Birding spots · South Carolina

Best Birding Spots in Anderson County, South Carolina

Hartwell Recreation Area leads Anderson County's birding spots with 168 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
Hartwell Recreation Area	168	1,049	82	138	82	119
Fant's Grove Wildlife Management Area	162	2,159	72	138	99	122
Bailey Creek Reservoir (historical)	143	1,125	61	114	73	105
Hartwell Lake	138	715	54	86	98	87
Hartwell Recreation Area (West Prong Little Beaver Dam Creek)	134	728	70	97	78	80
Fant's Grove Wildlife Management Area (northeast)	110	173	73	47	55	44
Hartwell Recreation Area (southeast)	103	443	48	68	54	64
West Prong Little Beaver Dam Creek	98	304	36	29	68	60
Hartwell Recreation Area (southeast)	95	238	48	54	44	61
Sadlers Creek State Park	93	268	50	82	41	48
Byers Creek	85	106	31	71	31	25
Hartwell Lake (Oconee Point)	69	238	53	42	19	38
Six and Twenty Creek	14	65	5	12	5	4
Birding spot near Fair Play	191	3,963	122	156	115	146
Birding spot near Sandy Springs	118	725	62	78	66	60
Birding spot near Reed Creek	115	840	76	80	68	70
Birding spot near Centerville	104	209	40	84	55	72
Birding spot near Fair Play (southeast)	83	219	48	45	50	21
Birding spot near Starr	34	53	0	0	34	0