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Best Birding Spots in Franklin County, Ohio

Prairie Oaks Metropark leads Franklin County's birding spots with 201 species reported, best in spring. 205 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
Prairie Oaks Metropark	201	3,061	97	177	98	141
Pickerington Ponds Metropark	197	2,852	87	152	117	141
Pickerington Ponds Metropark (southeast)	191	1,526	90	150	110	121
Richardson Road Parkland	188	1,927	80	180	88	129
Kiwanis Riverway Park	186	6,861	92	171	114	149
Blendon Woods Metropark	184	4,660	87	169	104	151
Duranceau Park	179	2,810	70	159	79	119
Blendon Woods Metropark (Thoreau Pond)	171	2,462	78	150	92	128
Greenlawn Avenue Low Head Reservoir	169	1,742	75	152	85	114
Buckeye Swamp	168	3,071	78	144	77	118
Sharon Woods Metropark	164	1,939	64	147	81	109
Litchford Run	154	1,116	55	147	55	89
Batelle-Darby Creek Metropark	151	1,730	56	143	83	113
Mcknight Outdoor Education Center	151	732	56	129	74	96
Blendon Woods Metropark (east)	150	1,302	59	138	69	117
Prairie Oaks Metropark (southeast)	150	536	42	140	74	93
Franklin County Metro Parks	148	495	55	128	81	84
River Bluffs	147	933	44	118	90	102
Sharon Woods Metropark (Schrock Lake)	147	691	47	129	73	114
Richardson Road Parkland (Big Run)	147	551	66	116	75	94
Batelle-Darby Creek Metropark (Robroy Estates)	143	612	33	106	88	76
Scioto Audubon Metro Park	142	790	58	106	74	87
Glen Echo Ravine Restoration & Protection	141	2,272	32	138	47	87
Griggs Park	140	957	73	95	74	72
Pickerington Ponds Metropark (Meadows at Winchester)	140	788	52	108	74	90
Batelle-Darby Creek Metropark (south 2)	138	376	35	126	65	68
Mirror Lake	136	2,673	46	128	46	89
Batelle-Darby Creek Metropark (south 3)	136	219	35	115	73	72
Tuttle/Lane Ave Mut Connector	135	475	42	107	55	94
Batelle-Darby Creek Metropark (south)	134	420	34	127	69	55
Blendon Woods Metropark (southeast)	133	1,018	36	100	62	113
Blacklick Woods Metro Park (Rose Hill Heights)	132	614	40	130	33	65
James J Thomas Park	131	795	61	105	70	74
Pickerington Ponds Metropark (northwest)	131	729	63	116	71	51
Gahanna Woods	131	590	40	119	60	92
Rocky Fork	131	251	39	105	72	72
Griggs Park (Griggs Reservoir)	124	534	59	73	72	83
Inniswood Metro Gardens	123	1,154	55	104	66	73
Clover Parkland	123	583	54	103	46	58
Jeffrey Park	123	477	35	114	48	58
Three Creeks Metropark	123	273	44	107	69	62
Scioto Audubon Metro Park (west)	121	415	41	94	51	72
Scioto Audubon Metro Park (Greenlawn Avenue Low Head Reservoir)	121	399	42	97	62	69
Batelle-Darby Creek Metropark (Georgesville)	121	238	30	100	71	77
Blendon Woods Metropark (southeast)	120	359	22	103	64	74
Batelle-Darby Creek Metropark (Little Darby Creek)	119	256	27	110	60	49
Griggs Park (northwest)	116	688	58	78	64	66
Woodside Green Park	116	387	37	104	53	70
Sharon Woods Metropark (west)	116	252	39	96	63	74
Heritage Park Metropark	115	344	21	110	52	19