Birding spots · New Hampshire

Best Birding Spots in Grafton County, New Hampshire

Reeds Wildlife Management Area leads Grafton County's birding spots with 128 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
Reeds Wildlife Management Area	128	1,022	8	116	74	59
Wilder Management Area (Grant Brook)	123	481	36	99	65	85
White Mountain National Forest	118	667	26	87	100	70
Upper Baker Pond	114	710	26	97	79	66
Post Pond	113	289	15	93	59	61
Hebron Bay	113	256	10	76	70	71
Cranberry Pond	106	695	1	75	90	25
Boston Lot Lake	106	147	0	94	60	58
George Pond	104	94	0	79	80	27
Wilder Management Area	103	543	11	87	58	40
Parker Reservoir	103	199	23	88	79	44
Dana Pasture	100	386	3	59	77	72
Connecticut River Reservoir (Bald Hill)	95	122	2	87	39	24
Reeds Marsh	93	209	21	53	46	59
Occom Pond (Girl Brook)	91	101	13	55	36	64
Science Center of New Hampshire	90	178	9	61	63	29
Goose Pond	90	104	2	68	52	31
Mirror Lake	87	330	0	75	68	27
Lake Armington	87	183	7	48	57	61
Potato Island	87	138	10	72	66	43
Post Pond (Trout Brook)	85	277	10	52	52	37
Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest	83	444	0	73	66	0
Wilson's Landing	80	188	9	58	47	30
Cranberry Pond (Mascoma River)	80	144	12	55	53	30
Reeds Marsh (Orford)	80	94	12	47	5	52
Hebron Bay (Cockermouth River)	75	83	0	38	35	43
Connecticut River Reservoir (East Wilder)	73	185	28	55	8	27
Johnston Island	72	243	33	65	12	10
Franconia Notch State Park	68	344	0	30	63	27
Campton Pond	68	64	4	59	12	23
Occom Pond	66	152	13	40	25	32
Baker Floodwater Reservoir Site	65	191	2	42	37	32
Connecticut River Reservoir (north)	62	139	12	46	26	21
Lower Baker Pond	61	97	3	35	20	17
Hunter / Balch Hill	60	111	16	29	39	28
Occom Pond (north)	60	107	21	55	13	18
Grafton Pond	57	59	0	7	51	9
Occom Pond (Hanover)	54	87	3	51	12	0
Lonesome Lake	53	80	0	25	38	20
Newfound Lake	53	65	9	1	35	23
Mount Cardigan	53	64	0	8	38	23
The Pool	48	161	4	17	39	16
Hewes Brook	48	88	1	36	27	14
Paradise Point Nature Center	48	54	0	12	30	10
White Mountain National Forest (Cone Pond)	48	50	0	10	38	13
Echo Lake (Profile Lake)	47	66	0	8	35	16
Storrs Pond	46	65	0	17	33	29
Crystal Lake (Bicknell Brook)	44	83	6	18	6	34
Mink Brook	44	55	2	31	16	9
Echo Lake	42	72	0	10	27	23