Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in York County, Pennsylvania

William H. Kain County Park leads York County's birding spots with 193 species reported, best in spring. 59 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
William H. Kain County Park	193	3,964	73	164	106	153
Pinchot Lake	179	1,173	77	162	96	122
Long Arm Dam	150	742	75	80	82	98
Rocky Ridge Park	147	1,303	33	127	95	125
Pinchot Lake (Balanced Rock)	147	517	60	136	69	87
William H. Kain Park	146	863	59	115	74	100
State Game Land 242	146	245	44	91	82	105
William H. Kain County Park (Lake Redman)	143	648	61	104	79	99
Lake Marburg	139	985	79	105	70	68
Pinchot Lake (Old Toboggan Run Rocks)	139	296	43	135	69	55
Codorus State Park (Fuhrmans Mill)	139	276	43	115	81	102
Richard M. Nixon Park	136	1,073	56	125	76	95
Spring Valley Park	135	624	41	119	85	110
Codorus State Park	134	603	46	88	66	95
Gifford Pinchot State Park	134	349	36	127	65	54
William H. Kain Park (Robin Heights)	133	607	52	92	78	100
Sheppard Myers Dam	133	415	48	98	72	88
Hopewell Area Recreation Complex	131	1,819	64	99	82	95
William H. Kain County Park (Lake Williams)	131	541	52	103	88	86
Gifford Pinchot State Park (Maytown)	119	212	23	110	69	52
Codorus State Park (Lake Marburg)	118	351	42	86	64	60
Anderson Run	118	229	20	103	74	32
Black Gut	115	287	40	93	73	75
Codorus State Park (Long Run)	112	322	63	89	42	51
Codorus State Park (Penn Grove)	109	478	63	89	55	58
Green Lane Park (Cedar Run)	108	108	23	103	22	19
Long Arm Dam (Long Arm Creek)	105	219	34	50	43	62
Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve	102	134	20	77	74	56
State Game Land 243	101	145	47	60	35	51
William H. Kain Park (Lake Redman)	99	470	33	88	53	42
Hellam Hills Conservation Area	99	173	18	83	62	55
Recreation Park 1	94	162	29	49	53	68
Glatfelters	91	206	40	76	67	52
Heritage Rail Trail County Park	90	148	38	75	48	50
Klines Run Park	89	236	31	72	50	40
Lake Lehman (historical)	87	457	58	66	27	42
Susquehanna Riverlands State Park	85	86	10	62	43	55
Lake Marburg (Long Run)	84	180	54	64	32	22
Fairway	82	83	25	54	55	50
Hanover Junction	81	155	22	71	62	32
Riverfront Park (Kreutz Creek)	79	192	46	72	12	25
Codorus State Park (Furnace Creek)	79	91	5	31	49	51
Bull Run	78	156	29	51	20	18
Samuel S. Lewis State Park	75	104	12	51	37	36
Grantley	74	66	0	71	24	5
Codorus State Park (Marburg)	73	63	13	42	47	22
Grandview Heights	68	87	27	64	14	19
Lake Marburg (west)	65	119	28	44	30	21
Starry Fields (Trout Run)	65	75	37	49	13	23
Richard M. Nixon Park (Jacobus)	62	51	18	47	34	14