Birding spots · Virginia

Best Birding Spots in Prince William County, Virginia

Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge leads Prince William County's birding spots with 225 species reported, best in spring. 52 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
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge	225	7,575	124	201	131	198
Leesylvania State Park	188	2,082	90	163	104	154
Veterans Memorial Park	178	1,249	95	141	78	125
Silver Lake Park	176	1,820	89	150	91	136
Julie J. Metz Wetlands Bank	157	654	70	139	77	95
Rippon Landing Park	156	959	77	119	91	104
Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park	140	677	59	124	77	97
Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area	138	429	60	108	80	105
Julie J. Metz Wetlands Bank (Neabsco Creek)	125	302	70	83	71	64
Manassas National Battlefield Park	122	457	49	101	71	93
Conway Robinson Memorial State Forest	117	248	33	103	58	96
Manassas National Battlefield Park (Dogans Branch)	115	270	20	89	62	96
Manassas National Battlefield Park (Stony Ridge)	112	273	39	72	68	80
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Marumsco Creek)	110	93	55	86	34	52
Manassas National Battlefield Park (Culpeper Basin)	109	140	60	88	65	70
Breckenridge Reservoir	105	151	9	94	44	42
Manassas National Battlefield Park Noname Ponds	104	293	50	81	68	58
Signal Hill Park	104	162	40	90	38	46
Joplin	103	338	21	77	55	59
Manassas National Battlefield Park (Battery Heights)	99	205	36	71	59	61
Manassas National Battlefield Park (Chinn Ridge)	97	238	41	70	61	58
Manassas National Battlefield Park (Youngs Branch)	97	198	41	80	60	34
Manassas National Battlefield Park (Stuarts Hill)	97	91	23	74	49	63
Rippon Landing Park (Marumsco Woods)	96	169	48	68	52	39
Lake Ridge Community Park	95	228	40	79	56	39
Lake Manassas	88	137	45	71	40	19
Andrew Leitch Park / Waterworks	87	306	37	77	42	39
New Bristow Village Community Center	78	540	64	48	18	32
Wellington Glen Park	76	62	48	27	35	36
Rippon Lodge Historic Site	72	122	32	64	32	31
Manassas National Battlefield Park (Buck Hill)	71	66	31	47	24	20
Locust Shade Park	70	84	14	46	44	30
Mamie Davis Park	68	156	37	43	44	22
Valley View Park	61	75	23	28	35	11
Brentsville Historic Rec Area	59	73	25	44	19	22
George Hellwig Memorial Park	53	63	26	26	29	20
Colvin Farms	48	70	0	40	24	6
Victory Lakes Community Center	45	80	43	7	0	8
Little Occoquan Run	43	54	9	28	16	19
Birding spot near Haymarket	180	2,119	91	154	106	136
Birding spot near Woodbridge	156	973	89	120	83	104
Birding spot near Triangle	146	179	76	131	62	69
Birding spot near Haymarket (north)	135	316	74	102	58	73
Birding spot near Quantico Base	110	112	45	72	42	45
Birding spot near Innovation	109	677	50	73	53	86
Birding spot near Innovation (south)	93	286	15	23	74	62
Birding spot near Cherry Hill	92	57	13	83	4	18
Birding spot near Haymarket (Beverley Mill)	87	115	22	68	42	27
Birding spot near Haymarket (northeast)	84	152	48	58	47	41
Birding spot near Independent Hill	73	375	57	34	34	42