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Best Birding Spots in Dallas County, Texas

White Rock Lake & Park leads Dallas County's birding spots with 235 species reported, best in spring. 78 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
White Rock Lake & Park	235	2,988	126	198	98	166
White Rock Lake & Park (Dixon Branch)	204	1,614	116	175	87	137
Great Trinity Forest	199	1,912	105	167	94	146
Trinity River Mountain Creek Preserve	198	415	95	174	80	140
Elm Fork Nature Preserve	189	1,040	102	160	80	123
Joppa Preserve	172	748	89	122	92	113
Harry S. Moss Park	170	1,038	66	163	58	90
Sam Houston Trails Park	169	325	91	131	87	120
Rochester Park	168	261	103	131	85	80
Little Lemmon Lake	166	361	106	132	78	114
Great Trinity Forest (Elam Creek)	165	220	68	123	93	62
Cedar Hill State Park	163	887	88	129	77	93
Elm Fork Nature Preserve (southeast)	151	537	78	120	65	82
Trinity River Greenbelt	147	510	78	109	75	65
Prairie Creek Park (southwest)	132	709	32	126	27	57
Prairie Creek	131	171	73	106	48	50
White Rock Lake & Park (McCommas Branch)	127	382	75	86	54	83
White Rock Lake & Park (north)	126	258	78	92	29	61
White Rock Lake & Park (Rush Creek)	124	279	77	90	40	64
Samuell - East (Farm) Park	123	268	69	98	47	69
North Lake Park	123	202	76	62	24	79
Wynn-Joyce	123	90	60	38	7	88
Trinity River Greenbelt (Little Cedar Creek)	120	88	41	96	43	11
Cedar Mountain Preserve	112	520	35	101	32	34
One Eleven Ranch Park	112	341	69	78	34	61
Trinity River Greenbelt (Dallas)	110	260	61	72	62	65
Dallas Arboretum	107	463	58	75	47	51
Spring Creek Forest Preserve	106	369	68	75	27	67
Moore Road Park	98	176	64	57	41	47
Lakes of Springfield Park	98	156	70	76	22	59
White Rock Lake & Park (northeast)	94	144	54	62	40	63
R. P. Brooks Park	90	94	38	77	4	35
Cedar Ridge Preserve	85	194	35	63	26	35
Muddy Creek Preserve	80	147	44	51	31	34
Cedar Hill State Park (north)	80	63	55	30	11	40
Josey Ranch Sports Complex	75	153	48	41	25	38
Lake Cliff Park	70	173	51	53	28	30
Soil Conservation Service Site 6 Reservoir (north)	69	54	44	40	0	24
Wagon Wheel Park	68	108	36	51	16	29
Centennial Park	68	92	65	19	0	7
Anderson - Bonner Park	65	98	47	40	38	35
Emerald Lake Park	64	110	29	32	16	36
Lakeside Park / Exall Lake	63	80	45	37	18	30
Reverchon Park	62	51	29	48	17	16
Bachman Lake Park	61	75	36	32	10	18
Fair Park (southeast)	61	51	10	46	8	5
Palos Verde Lake Park	58	53	35	26	25	18
John Paul Jones Park	56	63	39	10	0	38
Rowlett Creek Preserve	56	51	32	36	19	8
Trinity River Greenbelt (Coombs Creek)	55	55	28	27	4	24