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Best Birding Spots in Morris County, New Jersey

Great Swamp leads Morris County's birding spots with 190 species reported, best in spring. 82 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
Great Swamp	190	1,932	90	177	98	135
Troy Meadows Preserve	189	2,942	80	174	102	148
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (southwest)	175	2,338	83	160	91	120
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge	168	2,833	79	155	92	115
Loantaka Brook Reservation	157	1,675	73	131	90	102
Black River Wildlife Management Area	152	502	70	138	75	58
Troy Meadows State Park	151	449	61	93	70	116
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (Primrose Brook)	146	977	69	122	82	97
Allamuchy Mountain State Park (Tow Path Creek)	143	342	34	120	87	80
Boonton Reservoir	136	754	64	101	61	87
South Branch Preserve	135	724	39	107	66	105
Osborn Pond	134	1,256	65	117	81	87
Black River Park	132	429	52	106	78	101
Pleasant Valley Preserve	129	185	47	111	70	53
Willowwood Arboretum	125	484	53	92	71	92
Mount Hope Lake	125	265	50	108	45	67
Mahlon Dickerson Reservation	119	375	12	112	87	36
Youngstown	118	1,118	37	104	69	84
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (Black Brook)	118	130	35	96	44	54
Central Park of Morris County	116	283	51	64	62	83
Willowwood Arboretum (west)	116	204	38	87	58	78
Osborn Pond (Logansville)	111	378	47	103	57	63
Budd Lake	109	704	66	81	36	71
Browns Pond	108	144	1	98	76	26
Lake Musconetcong State Park	107	688	50	80	55	79
Lake Parsippany	105	994	65	86	25	71
Clyde Potts Reservoir	104	1,098	44	96	66	62
Lake Denmark	104	93	8	89	62	21
Jonathon Woods	103	126	21	84	55	37
Horseshoe Lake	100	291	39	75	54	60
Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area	100	129	26	81	59	40
Speedwell Lake Park	98	387	50	83	45	53
Tourne County Park	97	303	19	85	50	39
Great Cove	97	242	59	64	29	47
Hacklebarney State Park	97	129	33	68	37	40
Muriel Hepner Park	96	290	38	73	49	44
Lewis Morris County Park	96	169	43	75	61	44
Old Troy County Park	95	249	43	63	41	40
Sunrise Lake	94	268	26	78	66	32
Bee Meadow Park	93	156	43	82	25	49
Prospect Point Preserve	92	81	12	62	51	58
Beaver Brook	91	79	0	48	62	67
Morristown National Historical Park	90	233	23	73	61	34
Silver Brook	87	138	11	70	53	38
Osborn Pond (Osborn Mills)	85	245	50	57	38	36
Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area	85	108	17	65	59	20
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (east)	85	84	25	55	21	29
Great Swamp Outdoor Education	84	189	37	72	40	25
Fish Brook Park	84	79	2	77	38	27
Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area (southwest)	84	78	12	59	43	31