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Best Birding Spots in Denton County, Texas

Lake Park leads Denton County's birding spots with 212 species reported, best in spring. 38 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
Lake Park	212	1,345	96	180	103	157
Lewisville Recreation Area	211	2,141	118	184	105	171
Ray Roberts Lake State Park	186	918	97	148	94	130
Grapevine Recreation Area	166	135	27	64	72	135
Ray Roberts Lake State Park (north)	164	559	103	125	59	107
North Lakes Park	162	590	88	126	72	117
Phillips Lake	151	1,548	93	122	69	93
Westlake Park	142	249	71	104	71	86
South Lakes Park	139	654	80	108	52	88
Lewisville Recreation Area (Prairie Creek)	133	201	77	94	38	90
Marshall Creek Park	129	195	59	100	52	62
Kids Colony Playground/Skatezone Skate Park	118	554	74	75	43	70
Lake Forest Park	117	264	56	84	49	72
Willow Grove Park	117	145	58	79	56	70
Bob Jones Park	107	249	49	78	47	67
Meadowmere Park (Grapevine Lake)	105	107	56	77	17	40
Wynnwood Park	105	86	63	62	27	57
Arbor Hills Nature Preserve	98	428	52	77	42	48
Ray Roberts Lake State Park (Isle du Bois Creek)	95	126	45	60	34	37
1135 Restoration Area (to be named)	90	76	62	47	14	62
Lewisville Recreation Area (The Colony)	89	132	62	55	19	46
Ray Roberts Lake State Park (north 3)	88	71	39	66	0	33
Grapevine Recreation Area (east)	84	112	46	34	39	48
Little Elm Park	81	59	35	32	23	53
Unicorn Lake	77	142	55	55	31	40
Doubletree Ranch Park	68	53	46	39	28	20
Soil Conservation Service Site 17a Reservoir	61	58	39	40	21	24
Avondale Park	59	165	27	50	28	36
Teel Park	54	106	30	36	23	21
Greenbelt Park	50	67	34	27	13	8
Quakertown Park	31	51	18	14	9	18
University of North Texas Coliseum	28	56	1	23	13	3
Birding spot near Providence Village	116	341	94	80	38	0
Birding spot near Lewisville	116	194	70	69	46	50
Birding spot near Roanoke	109	157	59	85	32	45
Birding spot near Pilot Point	88	87	47	43	44	41
Birding spot near Lewisville (Indian Creek)	73	52	58	9	6	8
Birding spot near Double Oak	27	53	23	0	0	12