Birding spots · Tennessee

Best Birding Spots in Hamilton County, Tennessee

Chester Frost Park leads Hamilton County's birding spots with 213 species reported, best in fall. 62 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
Chester Frost Park	213	2,470	114	174	90	180
Baylor Lake	176	423	100	140	86	128
Enterprise South Park Wildlife Management Area	166	902	87	111	90	119
Booker T Washington	159	1,440	97	91	48	136
Rock Spring	151	1,954	55	128	95	127
Chickamauga Boat Harbor	150	1,918	91	107	65	90
Camp Jordan	138	696	77	109	56	77
Enterprise South Park Wildlife Management Area (Summit Knobs)	136	802	42	115	72	113
Point Park	135	1,087	36	128	65	110
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	126	295	52	110	52	74
Greenway Farms	125	451	43	111	50	97
Harrison Bay State Park (Bailey Island (historical))	123	192	68	53	40	93
Igou Gap	116	450	54	101	51	66
Harrison Bay State Park	115	288	69	71	37	67
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Moccasin Bend)	108	141	45	92	42	38
Chickamauga Boat Harbor (Chickamauga Island (historical))	107	670	80	59	43	79
Baylor Lake (Stringers Branch)	107	132	55	58	18	84
Springfield Pond	106	159	30	83	48	67
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Black Creek)	106	141	38	99	52	42
Renaissance Park	105	306	46	66	50	80
Tennessee Riverwalk (Kings Point)	104	154	27	61	45	79
Soddy Marine Park	101	338	58	77	31	57
Tennessee Riverwalk	100	489	77	59	52	49
North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area	96	167	49	64	56	60
Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary	94	205	50	75	42	59
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Rolling Mill Shoals)	87	71	28	58	36	55
Wolftever Creek Greenway	82	130	48	63	37	41
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Saint Elmo)	82	111	18	78	17	8
Harrison Bay State Park (Lake Crest)	80	136	64	40	1	37
McCallie Lake	79	176	38	35	0	59
Savannah Bay	79	83	40	54	35	34
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (Harrison Bluff)	76	246	70	38	0	46
Montague Park	76	221	37	56	34	57
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (Bartlebaugh Subdivision)	75	136	47	38	0	59
Tennessee Riverwalk (Lupton City)	75	119	34	61	37	31
Taliaferro Branch	74	107	44	34	38	44
Enterprise South Park Wildlife Management Area (south)	71	92	45	24	10	43
Heritage Park	66	124	36	45	36	40
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Sunset Rock)	64	107	19	40	41	33
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Signal Point)	63	72	2	52	29	13
Mabbit Spring	50	53	16	30	20	21
Harrison Bluff	49	69	43	19	0	12
Ross' Landing	43	71	11	37	22	8
Birding spot near Harrison	198	3,232	107	172	100	156
Birding spot near Ridgeside	180	1,984	92	155	105	113
Birding spot near Chattanooga	151	1,431	97	114	72	85
Birding spot near Ooltewah	130	290	59	100	81	102
Birding spot near Harrison (Heritage Hills)	109	219	50	65	57	67
Birding spot near Signal Mountain	108	594	42	87	47	95
Birding spot near Apison	104	187	24	94	52	62