Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Orange County, New York

Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge leads Orange County's birding spots with 207 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
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge	207	3,135	93	167	125	161
County of Orange Land	188	1,600	72	157	117	147
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge (north)	181	875	63	144	96	138
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	176	1,009	69	137	90	131
Wickham Lake	160	874	75	143	73	109
Glenmere Lake	148	454	67	115	57	82
Stewart State Forest	146	310	20	131	72	79
Flag Swamp	144	1,086	33	139	96	78
Sterling Forest State Park	140	828	5	137	98	28
Snyder Pond	130	336	33	118	32	61
Sterling Forest State Park (southwest)	126	202	0	122	81	25
Silver Mine Lake	123	218	33	91	77	68
City of Middletown Land	119	390	38	104	67	79
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	118	211	45	75	68	58
River Front Park	114	498	17	100	62	49
Chadwick Lake Park	111	238	38	87	54	73
Sterling Forest Lake	111	186	17	109	52	17
Stewart State Forest (north)	110	167	9	98	57	38
Winding Hills County Park	108	214	20	95	41	49
Varick Homes	105	1,227	70	69	49	50
Benedict Farm Park	104	363	35	87	62	51
Eagle Lake	104	207	18	94	49	53
Upper Reservoir	103	143	23	91	60	34
Round Pond (Long Pond)	98	120	7	90	62	44
Goose Pond Mountain (southwest)	97	114	28	83	36	43
Sterling Lake	96	90	17	81	62	10
Newburgh Water Supply Land	91	264	29	74	9	48
Reservoir Number One	90	64	9	64	43	66
Goose Pond Mountain	89	152	11	62	46	42
Elks Memorial Park	86	110	0	79	37	15
City of Newburgh Land	85	435	58	44	42	45
Highland Lakes State Park	82	89	17	62	26	38
Harriman State Park (Stahahe Brook)	81	86	21	67	44	29
Sterling Lake (Lakeville)	80	72	3	70	47	1
Palisades Interstate Park	80	68	6	58	43	20
Mitigation Pond	80	63	6	73	39	12
Mount Peter Hawk Watch Trailway	79	133	0	14	12	71
Newburgh Water Supply Land (Browns Pond)	78	220	43	60	11	53
Lake Nawahunta	77	55	0	52	47	18
Storm King	75	145	22	45	40	22
Bear Mountain State Park (Hell Hole)	75	115	0	26	33	49
Lake Skannatati	74	64	8	54	40	15
Plum Point Park	72	126	33	47	18	15
Sterling Forest State Park (Lakeville)	69	56	10	60	32	0
Lions Park	68	98	32	37	17	25
Orange Lake	67	130	19	54	0	41
Stewart State Forest (Stewart Terrace)	61	52	3	54	7	14
Mongaup Valley Wma	60	54	0	37	40	5
Thomas P. Morahan Waterfront Park	58	116	30	30	30	12
Spruce Pond	57	51	7	43	34	17