Birding spots · Minnesota

Best Birding Spots in Hennepin County, Minnesota

Long Meadow Lake leads Hennepin County's birding spots with 242 species reported, best in spring. 192 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
Long Meadow Lake	242	10,107	83	229	143	188
Blackdog Lake	238	10,740	80	222	141	190
Purgatory Creek Park	203	3,042	26	167	127	147
Prairie Lake	203	1,833	34	185	135	155
Wood Lake Nature Center	195	7,172	40	184	129	159
Clifton E. French	188	1,728	40	164	100	149
Lake Hiawatha	185	3,756	49	169	96	140
Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park	185	1,649	41	166	110	119
Vets Memorial	184	6,138	38	173	104	129
Lake Harriet	184	4,969	47	176	106	131
Long Meadow Lake Unit Park	183	3,200	46	172	94	112
Westwood Hills Nature Center	181	3,520	39	167	120	138
Lake Rebecca	180	919	38	158	109	132
Lake Harriet (southwest)	174	2,817	52	158	70	122
Hyland Lake Park Reserve (Bush Lake)	172	998	32	152	95	102
Katrina Lake	169	412	26	141	96	115
French Lake	165	724	15	127	134	112
Powers Lake	164	1,229	33	135	111	112
Hyland Lake Park Reserve	157	1,404	28	142	90	82
Powderhorn Park	156	2,272	31	144	55	93
Snelling Lake (southwest)	156	961	41	129	82	95
Theodore Wirth Regional Park (northwest)	155	1,021	32	127	88	109
Mother Lake	154	1,362	31	134	85	80
Colman Lake	154	427	42	130	77	92
Rice Lake	153	438	5	134	78	58
Snelling Lake	149	1,461	38	117	80	99
Central Park (Ninemile Creek)	149	617	34	119	79	97
Long Meadow Lake Unit Park (Gun Club Lake)	148	480	33	121	83	85
Staring Lake Park	145	877	30	125	84	101
Powers Lake (Rush Creek)	145	365	24	124	82	86
Lake Nokomis	144	2,055	31	120	65	101
Grass Lake	144	1,440	32	122	71	115
Theodore Wirth Regional Park	142	1,045	16	118	95	92
East River Parkway	140	1,811	38	131	80	83
Lake Camelot	140	1,249	20	117	79	94
Long Meadow Lake (south)	140	182	30	115	65	80
West River Pkwy	139	1,105	21	131	70	82
Bass Lake Preserve	136	596	22	118	75	92
Mound Springs Park (Black Dog Lake)	133	225	32	108	59	73
Mount Normandale Lake Park	131	401	16	114	57	63
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area	129	557	21	101	73	96
Hyland Lake Park Reserve (south)	129	454	18	112	52	77
Bde Maka Ska	128	1,773	56	99	54	77
Hagemeister Pond Park	128	912	21	112	66	98
Arden Park	127	1,264	25	117	53	77
Bredesen Park	126	903	31	98	72	81
Richfield Lake	125	1,808	17	95	74	72
Pamela Park	125	706	35	108	66	85
Bloomington Ferry Unit Park	125	304	25	102	75	63
Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area	123	434	27	101	64	61