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Best Birding Spots in Howard County, Maryland

Centennial Lake leads Howard County's birding spots with 186 species reported, best in spring. 111 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
Centennial Lake	186	5,931	96	169	95	147
Lake Elkhorn	170	3,381	89	150	83	122
Triadelphia Reservoir	166	705	64	132	68	123
Lake Kittamaqundi	152	3,334	75	129	76	115
Pfefferkorn Natuarl Eenvironmental Area	151	1,035	74	131	80	123
Natural Resource Man. Area	150	1,972	61	146	83	115
Blandair Park	147	831	65	132	65	123
Schooley Mill Park	144	787	51	114	76	115
Wilde Lake	141	2,221	71	117	73	79
Marriottsville	138	867	25	137	71	40
Gerber Knoll	137	922	64	102	72	112
Alpha Ridge Community Park	136	706	67	102	64	93
Natural Resource Man. Area (south)	136	687	47	126	66	100
Western Regional Park	135	567	47	109	68	97
Rockburn Branch Park	132	786	50	107	70	104
Sewells Orchard Park	131	630	57	111	56	66
Font Hill Park	125	1,012	56	109	68	83
Natural Resource Man. Area (Hobbits Glen)	125	688	41	120	70	90
Not Available	119	543	50	108	61	74
Columbia Assc	116	452	50	101	59	83
Font Hill Wetlands Park	113	613	50	110	46	66
Lake Elkhorn (MacGills Common)	112	409	56	90	54	73
Gorman Stream Valley	112	262	34	108	36	63
Triadelphia Reservoir (Raintree Estates)	110	532	74	60	16	74
General Electric Retention Pond	109	619	68	91	55	64
David W Force Park	109	347	47	90	58	84
County Open Space	106	243	29	77	42	79
Salopha	104	475	41	90	61	65
Glenartney (Avalon)	102	198	29	85	60	36
Patapsco Valley Sp	101	211	31	92	52	52
Warfield's Pond Park	95	331	35	77	51	57
Gorman Stream Valley (Kindler Estates)	95	205	40	88	39	26
Terrapin Branch	94	332	52	79	52	48
Belmont Manor & Historic Park	91	124	46	74	36	30
Fulton	90	456	36	67	41	28
Patuxent River Sp	88	206	40	58	65	41
North Laurel Park	87	250	41	65	51	57
Savage Park	86	206	41	74	41	46
Maple Lawn Farms	86	194	36	61	40	58
Mullinix	86	131	28	69	45	35
Annandale	85	933	42	72	65	18
Columbia Gardens	84	231	44	57	39	65
Skunk Cabbage Creek	83	253	33	72	51	38
Driver	82	114	20	72	45	12
Wardens Landing	81	211	35	60	38	47
High Ridge Park	81	186	42	68	37	49
Patapsco River Lake	80	99	29	60	39	28
Woodmark	80	93	36	31	37	44
Hugg-Thomas Wma	78	105	28	65	44	16
Atholton Park	76	212	31	57	44	54