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Best Birding Spots in Lorain County, Ohio

Sandy Ridge Reservation leads Lorain County's birding spots with 240 species reported, best in spring. 72 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
Sandy Ridge Reservation	240	7,097	95	219	161	196
Lorain County Metro Parks	164	575	62	137	87	109
Chamberlin Road Property	163	668	36	150	85	76
Mill Hollow - Bacon Woods Park	158	1,384	38	156	85	88
Carlisle Reservation	158	613	37	149	96	89
Black River	157	2,917	76	105	82	103
Lakeview Park	157	1,130	29	119	77	84
Columbia Reservation	142	498	41	130	70	73
Carlisle Reservation (Plum Creek)	141	534	36	129	76	62
Wellington Reservoir Park	137	1,044	76	117	65	80
Cromwell Park	137	458	52	118	75	87
Avon Lake Reservation - Phase II	130	739	33	124	66	65
Findley State Park	130	496	46	104	73	68
Oberlin Reservoir	126	1,031	79	94	47	80
French Creek Reservation	126	369	44	107	76	48
Black River Reservation	123	209	36	116	57	37
Sheldon Woods	122	400	13	120	59	26
Caley Reservation	122	265	42	110	55	54
Black River (west)	116	864	65	74	51	56
Elmwood Park	104	51	15	103	0	15
Shell Cove Park (Sheffield Lake)	101	119	21	89	39	66
Miller Rd Park	94	552	62	45	34	35
Veterans Memorial Park	93	250	35	81	38	45
Bur Oak	93	153	27	77	63	40
Blesser Field	92	714	52	53	25	54
French Creek Reservation (east)	92	185	31	82	26	21
Elywood Park	89	216	28	84	48	20
Carlisle Reservation (Duck Pond)	89	130	20	77	54	37
Kipton Reservation	88	54	19	81	28	9
Cascade Park	87	170	27	68	57	43
Charlemont Reservation	87	88	30	72	47	11
Showse Park	83	228	35	57	27	36
Beech Park	82	266	53	50	5	35
Vermilion River Reservation	81	127	13	67	63	23
James Day Park	81	123	23	60	34	41
Oberlin Reservoir - Eleven (south)	79	104	8	63	29	36
French Creek Reservation (east)	78	78	8	52	32	25
Mill Hollow - Bacon Woods Park (northwest)	76	73	0	72	15	1
Oberlin Reservoir - Eleven (Robin Park)	62	51	14	44	20	12
Oberlin Reservoir - Eleven	56	151	20	51	20	21
Riverside Park	54	78	13	44	6	23
Black River Reservation (south)	52	58	7	37	33	16
Shell Cove Park	50	184	27	27	3	24
Oberlin	49	171	12	42	15	13
Memorial Park	43	163	22	25	15	20
Westshore Park	26	66	11	10	0	16
Century Park	23	57	17	8	0	0
Birding spot near Lorain	262	7,965	94	227	149	216
Birding spot near Eaton Estates	201	2,111	60	171	125	124
Birding spot near Avon Lake	151	1,245	48	146	83	107