Birding spots · Ohio

Best Birding Spots in Geauga County, Ohio

Akron City Reservoir leads Geauga County's birding spots with 215 species reported, best in fall. 49 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
Akron City Reservoir	215	4,955	90	163	125	185
Burton Wetlands	169	1,106	58	155	96	95
Burton Lake	169	647	21	155	91	96
Frohring Meadows	157	1,610	43	139	80	99
The Rookery	154	1,404	43	146	82	115
Headwaters Park	152	501	48	114	80	100
Eldon Russell Park	151	1,180	49	143	93	93
Headwaters Park (East Claridon)	136	401	26	102	88	71
Akron City Reservoir (Fire Run)	134	455	59	85	73	73
Swine Creek Reservation (northwest)	132	371	36	121	67	52
Novelty Lake	131	769	22	127	55	81
Punderson State Park	128	639	53	108	76	74
Maple Highlands Bike Trail	128	231	16	122	61	79
Valley and Walnut Grove	126	577	23	121	51	83
The West Woods	119	1,055	38	111	54	60
Bass Lake Preserve	116	213	32	76	53	73
Walter C. Best Wildlife Preserve	114	617	46	90	59	63
Orchard Hills Preserve	110	420	39	77	66	63
Crow Property	109	205	24	96	66	47
Lake Estabrook	103	258	31	95	48	55
Snow Lake	102	71	0	99	34	20
Eldon Russell Park (northeast)	101	154	16	87	73	38
South Russell Village Park	99	291	19	78	62	70
Welton's Gorge	99	101	20	90	47	29
Auburn Marsh Wildlife Area	99	92	8	94	26	7
Big Creek Park	91	147	15	87	40	20
Hyde Property	87	101	16	80	45	28
Aquilla Wildlife Area	85	80	18	75	19	28
Swine Creek Reservation	82	508	43	69	25	38
Beartown Lakes Reservation	82	182	32	69	49	33
Centerville Mills	79	221	15	67	39	38
Wicked Woods Golf Club	69	51	10	59	44	0
Ruh Property	66	72	17	55	40	11
Thompson Ledges Park	57	72	2	49	41	11
Bessie Benner Metzenbaum Park	57	62	12	41	34	13
Little Punderson Lake	56	73	9	37	13	35
Birding spot near Hiram	156	743	43	118	71	113
Birding spot near Bainbridge	130	857	46	91	85	74
Birding spot near Hiram (west)	113	345	29	64	50	77
Birding spot near Burton (Stump Lake)	98	73	15	83	46	42
Birding spot near Parkman (northwest)	88	522	48	53	46	52
Birding spot near Burton	85	408	12	76	34	20
Birding spot near Hiram (west 2)	79	100	15	36	36	27
Birding spot near Middlefield	74	743	52	51	23	35
Birding spot near Parkman	72	779	50	50	38	40
Birding spot near Bentleyville	68	83	8	52	38	24
Birding spot near Burton (east)	46	57	0	37	31	2
Birding spot near Hiram (west 3)	42	68	0	30	15	1
Birding spot near Middlefield (southwest)	17	65	13	8	0	7