Birding spots · Tennessee

Best Birding Spots in Knox County, Tennessee

Seven Islands leads Knox County's birding spots with 196 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
Seven Islands	196	4,164	93	182	106	158
Concord Park	158	1,980	100	119	57	102
Lakeshore Park	142	1,489	82	99	70	98
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (Williams Bend)	140	684	68	112	76	112
Sharps Ridge Memorial Park	136	2,421	34	133	46	92
Halls Greenway Park	132	715	58	91	65	103
Ijams Nature Center	129	751	62	105	71	87
Forks of the River Wildlife Management Area	129	552	70	101	78	73
Walker Springs Park	120	1,326	61	84	63	98
Blue Spring	113	1,102	75	77	56	69
Pellissippi State Community College Park	110	918	67	89	44	51
Sequoyah Hills Park	105	533	60	70	52	71
Concord Park (Turkey Creek Shoals)	104	620	79	55	41	50
Concord Park (Holder Branch)	103	364	67	71	27	67
Seven Islands (Newmans Island)	103	141	40	85	59	58
Turkey Creek	101	246	45	81	28	46
Concord Park (Canton Hollow)	100	338	62	54	31	56
Harrell Road Park	98	386	46	72	56	65
Third Creek Greenway Park	98	271	45	80	42	53
Ball Camp	95	124	39	87	43	36
Victor Ashe Park	93	334	56	72	49	49
Carl Cowan Park	86	211	48	61	38	31
Meads Quarry	86	185	31	71	33	44
Maloney Rd Park	85	225	66	58	44	45
Dead Horse Lake	84	340	65	48	4	38
Keller Bend Park	83	106	60	47	12	10
Admiral Farragut Park	82	190	59	50	23	36
Mcfee Park	81	148	48	54	36	46
House Mountain Designated State Natural Area	81	148	20	66	36	35
William Hastie Natural Area	75	101	12	67	26	7
Concord Park (Turkey Creek)	72	153	42	35	15	33
Concord Park (Garland)	70	116	34	54	41	26
Sequoyah Hills Park (Lakemoor Hills)	70	106	48	34	15	54
Sterchi Hills Park	69	62	26	38	31	54
Concord Park (Sinking Creek)	67	109	39	29	27	20
Mayor Bob Leonard Park	65	109	43	45	27	32
I C King Park	65	58	29	44	11	25
Sequoyah Hills Park (Looney Islands)	62	148	41	51	22	32
Fort Dickerson Park	62	56	27	43	10	35
Knob Fork	57	102	28	39	21	19
University of Tennessee Gardens	56	144	30	45	34	16
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (Stony Point)	50	79	36	33	3	13
Anchor Park	50	52	30	24	31	7
Blue Grass	49	113	45	9	0	0
Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum	49	54	24	33	21	28
Concord Park (Calloway Ridge)	43	67	26	25	14	14
Second Creek	42	66	25	32	19	12
Campbell Station Park	39	52	17	22	9	13
Lake Ottosee	37	58	23	20	14	7
Birding spot near Karns	161	714	80	120	37	120