Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Wildwood Park leads Dauphin County's birding spots with 205 species reported, best in spring. 51 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
Wildwood Park	205	5,421	85	172	116	161
State Game Land 290	196	890	88	164	108	144
Conodoguinet Creek	148	1,231	67	116	76	88
Fishing Creek	136	642	66	109	58	68
Myo Park	118	128	40	91	46	56
Boyd Big Tree Conservation Area	108	339	26	92	64	60
Capital Area Greenbelt	108	310	29	94	63	64
City Island Park	106	311	50	79	48	44
Detweiler Park	106	234	24	95	62	47
Paxtang Park	103	507	34	96	54	56
Appalachian National Scenic Trail	100	217	5	74	56	62
Riverfront Park	99	516	37	90	49	50
Borough of Highspire Reservoir Park	99	325	60	84	36	54
State Game Land 246	99	140	12	88	49	53
State Game Land 211 (Victoria Furnace)	96	71	16	79	33	46
Schiavoni Tract Acquisition	94	212	42	79	57	36
State Game Land 211 (Ellendale Forge)	93	135	0	87	39	23
Ned Smith Center	93	132	28	85	52	24
Marysville	89	262	39	75	32	29
Clifton	86	214	35	61	48	53
Weiser State Forest	83	96	8	57	49	48
Shank Park	81	152	15	75	39	28
State Game Land 211 (southwest)	79	107	7	69	32	19
Boat Landing	73	118	36	33	43	21
Hershey Gardens	72	178	29	52	43	40
Bullfrog Valley Park	70	109	19	55	46	24
Weiser State Forest (Mud Run)	67	50	3	55	37	0
Boathouse Park	65	60	18	41	50	4
Swatara Park	62	51	6	52	35	9
Middletown Reservoir	59	62	16	42	19	25
George Park - Possibility Place	58	104	23	45	30	32
Italian Lake Park	51	77	12	41	34	15
Hershey Park Arena	41	112	0	33	31	19
Hershey Park Arena (Spring Creek Manor)	37	52	12	27	17	6
Penn and Dauphin Park	26	99	0	20	17	0
Birding spot near Harrisburg	132	528	31	123	56	95
Birding spot near Hummelstown	119	490	44	97	63	92
Birding spot near Skyline View	110	131	17	93	73	45
Birding spot near Dauphin	104	84	0	89	44	44
Birding spot near Palmdale	83	192	49	48	50	33
Birding spot near Marysville	81	170	40	62	30	21
Birding spot near Union Deposit	80	59	2	58	59	7
Birding spot near Progress	79	134	19	64	34	36
Birding spot near Halifax	76	106	31	51	28	11
Birding spot near Palmdale (Spring Creek Springs)	61	50	27	48	18	3
Birding spot near Wormleysburg	59	162	34	45	19	11
Birding spot near Royalton	55	81	21	36	26	23
Birding spot near Lemoyne	50	97	24	34	23	13
Birding spot near Hummelstown (Oakmont)	41	54	0	13	34	15
Birding spot near Oberlin	40	135	11	22	20	25