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Best Birding Spots in Jefferson County, Kentucky

Garvin Brown Preserve leads Jefferson County's birding spots with 180 species reported, best in spring. 72 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
Garvin Brown Preserve	180	1,398	89	134	86	134
Falls of the Ohio	176	2,592	69	91	113	143
The Parklands of Floyds Fork	175	2,245	73	155	100	137
Willow Lake	171	1,890	73	159	110	139
Hays Kennedy Park	170	2,332	82	122	87	138
E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park	159	1,240	69	153	93	123
Long Run Park	153	855	84	118	74	103
Cherokee Park	147	1,395	46	140	77	110
Caperton Swamp	142	1,161	53	119	86	122
Harrods Creek Park	140	699	53	125	79	103
Putney Pond and Woodlands	139	1,412	54	124	75	90
Parklands of Floyds Fork	138	741	53	126	82	96
Draut Park	132	927	49	112	67	86
Cherokee Park (Cherokee Garden)	129	639	33	125	41	82
Broad Run	126	397	47	104	83	76
Eva Bandman	125	267	71	95	49	60
Parklands of Floyds Fork (Old Eastwood)	116	385	52	91	58	84
Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve	115	457	44	110	40	72
Turkey Run (Chenoweth Run)	115	182	40	95	63	74
Turkey Run	113	221	43	97	69	73
Parklands of Floyds Fork (north)	112	257	51	92	61	60
Turkey Run (Broad Run)	110	210	28	95	62	71
Turkey Run (Seatonville)	109	157	43	74	59	74
The Parklands of Floyds Fork (Long Run)	108	170	46	81	64	55
Joe Creason	106	308	42	89	42	63
Iroquois Park	101	154	25	94	26	26
Blooms Eddy (historical)	100	967	60	52	35	64
Blackacre State Nature Preserve	96	105	36	80	42	43
Seneca Park	95	226	46	73	43	50
McNeely Lake Park	93	84	3	85	47	25
Cherokee Park (southeast)	92	130	16	85	26	18
A.B. Sawyer Greenway	91	143	28	77	25	59
The Parklands of Floyds Fork (Cane Run)	88	88	41	70	64	30
Brown Park	86	187	35	74	22	43
Towhead Island	84	308	62	53	20	30
Waterfront Park	84	245	35	48	36	48
Big Horn Lake (Tom Wallace Lake)	84	56	14	69	27	9
Carrie Gaulbert Cox	83	278	59	35	19	38
Turkey Run (northeast)	80	83	22	53	43	35
Big Horn Lake	78	153	29	64	21	27
Lentz's Pond	77	134	51	58	5	0
Iroquois Park (Kenwood Hill)	77	68	8	57	24	34
George Rogers Clark	76	84	21	65	16	30
Tom Wallace Lake	70	66	23	52	25	22
Louisville Loop	66	153	30	24	10	55
Thurman Hutchins	66	92	35	43	18	38
Broad Run (Old Mans Run)	66	57	27	52	24	28
Waverly Park	65	311	32	42	33	45
McNeely Lake	61	81	22	37	39	27
Joe Creason (Audubon Park)	57	105	22	50	19	28