Birding spots · Minnesota

Best Birding Spots in Lake County, Minnesota

Agate Bay (southeast) leads Lake County's birding spots with 185 species reported, best in fall. 40 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
Agate Bay (southeast)	185	815	36	124	93	139
Agate Bay	163	1,163	41	80	64	129
Granite Point	150	450	13	82	55	99
Gooseberry Falls State Park	143	954	21	87	90	90
Agate Bay (Pork City Hill)	129	386	15	46	49	110
Flood Bay	125	177	4	69	62	76
Agate Bay (Two Harbors)	120	246	35	41	48	94
Agate Bay (northwest)	117	343	22	50	41	87
Knife River	104	203	19	37	25	79
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness	98	177	0	9	89	72
Iona's Beach State Scientific and Natural Area	91	216	7	41	54	51
Little Two Harbors	88	292	13	48	62	49
Johnson Lake	86	217	11	42	64	41
Micmac Lake	85	203	8	48	64	37
Tettegouche State Park (Palisade Head)	83	118	10	40	58	29
Tettegouche State Park	78	195	13	36	45	46
Burlington Bay (north)	78	163	0	35	20	48
Little Two Harbors (Day Hill)	76	117	4	46	56	40
Bensen Lake	76	97	3	29	64	14
Burlington Bay	74	234	29	18	18	65
Shovel Point	74	146	2	40	47	44
Beaver Bay	72	238	14	26	24	58
Burlington Bay (Skunk Creek)	72	158	6	31	19	46
Finland State Forest	69	148	16	27	38	1
Agate Bay (northeast)	64	66	8	23	8	43
Nicado Lake	61	53	0	27	56	11
Garden Lake	52	77	0	26	35	15
Burlington Bay (east)	50	141	12	17	14	34
Superior National Forest (southwest)	48	62	5	23	33	2
Caribou River	48	59	0	27	34	8
Split Rock Trail Head Wayside Park	46	59	3	20	23	17
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mining Protection Area Mineral Reserve Area (Mile Island)	43	52	1	9	35	3
Silver Creek Cliff Wayside Park	33	52	0	5	21	13
Superior National Forest (South Greenwood Creek)	19	64	15	9	0	0
Birding spot near Two Harbors (northeast)	160	306	2	113	75	115
Birding spot near Beaver Bay	138	346	0	101	60	87
Birding spot near Two Harbors	126	471	5	53	58	98
Birding spot near Silver Bay	83	159	1	10	29	67
Birding spot near Silver Bay (Williams Creek)	62	69	0	16	16	41
Birding spot near Babbitt	47	99	17	12	16	6