Birding spots · Tennessee

Best Birding Spots in Blount County, Tennessee

Kyker Bottoms Wildlife Management Area leads Blount County's birding spots with 193 species reported, best in spring. 42 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
Kyker Bottoms Wildlife Management Area	193	1,772	92	174	95	156
Central Park	161	2,359	89	115	77	117
Louisville Point Park	151	1,719	91	98	70	106
Duncan Branch	134	907	46	131	44	94
Bicentennial Park	133	2,637	68	98	74	97
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Maple Branch)	131	503	56	98	67	72
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	126	650	57	89	67	74
Hitch Pond	111	522	51	78	77	67
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Rowans Creek)	105	285	38	68	58	65
Summit Hills	103	486	56	86	61	64
Beal Park	103	272	56	69	51	69
Pearson Spring	100	432	47	69	37	69
Laurel Lake	96	151	41	69	19	50
Tedford Branch	95	253	48	70	47	50
Pearson Springs Park	94	267	39	64	44	74
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Crooked Arm Branch)	94	236	39	78	37	41
Whites Mill Refuge	93	156	9	84	39	44
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Green Branch)	84	200	16	54	39	39
Hitch Pond (Ewing (historical))	80	241	52	59	38	17
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Dosey Gap)	78	247	0	70	43	19
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Mill Creek)	75	90	28	43	34	46
Hitch Pond (southwest)	74	236	14	51	39	28
Dry Branch	74	83	0	10	35	66
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (east)	73	139	20	56	34	19
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Cades Branch)	73	135	30	44	29	35
Poland Creek Recreation Area	71	245	53	47	22	42
Singleton	71	170	37	46	39	47
Jarvis Park	67	124	32	48	32	38
Abrams Falls	67	93	25	46	38	13
Hitch Pond (Mount Vernon)	66	120	21	24	30	28
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Emerine Gap)	64	86	1	21	2	63
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Walker Fields)	60	168	3	39	29	28
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Forge Creek)	60	103	18	35	21	22
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Look Rock)	58	160	12	40	24	34
Short Creek	57	80	14	33	29	17
Campground Hollow	56	59	12	35	11	33
Sandy Stand Lake	39	50	0	31	4	5
Little River Gorge	35	73	1	29	8	1
Birding spot near Friendsville	128	1,019	91	88	55	86
Birding spot near Alcoa	112	358	54	80	57	83
Birding spot near Louisville	95	456	71	65	25	62
Birding spot near Townsend (Dry Branch)	77	211	35	50	56	46