Birding spots · Minnesota

Best Birding Spots in Washington County, Minnesota

Grey Cloud Dunes State Scientific and Natural Area leads Washington County's birding spots with 214 species reported, best in spring. 70 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
Grey Cloud Dunes State Scientific and Natural Area	214	2,212	33	200	133	142
Margaret Lake	211	6,871	47	195	149	177
Afton State Park	205	2,419	53	188	137	135
Carpenter St. Criox Valley Nature Center	204	2,734	52	165	132	177
Big Marine Park Reserve	185	784	17	165	91	117
William O'Brien State Park	184	1,335	26	174	123	98
Oakdale Nature Preserve Park	172	2,380	26	163	119	128
Cg Ravine Regional Park	154	644	30	128	87	91
Hazen P. Mooers Park	153	893	30	129	77	77
Sunfish Lake Park	151	551	25	137	100	108
Barker Lake	150	579	27	114	100	67
Paul Hugo Farms State Wildlife Management Area	143	386	7	124	113	20
Belwin Conservancy	142	520	23	119	95	82
Gables Lake	139	1,181	29	124	78	99
Valley View Park	116	127	19	89	36	66
Brown's Creek Park	115	181	9	104	36	61
Silver Creek	113	459	31	83	58	45
Wilmes Lake	113	205	16	106	65	58
Katherine Abbott Park	113	182	10	104	51	51
Pine Point Regional Park	110	174	20	79	57	53
Steamboat Park	109	698	51	78	36	64
Riverside Park	109	158	13	102	42	39
Staples Lake	109	141	0	82	74	62
Tamarack Nature Preserve (Main)	108	292	10	96	68	50
Long Lake	107	266	13	96	55	55
Lake Robert	106	190	18	90	69	64
Hamlet Park	105	142	23	60	67	64
Grey Cloud County Park	103	65	0	39	17	86
Belwin Conservancy (Lake Edith)	101	143	7	67	76	31
Belwin Conservancy (north)	100	244	12	68	75	37
Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	99	75	12	84	52	12
Lake McKusick	94	184	16	83	44	33
HealthEast Sports Center	92	383	0	81	38	16
La Lake Open Space	92	95	0	71	35	57
Bolles Flourmill Wayside	87	130	11	46	57	50
Lost Valley Prairie State Scientific and Natural Area	80	186	15	61	67	12
Wind in the Pines Preserve	78	134	8	66	49	16
Pebble Park	69	123	15	33	30	40
Markgrafs Lake	61	70	0	37	45	34
Powers Lake (Markgrafs Lake)	60	69	1	54	23	12
Mahtomedi Beach	55	130	21	31	10	28
Edgewater	54	72	12	37	28	12
Marine on St. Croix	52	64	28	18	21	10
Lake Saint Croix Beach	50	117	30	2	0	33
Valley Creek	49	145	30	34	0	24
Tanner Lake Park	47	68	14	30	30	11
Lowell Park	44	90	9	32	32	8
Highlands Park	39	169	0	29	22	7
Lake Rebecca (Conley Lake)	38	233	8	17	13	23
Saint Croix River	38	121	17	5	0	21