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Best Birding Spots in Garrett County, Maryland

Bradford Park leads Garrett County's birding spots with 201 species reported, best in spring. 57 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
Bradford Park	201	2,084	84	178	111	171
Frostburg Reservoir	196	1,438	56	167	105	147
Selbysport	183	682	56	136	125	118
Trout Run	172	1,215	76	121	83	146
Finzel Swamp Preserve	166	1,199	32	142	118	119
Herrington Manor Sp	159	402	27	141	83	75
Mount Nebo Wildlife Management Area	157	616	48	132	102	116
Sang Run State Park	141	642	48	124	102	98
The Glades	140	627	51	130	29	47
Marsh Run Cove	130	803	68	90	36	75
Cunningham Swamp Wma	128	346	22	104	92	64
Herrington Manor Sp (Herrington Manor Recreation Area Reservoir)	128	303	29	120	54	59
New Germany Sp	126	779	25	102	105	57
Mountain Lake	123	329	40	79	64	93
Jennings Randolph Lake Boat Ramp	123	128	20	117	59	32
Pickell Hill	121	443	45	91	83	53
Deep Creek Lake Sp	115	414	28	88	72	41
Elklick Run	112	92	44	90	42	30
Savage River area	107	228	14	88	61	62
Meadow Run Lake	106	284	24	88	42	50
Swallow Falls Sp	103	436	14	84	78	45
Cunningham Lake	102	161	1	81	76	43
Green Glade Cove	99	82	29	75	6	58
Hoyes Run	92	159	35	78	5	45
Peppermint Hollow	92	86	3	81	52	18
Big Run Sp	87	101	18	71	55	10
Deep Creek Lake Nrma	86	143	44	61	23	11
Mill Run	86	94	6	63	47	24
Manor Hill	85	68	0	73	60	0
Garrett Sf	79	90	0	71	64	10
Slaubaugh Run	76	60	8	60	41	25
Deep Creek Lake Nrma (Turkey Neck)	74	62	9	20	31	37
North Glade Cove	73	63	18	41	10	34
Deep Creek Lake Sp (Narrows Hill)	72	60	0	61	7	13
Garrett Sf (north)	68	66	0	57	54	8
Clark Run	67	102	31	41	46	9
Garrett Sf (north)	66	83	6	54	49	7
Garrett Sf (Piney Mountain)	66	67	0	50	58	0
Little Yok Number One Reservoir	65	63	19	43	43	7
Savage River State Forest	65	52	0	48	53	0
Little Yok Number 3 Reservoir	61	70	26	38	13	3
Casselman River Bridge Sp	60	74	0	46	40	7
Garrett Sf (Murley Run)	60	54	3	45	39	14
Deep Creek Lake Nrma (Arrowhead Run)	59	61	30	30	11	8
Cherry Creek Cove	53	73	8	21	33	14
Deep Creek Lake Nrma (Shingle Camp Hollow)	51	77	15	41	0	3
Hoye-Crest	48	53	0	32	39	5
Birding spot near Friendsville	100	155	14	79	83	2
Birding spot near Thomas	85	55	8	18	80	0
Birding spot near Franklin	84	95	32	45	57	8