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Best Birding Spots in Chelan County, Washington

Wenatchee Confluence leads Chelan County's birding spots with 179 species reported, best in spring. 83 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
Wenatchee Confluence	179	1,927	96	139	109	123
Walla Walla Point Park	178	2,889	80	125	119	130
Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery	144	1,533	43	114	108	97
Fish Lake	143	553	26	99	108	79
BeeBe Wildlife Area Complex	134	659	68	100	74	84
Camas Meadows Natural Area Preserve	110	365	5	93	89	15
Loth189	108	183	50	81	60	48
Blackbird Island Park	107	531	34	81	78	42
Fish Lake (south)	106	170	35	60	56	47
Chelan Falls Park	104	304	62	66	49	64
Lake Wenatchee	103	344	27	72	81	41
Riverfront Park (Wenatchee)	101	328	57	62	43	54
Wenatchee National Forest	101	292	38	83	53	39
Stehekin River	95	64	7	63	57	31
Silicosaska Park	92	211	53	46	33	59
White River	91	112	0	80	65	0
Wallace Property	90	125	0	57	59	35
Swakane	90	113	16	55	61	17
Colockum Wildlife Area Complex	89	155	45	64	50	35
Swakane (south)	89	81	4	68	60	19
Wenatchee National Forest (northwest)	88	147	6	73	53	20
Waterfront Park	87	317	27	70	60	34
Loth31	87	231	46	72	50	10
Napeequa River	85	152	17	57	61	30
Lake Chelan	84	104	32	44	34	29
Williams Canyon	82	151	35	67	47	46
Anderson Canyon	82	94	31	59	38	22
Cashmere Pond	78	295	39	61	29	44
Riverside Park	75	492	47	57	39	43
Chelan Riverwalk Park	71	197	45	42	31	30
Lake Wenatchee (southwest)	68	82	17	49	28	23
Waterfront Park (Leavenworth)	67	203	23	46	47	29
Purple Point	66	51	0	35	33	21
Wenatchee National Forest (Spring Canyon)	65	83	27	45	2	9
Ardetta Park	64	261	43	45	27	22
Fish Lake (west)	64	52	0	40	32	25
Wenatchee National Forest (south)	62	55	1	48	33	15
Lake Wenatchee (Emerald Island)	59	96	19	31	31	22
Peshastin Pinnacles	58	145	11	44	28	19
Old Mill Park (east)	58	74	29	31	24	26
Holden (historical)	57	109	1	13	51	12
Loth200	56	60	11	27	20	10
Leavenworth Winter Sports Area	55	77	7	47	26	7
Wenatchee National Forest (Gold Spring)	53	83	0	0	28	45
Trout Creek	49	81	0	17	40	18
Washington Pass	48	224	0	29	42	15
Wenatchee National Forest (south)	48	52	0	42	21	0
Wenatchee Confluence (Wenatchee River)	48	50	19	11	12	27
Lakeside City Park	47	81	32	22	9	23
Jackson Preserve	46	70	3	33	21	13