Birding spots · Minnesota

Best Birding Spots in Ramsey County, Minnesota

Vadnais Snail Lake Regional Park leads Ramsey County's birding spots with 203 species reported, best in fall. 91 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
Vadnais Snail Lake Regional Park	203	4,043	66	169	114	174
Sucker Lake Regional Park	197	4,040	55	175	130	168
Tamarack Nature Center	192	1,999	33	173	131	153
Tony Schmidt Regional Park	187	897	40	152	105	134
Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park - Snail Lake (Grass Lake)	184	1,164	20	146	111	124
Crosby Farm Regional Park	183	3,063	42	172	104	127
Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park - Snail Lake	172	1,591	24	141	115	127
Battle Creek Regional Park	160	1,876	30	135	113	106
Reservoir Woods	159	1,369	32	147	79	117
Silverwood Special Recreation Feature	157	1,737	23	147	89	108
Maplewood Nature Center	154	1,664	31	144	89	115
Long Lake Regional Park	153	729	22	134	90	106
Lake Como	149	1,867	39	127	65	87
Phalen Regional Park	146	1,174	56	124	66	79
Central Park	140	1,108	25	107	88	109
Battle Creek Regional Park (west)	140	720	30	122	82	93
Rice Creek North Regional Trail	136	368	13	116	89	47
Como Regional Park	133	931	36	113	62	74
Wilkinson Lake	132	70	13	93	75	83
Matoska Park	131	531	18	113	55	61
Pig's Eye Regional Park	131	198	17	93	61	70
Langton Lake Park	123	525	17	112	67	73
Open Space - County	122	237	20	101	53	71
Grove Park	118	444	15	95	56	76
Lake Johanna	118	342	23	77	48	83
Hidden Falls Reg Park	115	424	22	100	52	55
Fort Snelling State Park	114	420	31	84	67	67
White Bear Lake County Park	113	456	13	76	40	70
Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary	104	325	22	90	58	55
Sunfish Lake	102	68	0	87	65	0
River Gorge Reg Park	101	260	21	79	57	60
Little Lake Johanna	97	361	22	69	22	63
Joy Park	96	92	4	56	39	60
Marsden Lake	95	193	3	70	62	32
Villa Park	90	273	16	76	37	39
Central Park (west)	90	255	19	72	56	41
Keller Regional Park	90	202	5	80	53	37
Bald Eagle Lake	89	238	5	31	34	68
Rotary Nature Preserve	89	229	18	53	53	39
Sam Morgan Reg Trail	88	300	29	73	53	38
Central Park (Bennett Lake)	88	205	21	64	48	40
Swede Hollow Park	86	175	21	75	29	44
Victoria Park	85	112	20	83	25	23
Bald Eagle-Otter Lakes - Bald Eagle Lake	83	95	10	54	50	38
Battle Creek - Pig's Eye Lake Section	82	114	11	71	13	38
Marydale Park	80	264	8	58	44	46
Harriet Island Regional Park	80	147	18	64	39	27
Nature Park	79	68	1	66	19	33
Materion Park	76	217	10	60	29	20
Battle Creek Regional Park (northwest)	76	84	8	61	9	36