Birding spots · Maryland

Best Birding Spots in Montgomery County, Maryland

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park leads Montgomery County's birding spots with 241 species reported, best in spring. 172 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
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	241	10,919	121	215	156	199
Montgomery County	219	6,363	106	187	133	181
Mckee Beshers Wma	218	9,478	106	206	129	177
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (Seneca Creek)	199	4,380	106	178	102	130
Mckee Beshers Wma (Van Deventer Island)	198	1,691	88	155	117	144
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (Muddy Branch)	191	2,919	86	181	107	142
Lake Needwood	181	2,952	79	156	106	152
Pine Lake	171	5,027	67	151	115	153
Forest Estates Park	170	3,230	66	138	85	139
Crabbs Branch	169	1,790	74	149	95	120
Little Seneca Lake	165	1,918	98	129	81	112
Mckee Beshers Wma (west)	163	943	74	131	74	114
Lake Needwood (North Branch Rock Creek)	158	2,257	74	118	88	136
Carroll Branch	158	1,769	86	134	78	94
Little Seneca Lake (Burdette)	153	903	84	101	67	118
Ken-Gar Palisades Lp	152	2,159	60	132	80	109
Pine Lake (Kemp Mill Farms)	150	771	49	120	84	128
Lois Y. Green CP	148	727	70	118	77	115
Lake Churchill	145	804	65	122	72	96
Lake Bernard Frank	143	871	61	129	82	101
Rachel Carson Conservation Park	142	700	57	119	83	92
Litttle Bennett Regional Park (Soper Branch)	141	717	47	124	85	112
Montgomery County (Claysville)	141	312	68	97	86	96
Black Hill Regional Park	139	1,746	99	107	54	86
Litttle Bennett Regional Park	139	947	39	128	83	111
King Farm Stream Valley Park	134	687	44	125	57	72
Kentlands Lakes	133	997	73	109	59	76
Montgomery County (Silver Rock)	132	1,019	42	110	71	109
Gladys Island	131	643	67	110	68	72
T. Howard Duckett Watershed (Ednor View)	131	135	61	114	70	67
Pine Lake (Glenallen)	130	1,395	53	103	79	102
George Washington Memorial Parkway	129	771	68	109	65	67
Blockhouse Pt. Park	129	530	45	120	67	64
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (Goose Creek)	129	309	57	108	68	49
Black Hill Regional Park (Burdette)	128	317	68	97	58	56
Dalecarlia Reservoir	127	1,031	54	121	54	71
Crabbs Branch Svp	127	484	52	96	61	107
Mckee Beshers Wma (Tenfoot Island)	125	453	61	106	73	75
Great Seneca Stream Valley Park	125	299	39	105	43	69
Lake Whetstone Park	124	772	46	99	68	87
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (Monocacy River)	124	326	45	106	77	53
Rock Creek Stream Valley Park	122	615	41	118	61	66
Clopper Lake	122	478	62	96	62	68
Rock Creek Stream Valley Park (Mill Creek)	122	362	39	91	70	91
Wades Island	118	391	56	104	54	68
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (Limestone Branch)	118	228	52	99	62	46
Cabin John Regional Park	117	1,109	57	108	68	64
Triadelphia (historical)	115	209	39	87	82	37
Kemp Mill Urban Park	114	815	45	97	61	71
Sherwin Island	114	321	59	92	59	57