Birding spots · Washington

Best Birding Spots in Jefferson County, Washington

Point Wilson leads Jefferson County's birding spots with 172 species reported, best in fall. 60 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
Point Wilson	172	1,948	85	121	108	133
Fort Worden	167	1,097	92	142	107	115
Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park	166	2,811	85	131	120	120
Portage Canal	155	1,022	95	105	98	107
Fort Flagler	153	1,284	93	109	91	113
Fort Flagler (east)	146	573	90	118	83	92
Marrowstone Point	145	677	68	104	93	90
Point Hudson	138	1,620	82	87	92	95
Fort Worden (west)	136	397	68	90	69	84
North Beach County Park	135	409	85	80	64	90
Dosewallips	128	428	65	83	73	87
Anderson Lake	124	595	59	101	86	69
Olympic National Park (Kalaloch)	123	506	29	76	78	78
Fort Worden (Point Wilson)	120	947	52	79	79	84
Tukey	115	192	61	85	56	69
Morgan Hill Reservoir	111	335	69	94	70	80
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (southwest)	110	405	68	74	65	78
Portage Canal (east)	107	351	64	57	56	71
Shine Tidelands	105	483	71	74	45	68
Kuhn Spit	104	187	62	77	44	43
Donovan Creek	104	153	29	76	74	40
Scow Bay	100	202	55	60	42	43
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (Port Townsend)	99	655	56	64	59	60
Mystery Bay (Marrowstone Island)	99	327	69	66	41	45
Irondale Beach County Park	98	172	72	65	23	52
Marrowstone Island	97	228	29	77	35	34
Fort Townsend	95	262	47	59	63	34
Port Ludlow	94	253	64	65	24	56
Ruby Beach	93	549	22	50	65	50
Leland Lake	89	86	31	48	53	38
Squamish Harbor	85	90	51	25	45	49
Portage Canal (Jorgenson Hill)	82	121	46	46	31	41
Mystery Bay	78	349	40	53	31	40
Discovery Bay	78	68	23	58	45	37
Chetzemolka Park	77	119	42	51	35	36
Olympic National Park (Taft Creek)	76	450	11	46	57	35
Daniel J. Evans Wilderness Area (Taft Creek)	75	253	18	38	62	32
Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge	75	210	12	62	39	29
Crocker Lake	71	114	24	49	29	18
Irondale Beach County Park (Chimacum Creek)	71	60	33	30	29	34
The Twins	69	72	39	45	28	7
Olympic National Park (west 2)	68	201	21	30	51	34
Mats Mats Bay	68	86	26	35	35	40
Olympic National Park (Jackson Creek)	63	277	9	31	47	26
Olympic National Park (west 3)	59	113	10	23	34	19
Triton Cove	56	72	17	34	23	21
Olympic National Park (west)	55	340	7	36	43	25
Mount Walker	54	200	5	43	41	12
Olympic National Park (Browns Point)	51	72	1	5	31	27
Olympic National Park (west 4)	51	59	0	13	32	27