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Best Birding Spots in Summit County, Ohio

Indigo Lake leads Summit County's birding spots with 191 species reported, best in spring. 101 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
Indigo Lake	191	5,666	89	181	124	148
Bath Nature Preserve	186	1,759	56	168	112	100
Nimisila Reservoir	186	1,240	75	161	100	109
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	181	3,740	68	172	101	109
Firestone Metro Park	168	2,088	55	163	69	110
Turkeyfoot Beach	162	892	72	145	50	78
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Brandywine Creek)	153	1,222	58	135	85	102
Kendall Lake	153	1,042	38	136	91	98
Little Cuyahoga River	150	1,084	58	114	86	120
Indigo Lake (Ira)	140	811	52	115	79	72
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Langes Run)	137	936	17	135	90	94
Franklin-clinton Area	136	748	51	118	78	100
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Boston)	135	535	47	101	81	76
Nimisila Reservoir (northeast)	134	496	43	116	63	65
Saalfield Pond Number One	131	501	36	118	73	74
Cascade Valley Metro Park	129	517	46	105	70	85
Nimisila Reservoir (Comet)	126	766	55	99	76	51
Silver Creek Metro Park	125	496	51	111	61	62
Nimisila Reservoir (east)	121	355	45	110	45	46
Summit Lake	117	1,360	80	79	48	78
Park Lake	115	526	37	95	75	68
Latham Bay	114	81	31	95	37	37
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Ritchie Ledges)	113	826	23	97	76	61
Deep Lock Quarry	113	306	25	106	57	29
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Boston Run)	111	318	43	80	75	54
North Reservoir State Park	110	521	48	80	57	65
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (south)	106	406	31	63	56	71
Springfield Bog Metro Park	105	418	30	67	74	52
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Stanford Run)	105	188	36	79	54	59
Seiberling Nature Realm	103	697	47	82	55	61
Silver Springs Park	103	546	39	91	62	53
Saalfield Pond Number One (north)	103	311	40	75	74	51
Camp Hilaka Lake	102	256	31	82	72	54
Pancake Lake	101	137	37	87	57	24
Liberty Park (south)	100	121	16	79	66	39
Comet Lake	99	211	51	85	16	55
Nimisila Reservoir (New Franklin)	99	208	29	83	8	30
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Woodward Creek)	99	99	23	78	63	39
Deep Lock Quarry (Furnace Run South)	98	185	25	81	50	32
Hudson Springs Park	98	176	20	91	56	40
Brandywine Falls	97	452	27	82	61	43
Sand Run Metro Park	95	218	26	75	68	46
Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail	92	265	48	76	42	53
Indigo Lake (Furnace Run)	91	298	48	66	53	40
Lakemore Recreation Park	90	700	60	73	18	59
Liberty Park	90	235	28	83	59	30
Kendall Lake (Camp Butler Lake)	90	152	0	75	61	25
Southgate Park	88	214	23	68	70	41
Lake Nesmith	86	275	65	50	4	35
Portage Lakes Wildlife Headquarters	86	149	37	60	44	43