Birding spots · New Jersey

Best Birding Spots in Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Spruce Run Recreation Area leads Hunterdon County's birding spots with 269 species reported, best in fall. 49 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
Spruce Run Recreation Area	269	7,795	123	228	183	230
Round Valley Recreation Area	223	3,877	114	178	107	190
South Branch River Reserve	191	3,829	90	150	114	154
Spruce Run Recreation Area (Union)	191	1,093	79	139	113	124
Round Valley Recreation Area (north)	169	606	79	87	62	139
Clinton Wildlife Management Area	162	347	51	106	97	100
Riverside	153	190	73	122	84	114
Round Valley Recreation Area (McPherson)	148	560	82	101	67	100
Cramers Creek	142	1,218	73	109	76	97
Hoffman Park	140	512	54	120	79	91
Lake Solitude	136	943	54	119	87	70
Clinton Wildlife Management Area (Black Brook)	136	266	57	107	55	55
Cold Brook Reserve	127	322	54	52	36	113
South Branch Wildlife Management Area (northwest)	125	208	61	81	72	89
Bulls Island	121	342	39	109	74	39
Voorhees State Park	119	362	23	111	55	14
Cushetunk Public Park	118	463	57	72	48	84
Tower Hill Park	118	277	42	92	69	51
Spruce Run Reservoir	116	380	26	64	77	72
Landsdown Trail	114	204	49	93	61	70
Echo Hill Environmental Center	108	294	46	95	59	57
Cider Mill Grassland Preserve	106	499	50	79	61	63
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (Harihokake Creek)	106	278	48	88	50	50
Miquin Woods	106	159	19	99	46	17
Teetertown Ravine Nature Preserve	105	202	31	95	61	53
Whittemore Wildlife Sanctuary	104	157	44	77	33	70
South Branch Wildlife Management Area	103	213	48	87	63	44
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (Alexauken Creek)	99	157	45	78	52	60
Raritan Community Park	93	70	9	78	37	35
Hunterdon County Garden or Arboretum	92	160	34	68	42	58
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (Swan Creek)	91	229	54	75	45	44
Horseshoe Bend Park	91	172	20	73	69	33
Amwell Lake Wildlife Management Area	88	114	24	61	46	45
Teetertown Ravine Nature Preserve (Beisler Lake)	88	92	17	66	61	31
Demott Park and Fishing Pond	84	527	59	62	24	46
Musconetcong River Reserve	81	88	0	72	49	1
Deer Path Park	80	65	39	47	32	36
Heritage Park	74	54	34	20	19	59
South Branch River Reserve (Packers Island)	72	58	34	57	39	36
Northern Stony Brook Greenway	69	51	0	60	31	8
Raritan Township Conservation Area	68	59	7	47	43	20
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (Frenchtown)	63	95	27	49	36	15
Spruce Run Recreation Area (Clinton)	62	115	23	33	37	3
Ken Lockwood Gorge Wildlife Management Area	60	97	3	43	44	15
Rileyville	52	61	9	48	25	7
Birding spot near White House Station	136	658	68	107	90	74
Birding spot near Clinton	84	98	24	66	47	37
Birding spot near Frenchtown	69	109	14	47	41	33
Birding spot near Three Bridges	69	86	0	49	61	9