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Best Birding Spots in Stark County, Ohio

Walbourne Reservoir (Walborn Reservoir) leads Stark County's birding spots with 175 species reported, best in spring. 55 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
Walbourne Reservoir (Walborn Reservoir)	175	842	76	137	97	111
Beech Creek	171	781	47	139	106	110
Wilderness Center	168	880	56	158	84	107
Walbourne Reservoir	166	1,350	61	123	98	123
Sippo Lake Park	162	978	71	134	62	112
Hoover Community Rec Complex	159	1,912	56	137	79	116
Deer Creek Reservoir (northeast)	153	425	2	36	84	133
Deer Creek Reservoir	152	889	51	134	82	93
Quail Hollow State Park	147	606	46	136	67	98
Walbourne Reservoir (France Lake)	144	508	65	100	89	79
Sippo Lake Park (Oak Manor)	143	915	48	127	67	86
Deer Creek Reservoir (Lexington)	137	347	40	55	51	102
Wilderness Center (east)	133	363	34	123	64	96
Beal Run	132	264	50	96	69	72
Walbourne Reservoir (northeast)	127	489	53	57	81	60
Jackson Bog	127	333	39	108	65	61
Deer Creek Reservoir (Beech Creek)	127	127	25	97	68	71
Deer Creek Reservoir (northeast)	122	231	34	51	40	94
Fry Pond	117	421	36	99	77	60
Sippo Lake Park (southeast)	117	176	50	84	37	81
Sippo Lake Park (Indianola Estates)	111	192	31	105	33	48
Petros Park	108	553	32	95	58	43
City of Canton Sludge Pond	108	58	23	86	64	49
Sippo Lake Park (Spring Valley Lake)	101	159	34	89	42	40
Navarre Park	101	101	24	88	59	32
Quail Hollow State Park (southeast)	90	125	32	64	32	62
Fairhope Nature Preserve	86	79	30	76	19	43
Tam O'Shanter Golf Course	85	244	37	59	47	60
Canal Corridor	83	177	39	65	50	44
Lake Cable	81	504	49	58	16	41
Bear Swamp (historical)	79	105	34	51	49	45
Gervasi Station Trailhead	73	190	33	56	53	40
Martindale Park	70	133	33	61	55	36
Canal Corridor (northwest)	67	67	25	49	45	29
Canal Corridor (Mudbrook Creek)	65	109	20	54	45	38
Mary C. Metzger Park	62	99	1	54	46	0
Molly Stark Park	59	58	24	38	26	39
Schneider Park	57	90	34	42	40	22
Silver Park	47	125	19	39	29	25
Stadium Park	44	71	26	34	21	15
Price Prak	42	219	24	34	31	26
Robert W Starcher Baseball Field	28	148	14	17	7	10
Birding spot near Homeworth	131	1,475	45	120	77	90
Birding spot near Louisville	97	155	20	96	43	18
Birding spot near Marlboro	94	71	26	62	36	73
Birding spot near North Canton	87	605	31	77	57	43
Birding spot near Waynesburg	87	279	57	47	0	38
Birding spot near Middlebranch	84	487	38	68	61	51
Birding spot near Alliance (Shaffers (historical))	73	112	32	44	56	38
Birding spot near Bolivar	71	87	28	47	48	10