Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Minsi Lake (Formerly East Branch Martins Creek) leads Northampton County's birding spots with 189 species reported, best in spring. 64 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
Minsi Lake (Formerly East Branch Martins Creek)	189	1,621	57	174	93	117
Janet Johnston Housenick & William D. Housenick Memorial Park	168	3,889	76	152	104	139
Bushkill Township Municipal Land	160	970	80	134	74	69
Green Pond	159	1,734	43	134	84	114
Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center	153	1,600	54	141	96	122
East Bangor Lake	151	336	10	136	62	59
Ballas Meadow Preserve	139	964	66	105	71	99
Illicks Mill Park	135	802	47	116	64	110
Martins Creek Land Management Area	133	240	66	102	56	64
Fishing Lake & Park	128	408	27	126	69	50
State Game Land 168	127	296	14	49	55	111
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (southwest)	124	216	7	121	57	17
Woodland Hills Preserve	122	342	45	94	63	104
Monocacy Creek	113	739	48	100	63	72
Minsi Lake	113	132	10	108	41	22
Lions Park	110	798	55	88	61	78
Mount Hope	110	440	28	77	72	72
Walnutport	109	251	48	90	57	65
Melchor Tract	105	316	48	56	46	86
Rt. 33 Access	105	194	26	95	46	22
Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary	104	222	32	80	55	52
Echo Lake	99	334	52	84	3	36
Millers	97	147	39	79	61	48
Scott Park	94	694	54	72	41	51
Theodore Roosevelt Recreation Area	94	93	26	91	33	0
Lee and Virginia Graver Arboretum	93	235	37	68	53	54
Wayne A. Grube Memorial Park	93	113	24	70	46	63
Newburg Park	90	421	4	56	45	62
Wy-Hit-Tuk Park	87	129	41	57	51	38
Gollub Park	86	68	20	72	24	37
Belfast Junction	84	116	26	72	49	46
Polk Valley Park	83	96	29	29	37	67
Bear Swamp	81	91	0	81	0	10
Thomas Iron Site Park	80	76	33	53	17	64
Lehigh Canal, Delaware & Lehigh Trail	79	92	28	57	50	46
Clyde	78	536	33	47	28	50
Heintzelman Pond Preserve	78	64	14	23	29	66
State Game Land 168 (Smith Gap)	73	57	0	72	18	10
Bushkill Park	72	114	37	46	22	40
Hugh Moore Historical Park	72	109	33	59	49	36
Gristmill Park – North	71	88	29	48	32	33
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (Fox Gap)	68	103	0	35	46	19
Bushkill Township Municipal Land (West Branch Sobers Run)	66	65	15	49	45	2
Portland Waterfront Park	59	117	36	42	9	0
Karl Stirner Arts Trail	57	59	22	54	4	24
McElhaneys Island	51	76	36	30	0	1
Sandts Eddy Access	46	88	39	20	0	2
Birding spot near Hutchinson	169	891	95	148	82	83
Birding spot near Nazareth	129	992	84	118	19	69
Birding spot near Bath (Chickentown)	127	596	35	79	61	104