Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Greencastle Reservoir leads Franklin County's birding spots with 148 species reported, best in spring. 41 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
Greencastle Reservoir	148	2,061	58	122	96	93
Red Bridge	136	667	47	123	60	102
Wolf Lake	132	495	43	130	57	68
Mount Parnell Fish Hatchery	127	160	54	98	67	91
New Enterprise Acquisition	126	242	38	86	65	99
Caledonia State Park	122	1,114	46	93	73	94
State Game Land 235	120	320	46	98	69	69
Mountain Lake	113	615	45	90	61	66
State Game Land 235 (southwest)	107	110	0	99	58	18
Antrim Township Community Park	104	144	38	91	66	47
Antietam Meadow Park	102	336	50	79	55	64
Michaux State Forest (Poke Hill)	102	230	19	88	53	60
Renfrew Museum & Park	100	286	43	80	57	65
Letterkenny Reservoir	92	496	34	72	28	48
Cedar Lake	91	110	21	75	45	17
Buchanan State Forest	89	212	15	80	53	29
Franklin County Ecopark	72	124	29	63	26	20
Michaux State Forest (Green Ridge)	62	71	12	45	26	31
Path Valley	59	61	4	33	33	12
Happel's Meadow Wetlands	58	51	0	51	27	15
Buchanan's Birthplace State Park	57	63	3	40	38	13
Norlo Park	49	75	14	31	37	22
Birding spot near State Line	155	2,790	72	127	100	95
Birding spot near Scotland	127	574	32	100	75	107
Birding spot near Chambersburg (northwest)	111	722	36	87	63	68
Birding spot near Fort Loudon	103	795	9	70	32	80
Birding spot near Pecktonville	86	51	13	77	64	0
Birding spot near Chambersburg	81	738	37	60	45	42
Birding spot near Chambersburg (west)	80	145	21	60	36	21
Birding spot near Orrstown (southwest)	80	64	0	68	45	0
Birding spot near Fort Loudon (Edenville)	79	228	42	56	22	17
Birding spot near Scotland (west)	72	143	38	50	28	29
Birding spot near Chambersburg (northwest)	69	198	28	54	54	33
Birding spot near Mercersburg (Cove Gap)	64	87	0	46	43	12
Birding spot near Scotland (northwest)	56	101	0	33	37	23
Birding spot near Shippensburg	55	155	0	17	45	36
Birding spot near Mercersburg	55	101	48	18	0	0
Birding spot near Chambersburg (west)	53	104	3	46	16	10
Birding spot near Shippensburg University (Burd Run)	43	58	0	41	1	0
Birding spot near Shippensburg (northwest)	40	88	0	28	25	20
Birding spot near Shippensburg (west)	30	53	0	4	13	21