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Best Birding Spots in St. Louis County, Minnesota

Park Point leads St. Louis County's birding spots with 248 species reported, best in spring. 169 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
Park Point	248	2,812	41	229	160	186
Stony Point	218	1,825	33	161	137	183
Park Point (Minnesota Point)	216	1,268	13	177	112	159
Western Waterfront Trail	207	1,973	46	182	135	152
Minnesota Point	205	1,182	20	165	99	138
Spirit Lake	193	584	0	165	123	113
Minnesota Point (Park Point)	184	336	15	165	67	70
Hawk Ridge	180	2,979	23	93	117	161
Kitchi Gammi Park	171	997	32	79	97	134
Hartley Park, Hartley Nature Center	160	923	28	135	101	113
Park Point (Superior Bay)	149	600	16	100	42	102
Bagley Nature Area	146	780	22	98	81	114
Southworth Marsh	143	594	17	116	64	89
Mud Lake (New Duluth)	139	211	0	125	59	52
Clifton	135	829	28	60	27	118
Lafayette Park	134	418	13	103	43	64
Indian Point Park	133	226	3	123	47	58
Hawk Ridge (Goose Lake)	122	314	4	31	77	95
Superior Bay	120	268	5	105	35	45
Enger Park	118	447	28	115	15	6
Grassy Point	118	162	2	81	60	40
Franklin Square / 12th Street Beach	116	558	16	76	36	52
Saint Louis Bay	113	1,068	49	93	21	30
Canal Park	112	3,039	51	48	30	59
Lester River	103	514	30	38	65	48
Nichols Lake	103	308	22	41	68	33
Miscellaneous (south)	100	360	31	53	80	9
Rice Lake Reservoir	96	208	0	72	35	35
Chambers Grove	94	174	0	85	37	16
Miscellaneous (north)	93	279	26	41	72	18
Darwin S. Myers	90	65	0	55	56	27
Miscellaneous	87	436	23	29	61	19
Superior Entry	86	295	7	12	10	73
Lester Park	85	213	24	57	39	36
Enger Park (Twin Lakes)	85	199	7	62	41	44
East Bay (west)	82	182	7	60	70	30
Stone Lake (Round Lake)	77	112	11	31	44	15
Nichols Lake (southeast)	77	112	10	43	46	22
Lost Lake Peatland State Scientific and Natural Area	77	58	2	56	57	3
Sax	76	281	13	39	49	7
Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park	75	113	0	32	50	26
Stewart Creek	75	73	1	61	30	15
Voyageurs National Park (State Point)	75	70	0	42	60	21
Griggs Field	74	279	14	31	17	59
Sargent Creek	74	79	0	55	25	5
Leif Erickson Park	73	173	12	38	25	36
Superior Bay (Park Point)	71	110	4	58	4	35
Rices Point	69	892	22	38	31	34
Superior Bay (northwest)	69	227	13	52	9	38
Chester Bowl Park	69	106	6	37	27	45