Birding spots · Minnesota

Best Birding Spots in Goodhue County, Minnesota

Frontenac State Park leads Goodhue County's birding spots with 192 species reported, best in spring. 28 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
Frontenac State Park	192	845	32	172	104	125
Lake Byllesby	191	1,274	41	177	17	77
Frontenac State Park (Garrard Bluff)	166	832	37	155	88	90
Frontenac State Park (west)	162	463	14	148	84	63
Hok-Si-La Park and Campground	160	727	20	158	48	49
Pickerel Slough	154	682	44	116	69	73
Point-no-Point	106	226	16	97	51	45
Riverside Park (Little Cannon River)	83	111	25	74	27	32
Sturgeon Lake	81	97	17	62	15	6
Frontenac State Park (Long Point)	77	66	0	71	23	11
Colvill Park	75	579	45	45	16	28
Warsaw State Wildlife Management Area	73	113	9	40	33	44
R J D Memorial Hardwood State Forest (Trout Brook)	69	100	9	53	27	27
Covered Bridge Park	67	110	10	53	42	19
Barn Bluff Park	63	73	1	45	34	26
Frontenac	59	63	0	57	2	2
Frontenac State Park (Point-no-Point)	57	54	3	42	17	15
Frontenac State Park (northwest)	54	51	9	36	16	9
Bay Point Park	49	117	21	30	12	14
R J D Memorial Hardwood State Forest (northwest)	49	56	17	26	24	9
Red Wing Bay	33	84	15	14	15	7
Birding spot near Miesville (southeast)	132	366	24	113	74	56
Birding spot near Frontenac	89	225	4	82	34	12
Birding spot near Frontenac (Long Point)	89	71	0	89	0	0
Birding spot near Frontenac (east)	83	186	18	74	8	25
Birding spot near Frontenac (Old Frontenac)	80	189	29	65	34	27
Birding spot near Cannon Falls (Clark Valley)	76	56	0	60	66	0
Birding spot near Randolph (southwest)	65	118	3	45	50	3