Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Opossum Lake leads Cumberland County's birding spots with 170 species reported, best in spring. 59 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
Opossum Lake	170	1,493	72	145	79	129
Big Spring Creek	163	1,087	89	127	91	126
State Game Land 169 (Peebles Run)	159	462	47	134	75	122
Huntsdale State Fish Hatchery	156	593	59	136	81	106
State Game Land 230	155	1,268	50	145	100	119
Conodoguinet Creek (West Fairview)	155	1,050	67	133	82	75
State Game Land 169	151	545	52	136	79	90
State Game Land 169 (Three Square Hollow Run)	148	386	63	126	86	101
State Game Land 169 (northwest)	142	207	67	68	92	110
Pine Grove Furnace State Park	139	725	41	106	94	118
Winding Hills Park	136	632	57	127	64	86
South Middleton Township Park	136	578	53	113	67	111
Reading R.R. R.O.W.	135	735	53	117	76	100
Childrens Lake	121	1,655	76	87	57	72
Kings Gap State Park	121	845	27	106	69	78
Michaux State Forest	116	339	37	103	61	84
Tuscarora State Forest	108	254	0	100	56	56
Mount Holly Marsh Preserve (Cumberland County-Owned)	106	129	29	93	46	39
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (southwest)	100	102	16	86	38	44
Lower Allen Community Park (LACP)	98	281	43	79	54	66
Colonel Denning State Park	97	224	14	81	64	32
Pine Grove Furnace State Park (Laurel Forge Pond)	96	206	29	71	57	51
Dykeman Park	94	291	52	70	39	48
Starry Fields	91	240	45	78	36	27
Cool Spring	88	253	56	33	46	26
Burd Run Nature Trail	88	124	13	53	16	70
Spring Meadows	81	199	22	68	58	39
Trout Run Wetland Wildlife Reserve	80	167	25	65	43	33
Simpson Park	78	168	30	56	47	37
Whittlinger Nature Preserve	76	106	40	48	44	44
Michaux State Forest (Big Flat Ridge)	75	70	0	41	54	44
Cumberland Valley Rail-Trail	75	64	34	21	55	41
State Game Land 305	71	64	12	45	31	36
Big Pond (Hairy Springs Hollow)	71	57	4	26	21	62
Michaux State Forest (southwest)	70	91	0	42	48	49
Tichy Park	69	85	27	57	31	35
New Cumberland Borough Park	61	118	28	27	44	36
Acri Meadow Park	61	86	27	37	28	29
Grantham Park	60	66	15	46	43	25
Cumberland Valley Rails to Trails	60	52	0	41	39	30
Waggoner's Gap Hawk Watch (east)	53	83	4	0	0	52
Siebert Memorial Park	49	56	36	31	0	25
Birding spot near New Kingstown	134	1,193	62	104	81	107
Birding spot near West Fairview	113	275	32	109	30	38
Birding spot near Shippensburg University	110	630	42	88	54	61
Birding spot near Newville	103	292	26	85	57	33
Birding spot near Messiah College	93	246	31	77	64	43
Birding spot near Newville (northeast)	75	112	14	62	58	22
Birding spot near Dillsburg	74	549	24	59	31	41
Birding spot near Camp Hill	71	195	16	23	65	45