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Best Birding Spots in Hancock County, Maine

Arey Cove leads Hancock County's birding spots with 157 species reported, best in fall. 201 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
Arey Cove	157	1,909	50	60	80	137
Seawall Pond	142	1,604	48	100	101	91
Sieur de Monts Spring	137	1,860	13	108	104	83
Frazer Point	136	991	36	117	73	92
Ship Harbor	134	1,234	28	81	111	95
Ship Harbor (Wonderland)	125	899	25	78	102	70
Hadley Point	122	1,341	45	84	67	86
Hamilton Pond	115	692	13	100	50	54
Dorr Point	114	560	38	97	60	62
Arey Cove (West Pond)	114	241	22	71	69	55
Hatch Natural Area	114	137	20	57	90	56
Great Meadow	110	955	7	80	80	58
Beatrix Farrand Gardens	110	547	33	86	46	75
Seal Cove	109	692	30	79	86	65
Thompson Island	107	693	23	54	72	79
Indian Point-Blagden Preserve	107	495	29	77	89	54
Great Meadow (Sieur de Monts Spring)	106	477	17	97	66	42
East Pond	105	690	45	56	60	53
Bass Harbor Marsh	105	513	14	77	77	52
Green Lake National Fish Hatchery	105	444	23	85	61	67
Big Moose Island	105	397	12	66	59	65
Babson Creek	103	633	27	80	68	64
Uncle Steves Point (Bar Harbor)	103	582	53	61	59	51
Thomas Bay	103	303	26	69	74	48
Allen Cove	103	263	30	55	72	70
Acadia National Park	102	1,040	4	41	83	65
Otter Point	102	838	34	63	75	60
Carrying Place	102	427	22	69	70	53
Seawall Pond (Seawall Point)	100	690	34	59	68	54
Newport Cove	100	333	27	47	68	58
Witch Hole Pond	100	323	14	69	65	54
Mitchell Cove	100	320	29	67	71	53
Spruce Point (Oldhouse Cove)	99	218	29	75	67	61
Bracy Cove	98	469	23	78	69	50
Prays Brook Marsh Preserve	98	304	0	87	69	27
Holbrook Island Sanctuary State Park	98	164	12	55	71	51
Little Cranberry Island	98	113	31	55	69	43
Jordan Pond	96	773	5	55	84	50
Duck Cove	95	279	16	67	80	56
Stone Barn Farm	94	351	5	78	77	43
Naskeag Harbor	92	117	11	49	60	65
Seawall Pond (northwest)	91	332	6	64	68	51
Mill Pond	91	232	10	49	72	59
Uncle Steves Point	90	646	48	56	50	51
Acadia National Park (Bass Harbor Head)	90	524	16	51	58	46
Sand Beach	89	546	27	67	57	48
Manset Fields	87	365	31	46	53	52
Spruce Point	87	223	26	54	53	47
Hothole Pond	87	73	6	80	61	0
Great Pond Mountain Wildland	86	232	8	69	66	31