Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Essex County, New York

Orchard Point leads Essex County's birding spots with 206 species reported, best in fall. 61 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
Orchard Point	206	1,064	79	152	120	166
Town of Willsboro Land	177	692	35	123	130	132
Stony Brook	146	354	53	92	56	107
Lee Park Lands	137	881	65	75	81	91
Wickham Marsh Wma	119	148	15	94	66	35
Westport Boat Launch	111	444	59	70	52	60
Webb Royce Swamp	109	203	18	75	51	70
Putts Creek Wma	107	76	3	87	63	34
Crown Point Campground	105	212	40	77	47	48
Hammond Pond Wild Forest	103	459	17	87	57	45
Craig Harbor	94	283	46	43	51	51
Lodo Pond	88	299	21	57	62	35
Lake Flower	82	60	0	54	59	0
John Browns Farm Historic Site	80	188	4	36	50	56
Tom Peck Pond	77	185	2	57	55	34
Cole Island	75	112	38	53	2	22
Putnam Pond Campground	75	76	8	50	58	22
Mount Defiance	68	68	0	54	30	11
Tom Peck Pond (Connery Pond)	66	149	1	44	54	24
Webb Royce Swamp (southeast)	64	52	0	48	19	18
Stillwater	61	122	10	9	54	26
Adirondak Loj	59	175	7	31	45	27
Essex	59	172	32	39	17	10
North West Bay	58	100	48	30	8	9
Port Kent	57	137	30	34	7	39
Belden Lake	57	65	15	22	35	12
Wolf Pond	56	67	0	45	37	0
Mirror Lake	55	187	4	28	37	33
Hatch Point	55	67	6	24	9	28
Whiteface Mountain Ski Center (Esther Mountain)	54	96	0	26	47	7
Whiteface Mountain Ski Center	53	273	0	26	49	12
Paradox Bay	53	119	1	36	33	28
Chapel Pond	52	97	0	29	42	0
Town of Wilmington Land	52	79	1	20	36	23
Whallon Bay	50	102	38	11	7	19
Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest (southwest)	50	52	0	9	44	0
Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest	48	127	18	23	38	12
The Flume Fall	48	67	0	17	41	7
Moody Pond	44	67	5	19	30	9
Town of Newcomb Land	43	79	18	9	24	9
Moody Pond (Baker Mountain)	41	52	2	10	31	18
South Bay	39	56	26	6	0	15
Cascade Mountain	37	68	1	14	36	11
Whiteface Mountain Ski Center (south)	22	86	0	6	20	5
Whiteface Mountain Ski Center (Little Whiteface Mountain)	18	60	3	7	7	1
Birding spot near Ticonderoga (northeast)	148	178	19	89	100	115
Birding spot near Westport (Sprig Mountain)	118	107	18	86	72	66
Birding spot near Ticonderoga (northeast)	117	247	31	61	56	91
Birding spot near Lake Placid (Roaring Brook)	91	74	5	76	47	25
Birding spot near Ticonderoga (2)	76	93	8	51	45	39