Birding spots · Utah

Best Birding Spots in Utah County, Utah

Dry Creek leads Utah County's birding spots with 215 species reported, best in spring. 148 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
Dry Creek	215	2,498	91	191	127	144
Provo River	208	2,287	99	150	111	160
Utah Lake Wetlands	205	1,189	78	144	149	173
Spanish Fork	195	837	61	141	137	152
Northlake Park	171	759	66	155	95	90
Jordan Willows Park	167	2,225	76	149	91	100
Benjamin Slough	167	1,077	64	122	88	129
Highland Glen	139	792	57	109	47	64
U S Steel Corporation Reservoir	139	540	62	115	67	72
Lincoln Point	138	346	56	90	68	83
Goshen Warm Springs State Wildlife Area	132	545	54	98	76	39
Utah State Department of Wildlife Resources 123	129	515	65	97	76	69
Inlet Park	129	286	46	105	62	63
Inlet Park (Dry Creek)	123	264	56	94	71	53
Salem Lake	111	818	79	66	37	51
Mt. Timpanogos Park	104	634	34	80	59	43
American Fork	102	197	44	71	42	68
Wayne Bartholomew Family Park	101	283	56	68	33	44
Saratoga	98	141	54	81	10	14
Sams Canyon	96	207	23	72	63	22
418011 Roadless Area	95	764	36	75	59	47
Hollow Park	94	261	38	70	33	50
Spring Lake	92	346	60	43	28	48
Summit Creek Number Two Reservoir	90	149	34	72	35	40
Grimes Pond	89	184	40	69	13	32
Goshen Reservoir	89	144	27	62	42	23
Fairfield	89	109	40	64	38	32
Soldiers Pass	87	281	9	69	67	8
Community Park	85	146	33	70	42	25
Willow Park	79	97	44	64	25	17
Hunter Park	76	172	38	52	19	29
Powell Slough Waterfowl Management Area	72	136	58	25	0	32
Big Spring Hollow	71	201	20	38	49	24
Dry Lake (Sundance)	70	177	14	35	52	16
Diamond Fork	70	90	0	47	54	11
Saratoga Springs Marina Park	68	90	18	27	47	35
Dairy Fork State Wildlife Area	68	55	15	20	46	3
Battle Creek Debris Basin Reservoir	67	187	24	50	32	13
Vivian Park	66	195	15	41	47	10
Mount Nebo Wilderness	65	125	0	3	62	24
Slate Canyon	64	168	21	48	23	20
Payson Lakes	64	90	0	13	57	12
Pete Winward Reservoir	64	87	9	33	41	17
Springdell	63	85	18	43	27	9
Rock Canyon	62	131	21	17	40	26
Grove Creek Debris Basin Reservoir	62	116	11	40	23	13
The State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration 4093	62	75	0	49	30	9
Bertrand F. Harrison Arboretum	61	736	38	49	23	25
Uinta National Forest (Dry Canyon)	61	130	22	32	35	12
Aspen Grove	60	195	17	48	39	17