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Best Birding Spots in Anoka County, Minnesota

Centerville Lake leads Anoka County's birding spots with 193 species reported, best in spring. 41 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
Centerville Lake	193	628	29	171	129	156
Fish Lake	170	654	26	148	114	77
Marshan Lake	169	380	21	142	110	106
Cenaiko Lake	165	1,086	39	145	77	94
Carlos Avery State Wildlife Management Area	164	406	13	143	98	60
Lake George Regional Park	159	334	19	139	84	80
Bunker Lake	148	494	18	124	87	65
Cedar Bog Lake	141	381	17	111	94	82
Indian Hills Park	138	371	20	113	81	75
Country Lakes Park	132	240	12	113	72	55
Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor (Baldwin Lake)	131	170	18	110	43	67
Rum River Central Regional Park	127	232	8	108	82	80
Springbrook Nature Center	126	788	27	100	76	85
Marshan Lake (Rice Lake)	122	159	17	100	80	49
Rice Creek West Regional Trail Corridor	117	299	18	106	61	63
George Watch Lake	115	170	11	85	68	34
Carlos Avery State Wildlife Management Area (southwest)	115	124	5	100	55	44
Lochness Park	113	229	11	87	61	70
Rice Creek North Regional Trail Corridor	110	213	23	87	58	68
Linwood Lake	92	74	7	41	58	59
Golden Lake Park	91	170	21	49	49	46
Moore Lake	89	259	4	75	45	37
Manomin Park	86	221	17	67	49	50
Pioneer Park	85	101	12	73	50	26
Islands of Peace Park	84	121	11	68	41	21
Twin Lakes Park	84	61	5	61	32	32
Boot Lake State Scientific and Natural Area	79	87	8	51	53	21
Riverfront Regional Park	78	201	20	59	45	21
Lakeside Lions Park	74	125	3	55	34	24
Dunn Island	73	68	6	61	12	29
Peninsula Point Two Rivers Park	58	140	22	42	18	14
Innsbruck Nature Center	51	85	3	45	19	13
Kordiak County Park	48	73	11	35	25	12
Sullivan Lake Park	34	62	13	26	6	12
Riverfront Park	30	108	23	17	3	8
Cenaiko Lake (Coon Creek)	24	53	24	0	0	0
Birding spot near Dayton	151	678	47	110	87	84
Birding spot near Blaine	114	318	21	77	82	56
Birding spot near Centerville	96	239	0	73	59	53
Birding spot near Centerville (Clearwater Creek)	87	145	6	63	49	32
Birding spot near Lino Lakes	41	69	0	0	39	6