Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Rockland County, New York

Village of Piermont Land leads Rockland County's birding spots with 211 species reported, best in spring. 46 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
Village of Piermont Land	211	5,898	95	165	129	154
Rockland Lake State Park	165	1,439	81	137	77	127
Doodletown Bight	151	1,325	33	143	110	86
Kakiat County Park	145	1,118	55	126	95	112
Iona Island	139	704	42	109	83	91
Bear Mountain State Park	135	288	40	125	79	65
Rockland Lake State Park (Swartwont Lake)	132	517	64	102	59	103
Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park	126	555	40	96	68	93
Tallman Mountain State Park	126	407	33	107	63	69
Haverstraw Bay Park	123	690	65	95	73	81
Lake Welch	122	362	53	81	67	85
Jones Point	119	435	32	106	65	35
Stony Point	118	273	57	99	68	57
Lily Pond	113	956	33	93	76	70
Congers Lake Memorial Park	109	508	58	83	55	90
Zukor Park	106	317	40	93	56	60
Tallman Mountain State Park (Crumkill Creek)	104	269	49	68	59	54
New Sebago Beach	101	197	24	65	62	58
Rcrc Flying Field	100	107	41	40	0	86
Rockland Lake State Park (Hook Mountain)	98	246	14	62	39	81
Hook Mountain State Park	97	96	5	83	34	55
Nauraushaun Brook	96	396	48	46	67	52
Old Sebago Beach	96	160	24	63	59	56
Town of Haverstraw Land	95	91	14	75	36	49
Rockland State Psychiatric Center	92	499	26	67	60	52
Harriman State Park	91	94	9	58	68	29
Mount Ivy Swamp	84	129	19	67	56	41
Bear Mountain State Park (Doodletown (historical))	82	69	16	61	35	34
Hessian Lake	81	160	24	61	36	50
Blauvelt State Park	76	56	24	34	45	53
Lake Welch (Irish Mountain)	74	75	13	43	57	13
Childrens Town Park	69	127	38	56	39	34
Torne Brook	68	87	15	54	52	26
Mirror Lake (Sleater Hill)	67	61	0	42	46	15
Tallman Mountain State Park (Sparkill)	64	71	17	47	33	22
Nyack Beach State Park	60	95	23	40	32	22
Bowline Point Park	55	104	42	27	13	17
Piermont Marsh State Tidal Wetland	54	73	12	36	26	25
DeForest Lake	48	111	11	32	10	10
Willow Tree Park	43	56	23	29	3	8
Twin Ponds Park	37	68	16	21	1	12
Memorial Park	36	91	17	27	20	15
Mirror Lake (Sloatsburg)	30	53	3	8	15	4
Birding spot near Pearl River	106	267	47	70	61	64
Birding spot near Blauvelt	99	208	31	51	54	67
Birding spot near Pearl River (Nauraushaun Brook)	90	247	26	34	43	69