Birding spots · Utah

Best Birding Spots in Garfield County, Utah

Wide Hollow Reservoir leads Garfield County's birding spots with 142 species reported, best in spring. 33 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
Wide Hollow Reservoir	142	269	39	109	49	68
Panguitch Lake	115	122	0	84	64	60
Bryce Canyon City	107	285	0	78	52	44
Escalante State Park	92	143	1	50	14	60
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument	82	133	19	68	26	10
Lower Bowns Reservoir	76	63	8	21	26	48
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Lower Calf Creek Falls)	75	102	17	57	33	23
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (southeast)	73	104	14	54	27	18
Bryce Canyon National Park (north 3)	71	188	10	36	50	28
Bryce Canyon National Park	69	536	13	42	49	29
Bryce Canyon National Park (The Pope)	68	326	10	38	46	40
Pine Lake	68	52	0	3	66	8
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Calf Creek)	67	98	0	47	29	17
Dixie National Forest (east)	58	52	18	38	7	17
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Haymaker Bench)	57	86	0	39	24	18
Bryce Canyon National Park (Water Canyon)	56	221	2	36	36	13
Bryce Canyon National Park (Thors Hammer)	54	234	8	37	41	20
Bryce Canyon National Park (north)	51	214	0	29	34	26
Bryce Canyon National Park (north 2)	51	197	2	27	41	26
Bryce Canyon National Park (southwest)	47	51	2	35	33	17
Bryce Canyon National Park (Bryce Point)	40	160	5	15	24	19
Bryce Canyon National Park (north 4)	40	124	3	19	26	13
Bryce Canyon National Park (Inspiration Point)	39	163	2	20	28	20
Bryce Canyon National Park (west)	36	95	0	30	27	24
Panguitch	32	57	2	15	7	6
Bryce Canyon National Park (Fairyland Point)	30	51	0	15	13	11
Bryce Canyon National Park (Yellow Spring)	26	52	0	8	8	9
Bryce Canyon National Park (Sunrise Point)	25	66	2	17	18	16
Bryce Canyon National Park (Farview Point)	23	70	0	13	11	8
Dixie National Forest (Black Mountain)	19	53	1	5	4	8
Birding spot near Boulder	122	453	31	101	55	70
Birding spot near Escalante	84	92	39	63	7	24
Birding spot near Hatch	44	56	4	10	13	27