Park	115	319	42	102	36	42
Blue Valley Recreation Complex	109	127	1	106	24	21
Mill Creek Streamway (Holliday)	108	127	41	92	44	26
Corporate Woods Founders	107	294	25	97	44	30
Ironwoods	103	384	32	88	55	50
Shannon Valley	102	112	22	97	22	16
Sunflower Nature Park	99	136	23	92	30	26
Cedar Niles (Future) (Little Cedar Creek)	99	130	23	92	43	20
Gardner City Lake	96	139	40	73	13	16
Mill Creek Streamway (Clear Creek)	93	60	24	90	11	0
Coffee Creek Streamway	88	82	37	63	42	37
Kingston Lake	82	504	49	68	32	35
Hidden Woods	82	193	32	64	41	46
Coon Creek Greenway	82	127	30	57	48	43
Oak Valley	80	167	30	67	44	51
Mill Creek Streamway (Craig)	78	76	24	65	41	29
Thomas S. Stoll Memorial	76	114	24	61	30	36
Olathe Lake	75	140	0	65	44	4
Cross Creek	75	64	7	72	19	11
Riverfest Park	74	81	28	54	29	19
Miller's Woods Linkage	71	50	0	68	12	5