Birding spots · New Jersey

Best Birding Spots in Somerset County, New Jersey

Lord Stirling Park leads Somerset County's birding spots with 194 species reported, best in spring. 50 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
Lord Stirling Park	194	4,563	80	178	123	165
Duke Island Park	171	1,360	81	158	88	98
Passaic River	169	1,288	72	149	102	142
Washington Valley Park	157	1,255	19	115	104	150
Fairview Farm Wildlife Preserve	155	1,451	73	136	91	113
Colonial Park	154	831	70	126	77	125
Raritan River Greenway	150	802	71	113	81	116
Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Presserve	147	1,964	51	124	95	115
River Road Park	138	707	61	123	78	85
Washington Valley Park (Washington Valley Reservoir)	138	437	46	107	76	97
Somerset County Trail	127	525	48	104	80	75
North Branch Park	123	504	63	79	60	76
Ravine Lake	121	256	48	94	59	54
Sourland Mountain Preserve	118	380	33	112	62	57
Griggstown	115	402	36	95	74	77
Raritan River Greenway (Bradley Gardens)	109	125	29	83	56	55
Sylvan Lake	104	374	38	68	71	69
Wagner Farm Arboretum	102	260	25	62	49	78
Six Mile Run Reservoir Site	102	195	31	80	69	42
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (Ambrose Brook)	100	201	65	63	48	46
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (north)	98	194	70	75	24	25
The Pond	97	215	44	65	58	57
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (north)	82	111	33	61	48	25
Little Brook Sanctuary	81	55	20	66	18	26
Lord Stirling Park (Lyons)	77	101	30	46	38	36
Raritan River Confluence State Park	73	84	46	62	18	0
Montgomery	73	78	26	42	30	50
East County Reserve	69	102	26	50	38	35
Raritan River Confluence State Park (Holland Brook)	66	51	22	56	14	0
Morristown National Historical Park (Indian Grave Brook)	62	81	18	46	43	17
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (Van Horn Brook)	60	67	24	45	18	30
Buck Garden	55	105	17	42	27	23
Van Horne Park	52	65	19	29	35	7
Spooky Brook Pond	48	280	40	26	0	17
Watchung Lake	42	60	26	17	15	7
Birding spot near Manville	179	1,799	92	139	92	142
Birding spot near Six Mile Run	170	2,415	56	147	110	98
Birding spot near Finderne	153	554	71	107	74	115
Birding spot near Neshanic	141	497	68	129	67	51
Birding spot near Hillsborough	137	1,018	65	111	70	89
Birding spot near Basking Ridge	98	444	33	88	51	55
Birding spot near Somerville	83	76	9	59	44	31
Birding spot near Flagtown	78	66	41	41	25	50
Birding spot near Lyons	77	184	32	35	52	46
Birding spot near Liberty Corner	74	78	37	48	27	36
Birding spot near Basking Ridge (Bernardsville)	69	201	50	45	25	14
Birding spot near East Millstone	51	125	42	28	0	0
Birding spot near Zarephath	48	179	48	0	0	0
Birding spot near Zarephath (Manville)	36	93	33	1	0	21
Birding spot near Zarephath (northeast)	31	122	26	7	0	3