Birding spots · Montana

Best Birding Spots in Gallatin County, Montana

East Gallatin Recreation Area leads Gallatin County's birding spots with 184 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
East Gallatin Recreation Area	184	1,671	25	136	105	146
Three Forks Ponds Fishing Access Site	171	1,662	26	131	103	139
Cherry River Fishing Access Site	148	2,025	44	111	95	102
Gardner Park	141	2,009	49	104	93	102
Missouri Headwaters State Park (Gallatin (historical))	140	646	33	107	101	74
Cattail Creek Park	138	1,169	15	98	66	106
East Gallatin Recreation Area (Bridger Creek)	134	988	31	88	83	102
Story Mill Park	126	1,670	44	99	90	80
Black's Ford Fishing Access Site	124	546	35	77	71	88
Hyalite Reservoir	113	403	6	23	64	76
Missouri Headwaters State Park	105	682	20	78	77	28
Missouri Headwaters State Park (Spring Creek)	105	287	14	82	78	34
Diamond Park	104	853	13	73	58	71
01S06E34BCDA01 Spring	104	433	29	70	84	41
Willow Creek	103	911	36	63	58	57
Missouri Headwaters State Park (southwest)	97	141	10	63	71	33
Gallatin National Forest (southwest)	97	105	0	28	87	22
Drouillard Fishing Access Site	95	273	39	52	59	23
Cameron Bridge Fishing Access Site	94	223	13	54	64	65
Milwaukee Fishing Access Site	93	383	39	56	37	42
Cobblestone Fishing Access Site	92	126	34	77	43	21
Cemetery Park	88	1,029	39	64	56	57
Creekwood Subdvision Public Park	85	193	21	64	56	36
01S06E34BCDA01 Spring (Flaming Arrow Rock)	82	234	15	54	64	27
Baker Creek	82	113	26	46	30	51
Spring Dell Add., Guys Second	79	372	33	54	39	47
Grafs East Park	76	309	24	35	51	50
01S06E34BCDA01 Spring (Drinking Horse Mountain)	75	142	16	45	61	10
Gallatin National Forest (Horse Butte)	71	54	0	16	45	43
Axtell Bridge Fishing Access Site	65	63	7	34	36	14
Gallatin Forks Fishing Access Site	65	62	12	33	50	5
Madison Buffalo Jump State Park	64	163	17	44	40	17
Willow Creek (2)	64	140	38	29	21	31
Gallatin National Forest	62	194	3	36	49	8
Regional Park	61	178	9	46	32	40
Accola	61	62	12	34	45	3
Cattail Creek Park (Bisel)	59	193	4	39	48	18
West Yellowstone Town Park	56	235	3	29	40	14
Bridger Bowl Ski Area Recreation Area	56	132	0	9	45	37
Burke Park	53	92	15	29	36	19
Gallatin National Forest (Watts Canyon)	53	80	3	22	46	16
Four Corners Fishing Access Site	53	58	10	27	30	5
Gallatin National Forest (Beaver Creek)	49	59	0	16	43	1
Cattail Creek Park (south)	47	100	7	38	29	23
Bozeman Pond Fishing Access Site	46	102	14	24	25	23
Dry Gulch	45	102	10	26	33	10
Tom Bertagnolli Park	43	59	23	12	9	28
Bridger Bowl Ski Area Recreation Area (west)	41	78	0	0	0	41
Gallatin National Forest (south)	41	64	0	19	30	11
Montana Arboretum and Gardens	39	210	20	20	20	23