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Best Birding Spots in Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Beltzville State Park leads Carbon County's birding spots with 219 species reported, best in spring. 25 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
Beltzville State Park	219	2,630	102	196	110	152
Beltzville State Park (north)	189	2,059	82	168	104	136
Penn Forest Reservoir	120	623	26	102	59	41
Beltzville State Park (Beltzville Lake)	116	306	44	104	43	37
Wild Creek Reservoir	113	876	34	105	78	46
Beltzville State Park (Trinity Gorge)	109	472	56	87	43	43
Penn Forest Reservoir (northwest)	104	409	2	90	71	23
Beltzville State Park (Big Creek)	103	288	26	82	59	64
Mauch Chunk Lake	103	179	27	83	60	43
Beltzville State Park (northeast)	100	400	34	84	56	40
Hickory Run Lake	99	268	9	80	82	51
Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge	96	101	21	69	63	41
Mauch Chunk Lake Park	77	88	27	57	36	28
Parryville Memorial Park	75	242	37	47	40	31
State Game Land 168 (Buckwha Creek)	71	130	1	0	22	65
Lehigh Canal Park	70	189	16	63	52	26
Riverview Park (Lizard Creek Junction)	67	51	1	54	21	15
Three O'Clock Spring (historical)	65	52	0	48	43	21
Beltzville State Park (Wild Creek)	61	93	21	43	26	24
Phifer Ice Dam Park	56	291	31	38	30	27
Lehigh Gorge State Park	55	62	1	29	26	19
Hickory Run State Park	49	59	0	27	27	5
Sand Spring Lake	44	53	0	14	30	16
Birding spot near Cherryville	103	89	27	38	34	82
Birding spot near Palmerton	84	351	39	64	49	41