Birding spots · Washington

Best Birding Spots in Grays Harbor County, Washington

Bottle Beach leads Grays Harbor County's birding spots with 185 species reported, best in fall. 59 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
Bottle Beach	185	2,699	83	148	134	151
Oyhut	176	1,173	88	115	128	155
Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge	170	1,366	66	135	99	135
Griffith-Priday	164	466	81	98	112	121
Protection Island	145	584	59	74	81	122
Point Brown	133	1,557	60	91	90	108
Westhaven	133	385	48	82	72	87
Westhaven Cove	129	1,827	77	92	69	97
Elds Island (historical)	129	421	70	81	65	97
Duck Lake	129	330	45	92	88	76
Westhaven Cove (Point Chehalis)	125	351	72	83	50	66
Huttula Lake	125	186	74	86	42	72
Seashore Conservation Area (Sampson)	120	241	44	58	54	51
Johns River	113	249	46	91	52	58
Westhaven Cove (southeast)	111	332	64	38	50	68
Twin Harbors Beach	106	308	22	60	76	64
Horseshoe Lake	105	357	39	67	54	67
Ocean City	105	298	38	67	61	69
Campbell Slough	103	104	40	71	53	58
Charley Creek	101	158	45	57	50	61
Seashore Conservation Area (north)	99	199	34	62	65	39
Moclips	97	177	28	58	62	51
Vance Creek County Park	92	164	51	52	46	38
Armstrong Bay	92	107	51	45	9	54
Griffith-Priday (Copalis Beach)	90	69	20	38	45	40
Chehalis	89	98	36	64	52	26
Elk Creek	85	140	29	53	53	26
Pacific Beach	80	115	16	51	39	35
Lake Sylvia	76	174	24	46	46	30
Laidlaw Island	74	126	38	46	22	32
Seashore Conservation Area (Pacific Beach)	74	102	7	27	38	20
Moores Lake	71	164	52	52	0	0
Chehalis River Surge Plain Natural Area Preserve	68	97	27	37	34	24
Armstrong Bay (Protection Island)	68	76	30	17	24	31
Ocean City OBA	68	65	0	43	31	20
Quinault	64	183	21	40	46	15
Wenzel Slough	63	63	40	13	0	26
Ziegler Creek	62	157	10	41	33	27
Seashore Conservation Area (Oyehut)	62	126	23	42	22	21
Weatherwax Nature Preserve	62	109	28	45	35	30
Falls Creek	56	109	6	36	40	21
Seashore Conservation Area (Ocean Grove)	56	63	4	13	26	22
Willaby Creek	55	204	1	30	45	23
Olympic National Park (Kestner Creek)	47	109	1	23	36	17
Quinault Recreation Area	42	50	0	16	29	1
Gatton Creek	40	55	0	11	19	22
Birding spot near Hoquiam	187	1,746	91	140	129	157
Birding spot near Westport	149	592	73	101	75	112
Birding spot near Brady	143	599	92	117	57	81
Birding spot near Oakville	102	90	33	85	62	44