Birding spots · New Hampshire

Best Birding Spots in Carroll County, New Hampshire

Hale Cove leads Carroll County's birding spots with 149 species reported, best in fall. 37 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
Hale Cove	149	2,611	40	128	109	129
Alice Bemis Thompson Wildlife Refuge	148	888	23	128	108	90
Copps Pond	144	473	0	102	111	106
Taylor Pond	127	217	2	106	50	54
Meadow Brook	122	648	18	90	70	88
Shaw Pond	116	190	0	75	92	96
Pequawket Pond	115	397	13	102	54	62
Mirror Lake (Jackson Falls)	110	222	3	101	50	60
Intervale	105	215	13	77	65	50
Chicks Corner	103	200	0	94	57	27
East Conway	101	295	4	67	48	69
Ossipee Pine Barrens	95	238	0	67	74	52
Mountain Pond	69	75	0	42	58	23
Lees Pond	68	115	4	48	53	23
Braga Pond	68	102	23	36	10	20
Wildcat, New Hampshire Wild and Scenic River	67	92	0	6	64	6
Upper Kimball Pond	66	116	0	14	55	26
Pudding Pond	60	69	5	33	41	30
Foss Mountain	60	62	0	41	51	7
Bartlett Experimental Forest	56	57	0	26	47	1
Bear Cove	53	114	0	2	33	26
Basin Brook Reservoir	53	51	0	31	31	3
White Lake State Park	52	59	0	18	35	16
Front Bay	49	226	11	20	28	13
North Conway	48	50	4	9	33	8
Crawford Notch State Park	44	78	2	1	33	19
Chocorua Lake	39	77	0	6	27	19
East Sandwich	39	58	0	27	20	3
Crawford Notch State Park (Kedron Brook)	37	56	0	6	23	10
Birding spot near North Conway	148	1,160	25	130	99	117
Birding spot near Conway	121	1,263	33	100	84	88
Birding spot near North Conway (Kearsarge)	113	408	38	97	53	75
Birding spot near Center Sandwich	101	234	2	69	59	65
Birding spot near Center Ossipee	99	114	0	49	78	59
Birding spot near Kezar Falls	84	92	0	74	68	25
Birding spot near Center Ossipee (east)	78	53	0	18	43	57
Birding spot near Bartlett	73	144	22	64	44	18