Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Lynchwood Lake leads Monroe County's birding spots with 173 species reported, best in spring. 43 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
Lynchwood Lake	173	845	23	131	113	122
Lower Lake	167	1,218	56	147	110	109
Brodhead Creek Corridor	150	796	55	140	91	98
Silver Valley Park	145	830	51	131	69	84
Gouldsboro Lake	142	454	15	117	66	82
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge	141	1,220	58	120	95	111
Weir Lake	124	904	71	89	59	69
Paper Mill Road Park	118	194	37	105	51	24
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge (southwest)	118	185	53	105	29	32
River's Edge Regional Park	115	202	25	92	69	67
Cherry Valley	113	431	60	88	75	70
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	112	287	9	105	80	15
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (Winona Lakes)	111	259	23	87	66	29
Bradys Lake	111	258	7	103	87	41
Delaware State Forest	111	211	0	104	82	33
Woodland Lake	110	725	35	104	62	70
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (south)	107	111	15	101	46	19
Tobyhanna Lake	104	314	8	85	69	33
Witmers Lake	102	385	43	76	66	53
Two Mile Run Swamp (Thomas Darling Preserve)	98	201	16	81	90	31
Tannersville Cranberry Bog	96	116	0	84	51	36
Evergreen Preserve	94	192	27	70	55	50
State Game Land 168 (northeast)	92	79	17	60	52	64
Grass Lake	91	102	2	69	63	31
Saylors Lake	88	571	55	72	43	33
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge (southwest)	87	209	31	56	50	35
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (southwest)	80	105	37	59	32	25
Long Pond (east)	79	137	8	53	44	48
West End Regional Park	78	101	15	37	46	57
Pinebrook Park South	77	83	18	69	43	24
Hidden Lake	72	65	2	59	44	21
Lenape Lake	69	53	0	46	44	19
Kettle Creek Wildlife Sanctuary	67	109	16	52	27	20
Big Pocono State Park	67	98	3	31	38	37
Maple Tract Preserve	57	53	12	40	38	14
Marconi's Parcel	48	64	0	22	25	12
Pocono Summit Lake	47	104	11	31	20	15
Birding spot near Indian Mountain Lake	124	177	10	103	62	34
Birding spot near Towamensing Trails	94	491	17	84	71	33
Birding spot near Pocono Pines	92	347	0	0	89	29
Birding spot near Sierra View	88	88	5	63	52	29
Birding spot near Delaware Water Gap	86	154	39	61	53	37
Birding spot near Mount Pocono	29	51	4	19	11	9