Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Middle Creek Reservoir leads Lancaster County's birding spots with 261 species reported, best in spring. 103 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
Middle Creek Reservoir	261	7,274	127	217	173	207
Chestnut Grove Natural Area	207	2,882	93	169	112	172
Middle Creek Reservoir (northeast)	196	1,773	96	133	112	133
Farmingdale Trails	187	6,512	81	170	106	153
State Game Land 046 (Middle Creek Reservoir)	176	893	52	147	113	83
Witmers Run	168	1,838	84	138	114	109
Speedwell Forge Dam	166	748	64	153	86	88
Muddy Run Recreation Park	159	1,460	79	113	91	104
Woods Edge Park	158	3,090	84	129	80	115
Susquehannock State Park	158	1,999	65	130	94	124
Muddy Run Recreation Reservoir	146	363	63	97	81	107
Lancaster County Central Park	144	833	61	127	76	108
Conewago Recreation Trail	144	515	43	105	82	95
Speedwell Forge County Park	143	497	55	120	69	107
State Game Land 156	136	601	21	127	66	96
Safe Harbor Nature Preserve	132	437	52	106	83	55
Manor Township Rail-Trail Acquisition	128	782	69	90	66	64
Shenk's Ferry Wildflower Preserve	124	433	14	117	65	18
State Game Land 156 (Kettle Run)	122	202	30	101	47	83
State Game Land 220	120	139	37	31	49	102
Conoy Wetlands Nature Preserve	116	280	7	107	68	50
Falmouth Access Park	115	276	29	102	62	51
Sand Mine Comm. Park Acq.	112	455	51	80	61	82
Chickies Rock County Park	111	250	28	101	47	64
Wheatland Hills Park	110	191	26	108	11	25
Conoy Canal Park	110	83	10	99	39	38
Landis Woods	109	280	33	96	44	72
Chickies Rock County Park (Chickies Ridge)	109	238	15	90	46	79
Warwick Township Linear Park	104	160	38	78	34	58
Conestoga River	101	710	52	75	52	53
Lloyd H. Roland Memorial Park	101	307	42	89	43	57
William Penn State Forest (southwest)	100	152	25	80	46	82
Peach Bottom	99	279	53	51	36	76
Kellys Run Nature Preserve	99	114	29	70	59	57
Chickies Rock County Park (Chiques Creek)	98	124	22	75	44	29
Columbia River Park	97	412	49	85	54	24
Grubb Lake Park	97	285	36	89	37	53
Strickler Run	93	227	34	68	43	18
Conestoga Pines	92	134	39	76	40	30
Chickies Rock County Park (Klinesville)	92	114	0	79	45	42
Kreutz Creek	90	315	49	72	12	29
Lancaster Junction Recreation Trail	90	135	19	81	51	40
Rock Springs Serpentine Barrens	90	92	30	69	43	6
Silver Mine Park	89	131	34	63	50	40
State Game Land 046 (south)	88	64	21	62	34	41
Perelman Park at Binkley's Mill	87	155	28	77	39	31
Theodore A. Parker III Natural Area	81	145	20	68	36	30
Wissler Run	79	217	35	56	53	27
Camp Snyder Acquisition	79	142	34	58	49	32
Overlook Community Campus	77	221	37	51	45	43