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Best Birding Spots in Jackson County, Missouri

Longview Lake leads Jackson County's birding spots with 215 species reported, best in spring. 47 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
Longview Lake	215	2,343	101	191	103	156
Blue Springs Lake	213	1,541	71	198	87	133
Blue Springs Lake (Mirror Lakes)	162	677	71	131	53	88
Lake Jacomo	162	664	77	126	80	78
Jerry Smith Park	157	1,156	63	125	88	104
Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area	155	1,443	56	142	77	104
Lake Nell	153	418	72	128	69	73
Gregory O. Grounds Park and Remembrance Lake	149	631	74	122	68	65
Legacy (southeast)	149	466	68	105	93	81
Longview Lake (Mouse Creek)	143	590	72	109	55	80
Little Blue River Lakes	140	298	44	100	57	85
Minor Park	138	265	41	119	62	58
Unity Lake Number Two	136	345	35	130	45	69
Meadowmere Park	129	376	43	105	67	69
Mapleview Park	126	2,984	53	109	58	79
Fire Prairie Lake	118	216	42	100	54	42
Legacy	117	535	34	90	56	52
Little Blue River Lakes (Mouse Creek)	117	277	60	82	38	62
Lake Jacomo (northeast)	112	208	33	83	44	47
Swope Park	108	295	41	89	60	42
Lttle Blue Trace	106	237	47	73	60	42
Bridger (Jim) Urban Conservation Area	92	175	20	62	59	34
George Owens Nature Park	91	247	25	70	56	45
Sailboat Cove	83	616	47	74	37	45
Swope Park (Melville)	81	123	24	71	31	25
Swope Park (The Lagoon)	80	106	27	61	45	34
Lone Jack Lake Conservation Area	77	68	28	28	54	25
New Longview Lake	76	105	24	36	33	48
Lake Jacomo (Ligget Cove)	75	73	24	57	24	23
Sailboat Cove (southwest)	72	144	47	40	19	36
Fleming Park	66	152	33	24	27	48
Woods Chapel Park	66	86	10	64	32	12
Sugar Creek (Labenite Park)	61	53	8	47	35	3
Number 38 Lake	61	50	4	57	10	1
Prairie Lee Lake	60	119	39	35	2	33
Jackson County (Fort Osage County Park)	59	60	23	23	28	22
Bowlin Pond (southeast)	57	50	28	29	18	4
Fleming Park (south)	54	50	17	22	28	6
Penn Valley Park	53	91	20	43	27	22
Swope Park (southeast)	49	63	19	32	18	18
Loose Park	48	111	10	37	26	22
Bowlin Pond	43	59	18	21	14	18
Old Longview Lake	38	64	22	24	0	16
Sports Complex Park	23	66	0	18	13	4
Birding spot near Leawood	100	159	32	71	51	46
Birding spot near Lake Tapawingo	97	264	36	79	53	50
Birding spot near Kansas City	61	125	18	43	40	22