Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Stairway Lake leads Schuylkill County's birding spots with 161 species reported, best in spring. 19 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
Stairway Lake	161	818	73	140	86	107
Locust Lake State Park	160	919	46	140	89	124
Swatara State Park	149	1,376	63	137	88	89
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary	144	1,702	30	81	85	136
Tuscarora State Park	143	1,314	53	117	83	103
Auburn Access	143	628	50	111	96	91
Sweet Arrow Lake County Park	132	566	67	90	67	96
Acopian Center for Conservation Learning	121	409	27	89	74	91
Tumbling Run Reservoir Number Two	121	190	8	113	52	66
Owl Creek Recreation Area	120	373	43	102	77	56
Sgl 227	114	442	53	89	63	82
Lake Wynonah	114	422	60	84	38	80
Sgl 106	113	113	24	84	77	66
Sgl 286	108	166	37	80	47	74
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (River of Rocks)	82	65	0	38	27	64
State Game Land 160	82	50	26	61	28	23
Deer Lake Community Park	75	204	36	29	43	49
Tuscarora State Park (southwest)	62	65	7	39	33	21
Birding spot near Lavelle	79	72	21	47	53	42