Birding spots · Ohio

Best Birding Spots in Lake County, Ohio

Headlands Beach State Park leads Lake County's birding spots with 256 species reported, best in spring. 71 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
Headlands Beach State Park	256	4,298	86	227	141	212
Headlands Beach State Park (Grand River)	252	3,352	71	225	162	200
Mentor Lagoons Marina and Park	244	3,195	101	218	136	184
Mentor Marsh	211	1,253	73	181	120	150
Headlands Beach State Park (Fairport Harbor)	207	1,290	63	187	90	119
Mentor Lagoons Marina and Park (Marsh Creek)	203	2,294	70	177	116	125
Chagrin River Property	193	4,233	78	179	116	155
Foster Pond	181	1,157	53	156	86	98
Shipman Pond	179	852	51	168	81	115
Veterans' Memorial Park	173	1,394	59	157	71	95
Painesville Township Park	169	730	62	112	81	114
Headlands Beach State Park (Shipman Pond)	163	65	0	163	0	0
Madison Dock (historical)	154	328	34	119	85	83
Perry Township Park	150	399	50	50	31	132
Lake Erie Girl Scout Lake	141	279	35	109	67	79
Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park	137	1,491	82	83	34	94
Lake Shore Reservation Metropolitan Park	137	223	25	129	61	57
Penitentiary Glen Reservation	132	820	43	115	67	94
North Chagrin Reservation (Oxbow Lagoon)	125	697	51	88	64	86
Beaty Landing	123	278	40	114	68	56
Mill Creek	115	291	26	109	68	26
Mentor Marsh Dedicated Nature Preserve	114	91	7	61	73	68
Mentor Marsh (Mentor Headlands)	113	455	44	98	46	49
Gully Brook Park	108	533	38	100	54	66
Corning Lake	104	218	24	91	52	46
Sherwin Preserve	102	62	19	95	7	23
Chagrin River Property (Oak Hill Village)	101	64	30	67	59	67
Metropark Interpretive Center	97	122	17	90	64	18
Eastlake Park	95	78	33	74	26	71
North Chagrin Reservation (northeast 2)	91	150	33	75	56	39
Indian Point	91	125	11	87	49	9
North Chagrin Reservation (north)	84	109	25	64	55	38
Foster Pond (Blueberry Pond)	83	74	16	58	58	24
Hell Hollow Metropolitan Park	82	95	10	55	69	20
Hourglass Pond	80	151	34	60	55	38
Headlands Beach State Park (southwest)	80	86	0	44	37	40
Metropark Interpretive Center (Madison Palisades)	79	76	17	62	52	7
Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park (Grand River)	77	299	59	46	0	44
Pleasant Valley	77	64	16	57	50	18
Madison Township Park	70	151	41	28	12	34
Hach-Otis State Nature Preserve	70	93	15	57	41	24
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Sf	69	130	14	55	41	22
Daniels Park	68	112	17	40	47	20
Quail Hollow Lake	67	68	14	52	39	21
North Chagrin Reservation (north)	66	159	18	51	40	28
Chagrin River	63	123	37	30	31	19
Sunset Park	63	105	22	24	0	54
Holden Arboretum	62	65	9	37	46	14
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Sf (Gildersleeve Mountain)	60	92	18	39	33	24
North Chagrin Reservation (northeast 3)	60	91	19	31	43	14