Birding spots · Utah

Best Birding Spots in Salt Lake County, Utah

Lee Kay State Wildlife Center leads Salt Lake County's birding spots with 180 species reported, best in spring. 144 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
Lee Kay State Wildlife Center	180	3,804	104	155	106	141
Little Dell Reservoir	163	1,326	62	125	100	90
State of Utah Department of Natural Resources 3	154	1,183	84	122	85	92
Mill Creek	152	999	84	109	75	91
Decker Lake Park	149	1,965	66	129	86	104
Mount Olivet Reservoir	144	2,821	59	106	77	82
Provo-jordan River Parkway	144	399	59	106	85	87
Liberty Park	142	1,708	73	109	70	87
Big Cottonwood Park	137	3,275	56	113	65	95
Cloverwood	133	834	63	109	57	63
Silver Sands Beach	130	894	55	84	85	70
James Madison Park	124	936	59	92	71	78
Yellow Fork Canyon	121	817	32	105	97	72
Pleasant Valley Reservoir	119	1,034	65	89	70	66
Western Pacific Addition	109	852	80	81	37	56
Red Butte Canyon	106	838	36	82	71	54
Winchester Park	106	713	68	72	50	51
Mountain Dell Reservoir	104	390	27	88	60	55
Dimple Dell Park	103	615	45	75	64	61
Springview Farms Trailhead	101	402	52	70	52	51
Silver Lake	99	1,026	6	39	96	45
General Holm Park	99	335	45	74	41	56
Mill Creek (Chesterfield)	98	181	49	68	54	51
Grandpa's Pond	96	564	59	73	40	58
Red Butte Reservoir	95	422	27	66	56	44
Arrowhead Trailhead	92	284	49	70	50	50
Kinneys Copper Plant	89	140	39	66	27	43
Parleys Historic Park	87	554	35	73	50	50
Wasatch Hollow Park	86	426	34	71	41	42
International Peace Gardens	86	211	34	56	31	51
Dry Creek (Burgundy Street Gardens)	86	193	56	59	37	43
Draper Wetland Park	84	397	47	66	29	34
Maplewood Addition	83	200	25	67	40	37
Jordan River Park	82	178	46	59	47	34
Crestwood Outdoor Pool	78	546	38	65	44	48
Jordan River Golf Course State Park	78	171	32	54	40	50
Millrace Park	78	161	44	51	43	25
Collins Gulch	77	1,774	24	54	58	27
Olympus Hills Park	77	367	26	59	39	48
Wheeler Historic Farm	77	284	32	61	41	34
Lake Solitude	77	171	0	2	74	24
Wasatch National Forest	76	265	14	33	66	44
Alta Ski Area Recreation Area	76	243	14	37	60	48
Riverbend Golf Course	75	131	38	45	37	25
Memory Grove	72	419	38	56	41	32
Silver Lake (Giles Flat)	72	278	0	22	65	36
Bolton and Company	72	147	49	51	20	42
Washington Park	71	189	20	55	41	33
Silver Lake (Brighton)	71	117	0	5	70	19
Jordan Narrows Park	70	121	22	47	50	25