Birding spots · Ohio

Best Birding Spots in Licking County, Ohio

Deweese Ponds (historical) leads Licking County's birding spots with 210 species reported, best in spring. 27 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
Deweese Ponds (historical)	210	2,334	80	192	111	151
Dawes Arboretum	147	1,114	71	132	70	77
Blackhand Gorge Dedicated Nature Preserve	139	714	44	130	78	93
Blackhand Gorge Dedicated Nature Preserve (Black Hand Narrows)	138	370	34	132	69	63
Dillon Recreation Area (Toboso)	135	237	43	128	58	52
Infirmary Mound Park	133	376	45	121	64	73
Lobdell Reserve	130	297	35	121	70	103
Maple Bay	120	401	64	92	65	78
T.J. Evans Family Park	119	866	40	96	74	66
Evans Park	119	838	48	70	70	88
Buckeye Lake State Park	118	1,504	65	70	51	90
Bloody Run Swamp (historical)	115	391	45	89	62	43
Morris Woods Dedicated Nature Preserve	99	155	25	78	53	56
Newark Low Head Reservoir (historical)	93	213	0	83	54	32
Taft Reserve	93	88	32	60	44	61
Flint Ridge Park	84	85	13	78	35	22
Fanchion Lewis Park	81	70	23	57	44	38
Hoback Park	77	139	35	60	54	33
Flowerpot Hill	70	136	22	60	44	30
TJ Evans Trail	60	85	28	35	43	24
Purity	57	106	3	40	52	17
Birding spot near Jacksontown	161	535	58	109	70	129
Birding spot near Jacksontown (Fleatown)	149	458	54	124	70	99
Birding spot near Granville South	137	564	46	106	79	86
Birding spot near Granville	135	523	40	122	86	106
Birding spot near Granville (northeast)	58	260	32	40	34	37
Birding spot near Hartford (Croton)	42	165	25	25	17	18