Birding spots · New Jersey

Best Birding Spots in Union County, New Jersey

Kings Creek leads Union County's birding spots with 201 species reported, best in spring. 34 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
Kings Creek	201	2,390	84	178	116	157
Lenape Park	155	739	59	136	65	103
Watchung Reservation	147	577	53	133	78	100
Echo Lake Park	139	591	54	122	67	81
Slater	137	995	65	96	72	91
Milton Lake Park	123	255	40	105	50	66
Rahway River Parkway	120	362	55	98	36	54
Watchung Reservation (west)	120	253	30	108	49	66
Passaic River Park	112	511	64	86	63	60
Brightwood Park	107	277	33	104	39	50
Rahway River Parkway (Jacksons Pond)	104	261	51	83	41	42
Buchanan Street Park	102	343	33	67	70	68
Lenape Park (Nomahegan Brook)	100	158	38	83	35	36
Watchung Reservation (Woodland Park)	99	187	25	86	53	28
Ash Brook Park	95	188	53	68	25	64
Tremley	89	133	26	31	47	57
Briant Park	87	224	36	66	33	38
Green Brook Park	87	126	9	85	24	11
Waterfront Park (Elizabeth River)	83	221	41	55	36	24
Oak Ridge Park	83	156	35	65	35	37
Brookside Park	80	71	17	78	0	3
Warinanco Park	78	203	40	52	19	16
Rahway River Parkway (Bloodgoods Pond)	76	104	35	62	24	0
Rahway River Parkway (Winfield)	70	84	13	67	6	0
Watchung Reservation (Seeleys Pond)	70	58	18	62	9	3
Nomahegan Park	67	101	20	52	26	22
Benders Corner	60	53	22	21	29	45
Watchung Reservation (Lake Surprise)	54	64	16	46	20	17
Passaic River Park (Floral Hill)	49	57	21	36	0	20
Municipal Open Space (Fanwood)	39	65	26	27	8	3
Reeves-Reed Arboretum	38	76	9	27	15	4
Birding spot near Elizabeth	179	470	56	97	85	151
Birding spot near Rahway	67	71	19	19	58	23
Birding spot near Linden	47	122	11	16	12	37