Birding spots · Virginia

Best Birding Spots in Montgomery County, Virginia

Pandapas Pond leads Montgomery County's birding spots with 169 species reported, best in fall. 42 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
Pandapas Pond	169	2,501	44	132	109	150
Heritage Community Park and Natural Area	151	1,403	64	125	77	120
Whitethorne	144	676	75	107	90	82
Jefferson National Forest (Gap Mountain)	120	289	11	110	79	54
Whitewash Hollow	114	302	27	94	65	71
Huckleberry Trail	109	292	30	95	32	75
Goodwins Ferry (historical)	99	212	60	70	40	25
Hethwood	91	152	47	65	51	57
Meadow Brook	86	68	34	41	17	68
Falls Hollow	77	144	23	59	34	22
Little River Reservoir	73	170	48	44	19	23
Huckleberry Trail (Airport Acres)	66	85	22	26	38	37
Mission Hills	63	132	30	40	34	32
Nellies Cave Park	61	80	23	48	22	31
Bottom Creek Gorge	61	53	20	47	33	7
Montgomery County Park	50	50	13	31	22	25
Hoge Pond	46	54	26	37	5	0
Southgate	46	52	13	35	15	17
Mosely Practice Field	42	86	8	27	25	5
Birding spot near Blacksburg (Southgate)	187	1,900	88	157	69	145
Birding spot near Blacksburg	160	2,614	75	139	75	101
Birding spot near Blacksburg (Mountain View)	137	934	60	119	77	98
Birding spot near Blacksburg (Chowning Place)	114	610	60	95	58	64
Birding spot near Belspring	110	210	55	93	53	59
Birding spot near Prices Fork (Montgomery Farms)	107	257	37	95	41	78
Birding spot near Riner	105	378	69	63	30	56
Birding spot near Blacksburg (northeast)	100	169	34	85	41	50
Birding spot near Prices Fork	90	340	30	72	43	57
Birding spot near Blacksburg (south)	83	166	39	70	18	52
Birding spot near Merrimac	81	312	31	70	30	40
Birding spot near Blacksburg (east)	79	353	53	52	25	32
Birding spot near Merrimac (north)	71	124	14	26	31	54
Birding spot near Plum Creek	69	153	49	38	21	18
Birding spot near Merrimac (Southgate)	67	126	2	21	26	52
Birding spot near Blacksburg (McBryde Village)	65	104	24	51	24	16
Birding spot near Blacksburg (south 2)	62	86	14	32	15	42
Birding spot near Merrimac (Airport Acres)	61	84	8	18	24	45
Birding spot near Christiansburg	59	130	27	36	37	21
Birding spot near Blacksburg (Keister Addition)	56	886	26	45	33	37
Birding spot near Blacksburg (south 3)	53	60	33	44	0	10
Birding spot near Lafayette (North Fork Roanoke River)	32	54	6	23	14	3
Birding spot near Plum Creek (northwest)	30	52	4	15	13	11