Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Butler County, Pennsylvania

Lake Oneida leads Butler County's birding spots with 182 species reported, best in spring. 45 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
Lake Oneida	182	2,229	63	136	99	135
Barber Point	169	1,370	61	139	85	137
Pleasant Valley Beach	165	2,177	85	146	74	111
Coopers Lake	158	1,149	58	122	83	117
Glade Run Lake	154	701	47	124	91	91
Muskrat Cove	151	1,801	54	122	64	106
State Game Land 095	141	172	25	107	72	63
Crescent Bay	140	492	40	112	69	97
Moraine State Park (northeast)	134	220	26	113	55	62
Trout Cove	126	426	31	110	55	67
Jennings Environmental Education Center	123	504	25	105	75	70
Nealeys Point	123	312	36	108	34	68
Moraine State Park (northeast 2)	121	131	24	111	54	44
Moraine State Park (Swamp Run)	120	160	18	102	34	58
Wolf Creek Narrows Natural Area	119	177	23	104	45	44
Thorn Reservoir	117	653	35	83	73	75
Baird Point	115	148	35	91	49	53
State Game Land 095 (Ferris)	113	89	21	93	73	30
Porters Cove	108	306	47	84	26	52
Moraine State Park	106	597	41	89	47	46
Butler-Freeport Community Trail	101	324	26	77	60	48
Todd Nature Reserve	93	299	21	80	52	51
Succop Nature Park	85	193	30	63	35	54
Worth Point	84	54	23	63	26	20
Jennings Environmental Education Center (southeast)	74	68	10	53	47	14
State Game Land 095 (North Branch Bear Creek)	74	65	10	58	50	25
Lake Arthur	73	50	0	44	27	43
Moraine State Park (northeast 3)	71	71	7	45	12	33
Crescent Bay (Pleasant Valley Beach)	69	64	19	40	20	18
Graham Park	59	118	27	40	39	30
Community Park 6	59	84	26	45	41	28
Preston Park	57	70	16	34	32	20
North Boundary Park	55	113	21	39	34	28
Crescent Bay (Bear Run)	51	56	6	33	17	15
Cranberry Township Community Park	42	57	13	32	24	7
Birding spot near Slippery Rock (southeast)	101	259	32	61	69	51
Birding spot near Slippery Rock (south)	85	118	16	56	56	41
Birding spot near Slippery Rock (northwest)	75	56	10	72	19	4
Birding spot near Unionville	72	124	25	52	33	31
Birding spot near Barkeyville (south)	62	64	1	54	36	3
Birding spot near Slippery Rock	61	397	29	46	40	34
Birding spot near West Liberty	56	170	27	36	21	31
Birding spot near Harmony	52	62	27	41	20	2
Birding spot near Saxonburg	44	89	0	19	24	24
Birding spot near Lake Arthur Estates	26	65	12	16	0	4