Birding spots · New Jersey

Best Birding Spots in Monmouth County, New Jersey

Gateway National Recreation Area leads Monmouth County's birding spots with 294 species reported, best in fall. 104 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
Gateway National Recreation Area	294	4,184	132	236	169	253
Gateway National Recreation Area (Sandy Hook Channel)	245	1,406	80	187	141	202
Manasquan Reservoir	211	1,468	105	159	116	159
Gateway National Recreation Area (Sandy Hook Point)	209	791	68	154	94	163
Thompson Park	198	2,101	97	170	100	135
Gateway National Recreation Area (Spermaceti Cove)	196	1,404	85	144	92	149
Fishermans Cove Conservation	194	741	78	135	106	130
Assunpink Wildlife Management Area	190	2,410	110	168	99	133
Manasquan Reservoir (Middle Fork Timber Swamp Brook)	187	1,307	90	130	102	134
Silver Lake	176	2,110	98	101	68	96
Gateway National Recreation Area (northwest 2)	170	544	48	145	61	125
Bayshore Waterfront Park	169	822	61	137	89	103
Gateway National Recreation Area (Plum Island)	163	821	65	120	58	113
Gateway National Recreation Area (northwest 3)	163	341	52	134	52	101
Dorbrook Park	161	997	80	139	81	90
Gateway National Recreation Area (northwest 4)	152	272	32	59	31	131
Hartshorne Woods	151	328	54	131	83	67
Freneau Woods Park	150	565	48	128	64	94
Big Brook Park	149	827	55	137	78	98
Brisbane Lake	148	736	56	137	73	86
Cheesequake State Park (Conaskonk Point)	147	718	52	114	103	84
Gateway National Recreation Area (northwest)	147	608	76	77	50	105
Horseshoe Cove	146	368	49	109	72	78
Gateway National Recreation Area (Sandy Hook)	144	254	45	94	37	90
Manasquan River Wildlife Management Area (Allenwood)	141	269	49	109	75	107
Weltz Park	139	607	39	127	55	68
South Arm	138	941	94	96	68	60
Gateway National Recreation Area (South Island)	135	596	59	75	51	86
Gateway National Recreation Area (southeast)	135	364	61	89	44	79
East Long Branch	124	519	74	61	49	63
Wreck Pond	124	465	78	70	49	45
Huber Woods	123	574	59	109	65	85
Natco Lake	123	221	40	106	62	48
Lake Topanemus	119	219	13	113	34	33
Lake Como	118	872	71	64	46	80
Jackson Woods	117	249	36	105	33	62
Public Beach	116	622	68	75	53	44
Swimming River Natural Area	116	294	34	109	25	45
Gateway National Recreation Area (Horseshoe Cove)	115	272	28	76	61	64
Gateway National Recreation Area (Fort Hancock)	114	135	13	79	41	74
Gateway National Recreation Area (northwest 5)	111	175	29	84	44	55
Poricy Pond	105	166	16	78	47	59
Turkey Swamp Park	104	263	28	75	70	65
Hartshorne Woods (Locust)	104	174	36	82	57	54
Manasquan Reservoir (South Fork Timber Swamp Brook)	103	122	40	75	59	53
Holmdel Park	102	205	34	82	45	60
Joe Palaia Park	99	240	29	90	45	40
Assunpink Wildlife Management Area (southeast)	97	166	30	69	70	22
Crosswicks Creek Greenway	96	96	38	52	58	49
Perrineville Lake	94	77	31	62	38	53