Birding spots · Virginia

Best Birding Spots in Rockingham County, Virginia

Lake Shenandoah leads Rockingham County's birding spots with 184 species reported, best in spring. 47 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
Lake Shenandoah	184	3,578	113	152	84	142
Silver Lake	147	2,317	90	112	68	105
Skidmore Fork Lake	132	466	30	108	82	90
Paul State Forest	128	418	30	121	48	89
Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area	112	580	24	91	85	55
Buck Lick Run	107	169	39	78	54	74
Mountain View Park	104	187	39	63	43	77
George Washington National Forest (north)	103	272	29	83	57	57
Wildwood Park (Bridgewater)	100	376	47	83	49	50
Briery Branch Reservoir	91	227	17	71	62	28
Massanetta Springs	88	322	63	44	34	25
Cold Spring Pond	82	132	61	54	30	53
Hone Quarry Reservoir	80	83	13	58	49	28
Mole Hill	77	56	19	70	0	4
Shenandoah National Park (southwest)	76	296	29	66	42	28
Plains Mill	75	117	53	36	31	19
Hone Quarry Ridge	75	80	0	52	61	19
George Washington National Forest (Mines Run)	68	85	4	60	48	0
New Erection	67	204	23	46	18	29
Riven Rock Park	65	58	0	39	45	32
Union Spring Hollow Lake	64	78	32	48	12	4
George Washington National Forest (Path Ridge)	64	50	6	43	46	0
Shenandoah National Park (Patterson Ridge)	61	110	0	48	42	25
Shenandoah National Park (Blackrock)	59	90	0	21	37	29
Edgebrier Park	48	66	27	22	18	13
Shenandoah National Park (Swift Run Gap)	47	62	0	22	20	35
Shenandoah National Park (Bald Face Mountain)	37	68	0	26	26	5
Birding spot near Timberville	161	2,317	93	125	89	122
Birding spot near Weyers Cave	128	1,403	42	100	76	88
Birding spot near Bridgewater	108	618	33	76	68	50
Birding spot near Bridgewater (east)	102	345	36	92	38	32
Birding spot near Linville	98	407	26	88	44	29
Birding spot near Singers Glen	88	293	45	70	53	36
Birding spot near Mount Crawford	73	431	17	56	42	27
Birding spot near Bridgewater (east)	72	118	34	52	24	46
Birding spot near Linville (Edom)	71	96	11	44	57	17
Birding spot near McGaheysville	71	72	25	27	30	31
Birding spot near Port Republic	68	62	33	52	37	16
Birding spot near Massanutten	67	130	24	43	47	29
Birding spot near Dayton	65	383	28	21	28	54
Birding spot near Elkton	63	65	34	26	31	14
Birding spot near Massanetta Springs	60	156	31	32	26	29
Birding spot near Mount Crawford (south)	59	100	0	0	0	59
Birding spot near Bridgewater (northeast)	55	141	29	27	28	39
Birding spot near Harrisonburg (east)	53	117	19	33	39	0
Birding spot near Massanutten (northwest)	52	80	2	41	35	13
Birding spot near New Market	17	54	2	11	11	1