Birding spots · Mississippi

Best Birding Spots in Harrison County, Mississippi

Hiller Park leads Harrison County's birding spots with 180 species reported, best in fall. 46 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
Hiller Park	180	972	108	126	59	134
Rhodes Point	151	724	94	90	67	111
Clay Point Park	134	766	68	87	37	88
West Head	133	112	0	117	47	50
Gulf Islands National Seashore	121	79	0	101	29	46
Mullet Lake	106	364	71	60	43	43
Mullet Lake (Cedar Point)	96	150	54	75	16	0
James Hill Park	88	151	32	74	47	39
De Soto National Forest	80	266	45	70	40	18
Smugglers Cove	75	71	31	53	30	52
McDonnel Field	74	100	55	28	23	33
Kings Daughters Memorial	72	217	35	49	41	40
Beauvoir Jefferson Davis Home	60	130	35	44	20	36
Henderson Point	53	53	0	42	14	7
Rhodes Point (Big Island)	51	74	2	28	16	28
De Soto National Forest (Howison)	49	57	26	35	15	2
Clay Point	46	82	33	14	13	11
Birding spot near Gulfport (northeast)	160	824	65	133	44	116
Birding spot near Henderson Point	157	498	91	110	53	88
Birding spot near Biloxi	154	589	84	108	48	90
Birding spot near Gulfport	140	1,557	75	98	82	91
Birding spot near St. Martin (south)	119	175	44	105	64	41
Birding spot near Pass Christian	104	704	72	61	39	43
Birding spot near Biloxi (North Biloxi)	91	411	52	52	38	66
Birding spot near Gulfport (Mississippi City)	85	373	56	48	38	41
Birding spot near Biloxi (Damphman Point)	83	252	50	47	34	54
Birding spot near Biloxi (Beauvoir)	79	303	48	41	46	39
Birding spot near Long Beach (Pitcher Point)	78	59	22	58	5	36
Birding spot near Long Beach (Gulfport)	76	140	38	52	33	55
Birding spot near Biloxi (east)	76	128	4	74	1	23
Birding spot near St. Martin (southeast)	76	93	34	52	14	44
Birding spot near Biloxi (southeast)	74	314	46	46	34	41
Birding spot near Ocean Springs (south)	73	57	34	51	14	36
Birding spot near Long Beach	72	253	43	43	39	33
Birding spot near St. Martin	69	196	42	36	49	36
Birding spot near Biloxi (east 3)	65	104	30	54	9	25
Birding spot near Ocean Springs (Grand Bayou)	62	56	32	42	0	37
Birding spot near Gulfport (east)	60	130	34	47	22	36
Birding spot near Long Beach (west)	59	156	33	40	23	37
Birding spot near Pass Christian (northeast)	52	149	29	41	20	31
Birding spot near Long Beach (north)	52	71	22	33	17	24
Birding spot near St. Martin (Red Bluff)	49	95	13	39	18	15
Birding spot near Biloxi (east 2)	48	111	28	29	9	18
Birding spot near Long Beach (Gaston Point)	43	81	14	20	23	22
Birding spot near Biloxi (Heartease (historical))	35	54	23	24	5	16
Birding spot near Long Beach (west)	34	50	11	18	20	7