Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Adams County, Pennsylvania

Long Pine Run Reservoir leads Adams County's birding spots with 140 species reported, best in spring. 34 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
Long Pine Run Reservoir	140	763	45	116	73	96
Spanglers Spring	125	306	30	108	52	77
Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve	122	297	32	105	57	58
Gettysburg National Military Park (Little Round Top)	118	423	33	87	82	82
State Game Land 249	116	182	42	62	70	63
State Game Land 249 (Plainview)	114	169	24	103	70	43
Gettysburg National Military Park	110	466	54	83	72	46
Gettysburg National Military Park (southeast)	105	241	34	69	67	56
Gettysburg National Military Park (southeast)	96	184	44	58	49	62
Lake Heritage	94	237	54	73	38	41
Lake Kay	87	476	70	62	13	42
Lake Mae	87	184	33	65	39	26
Eisenhower National Historic Site	82	112	40	62	36	42
Gettysburg National Military Park (Herr Ridge)	80	142	37	61	50	50
Oakside Community Park	77	77	32	62	44	43
Community Park	76	68	9	58	38	40
Gettysburg National Military Park (Round Top)	75	96	30	60	31	29
Gettysburg National Military Park (Spanglers Spring)	73	114	16	54	39	31
Gettysburg National Military Park (south)	73	88	30	46	33	57
East Branch Antietam Creek	63	100	15	43	26	28
Gettysburg National Military Park (Cemetery Hill)	62	129	23	48	35	24
Gettysburg National Military Park (Katalysine Spring)	62	63	25	49	21	18
Long Arm Dam (Lawrence Baker Sheppard Reservoir)	57	71	16	14	19	19
Hamiltonban Community Park	47	69	2	38	19	16
Birding spot near Gettysburg	127	891	56	90	54	92
Birding spot near Gettysburg (Powers Hill)	111	346	41	76	72	56
Birding spot near Orrtanna	98	60	3	56	27	70
Birding spot near Fairfield	97	334	54	75	54	36
Birding spot near Gettysburg (Pitzers Run)	94	199	42	71	64	44
Birding spot near Emmitsburg	74	95	5	49	65	19
Birding spot near York Springs	69	133	13	52	25	23
Birding spot near Fairfield (north)	54	130	37	20	14	14
Birding spot near Emmitsburg (Greenmount)	41	78	6	29	14	11
Birding spot near East Berlin	32	99	13	9	24	7