Birding spots · Maryland

Best Birding Spots in Baltimore County, Maryland

Masonville Cove Environmental Center leads Baltimore County's birding spots with 232 species reported, best in fall. 185 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
Masonville Cove Environmental Center	232	2,879	113	175	134	202
North Point State Park (south)	225	2,136	132	183	95	171
North Point State Park	209	2,437	114	185	107	165
Patterson Park	200	5,451	77	185	104	163
Southwest Area Park	194	1,230	76	175	94	136
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine	189	1,613	82	154	82	148
Hart-Miller Island Sp	183	107	37	86	97	140
Lake Roland	182	1,861	73	170	101	125
Gunpowder Falls Sp	181	6,546	80	162	122	160
Dulaney Valley	178	1,014	80	143	103	140
Dundee & Saltpeter Creeks	176	1,458	97	157	87	123
North Point State Park (Bay Shore Park (historical))	176	1,457	111	108	57	139
Jenkins	176	1,145	84	128	83	150
Greene Branch	172	1,888	68	129	101	145
Druid Lake	171	1,892	82	151	90	120
Loch Raven Reservoir	170	1,596	79	117	96	138
Ft Howard Park	167	839	101	123	70	113
Jenkins Run	162	506	73	97	87	141
Loch Raven Reservoir (Jenkins Run)	160	759	81	123	78	116
Rocky Point	156	248	87	115	72	94
Herring Run Park	155	940	55	136	87	130
Soldiers Delight Nea	154	1,381	59	143	93	118
Spring Branch	154	446	79	106	88	118
Reedbird Park	150	321	59	100	52	113
Oregon Pool	149	1,329	52	125	93	130
Wyman Park	147	1,949	54	143	62	109
Coxs Point Park	143	599	67	113	60	88
Torrey C Brown Rail Trail	141	535	67	120	86	106
Long Point	141	513	66	100	66	88
Lake Roland (Sorrento)	140	661	53	131	66	100
Druid Lake (Mount Royal)	138	1,016	66	108	55	84
Quarry Lake	138	915	70	115	60	87
Prettyboy Cove	137	394	65	107	78	72
Fort Armistead Park	136	587	73	107	54	76
Pikesville Reservoir	136	573	54	107	64	91
Lake Roland (Roland Run)	136	477	52	105	60	114
Lake Roland (Hollins (historical))	133	634	48	115	74	77
Oregon Pool (Greencroft)	132	1,058	51	100	73	101
Towson Run	132	890	75	96	56	81
Gunpowder Falls State Park	132	276	77	110	51	66
Double Rock	131	334	42	122	46	77
Gunpowder Falls Sp (Bird River Beach)	131	250	65	100	71	62
Gwynns Falls Trail South	130	404	71	97	44	90
Loch Raven Reservoir (Towson Run)	129	779	68	96	41	68
Villa Nova Park	128	637	0	126	57	85
Holt Park	125	547	28	122	34	54
Maryland Zoo	124	405	54	112	44	72
Middle Branch Park	121	221	58	92	47	59
Leakin Park	121	186	43	109	56	89
Miami Beach	120	184	85	80	35	56