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Best Birding Spots in King County, Washington

Discovery Park leads King County's birding spots with 248 species reported, best in fall. 396 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
Discovery Park	248	9,033	133	188	164	208
Union Bay Natural Area	215	20,611	122	179	153	179
Carkeek Park	210	6,405	113	160	139	162
Marymoor Park	192	5,377	112	163	128	136
Magnuson Park	185	10,249	118	162	114	141
Lake Sammamish	180	2,993	99	142	119	140
West Point	176	1,527	97	120	105	147
Cedar River Trail Park	174	3,286	90	86	103	157
Juanita Bay Park	171	6,576	100	146	127	141
Meadow Point	170	2,202	99	131	106	139
Alki Point	164	1,446	99	117	90	141
Loth210	159	2,177	80	132	106	106
Richmond Beach Park	159	1,932	92	117	99	123
Green Lake	158	5,811	100	129	82	119
Green River Natural Resources Area	158	1,204	101	135	108	114
Stillwater	148	1,710	69	135	100	95
Sikes Lake	143	1,617	104	116	69	111
Seward Park	140	2,237	92	108	78	102
City of Tacoma Watershed	135	712	49	107	104	96
Dumas Bay	133	449	75	97	64	97
Meadowbrook Slough	132	865	48	109	100	76
Discovery Park (Magnolia Bluff)	130	1,058	64	99	74	84
Janicke Slough	130	818	85	100	79	89
Miller Creek	129	836	91	105	65	88
Lincoln Park	128	1,906	84	102	76	88
Foster Island (Wash. Park)	128	1,096	78	92	66	90
Des Moines Marina	128	595	80	77	65	80
Washington Park Arboretum	127	2,098	81	107	82	94
Tolt River	127	825	76	106	90	80
Charles Richey Sr Viewpoint	125	1,680	79	80	66	97
Tracy Owen Station Park	123	2,233	80	96	62	88
Meadowbrook Pond	122	2,832	78	100	72	84
Saltwater	122	619	75	80	59	81
Lake Sammamish (Jensens Cove)	117	533	71	90	61	81
Point Robinson	117	382	69	86	49	73
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks	116	1,319	78	86	53	78
Haapoos Village Park and Shoreline Habitat	116	750	61	75	67	63
Meadowbrook Farm	116	549	53	91	75	72
Patterson Creek	116	250	80	79	38	67
Chinook Bend Natural Area	115	600	58	75	62	71
North Seattle College Woods and Wetland	113	1,795	61	96	61	80
Matthews Beach Park	113	1,057	75	85	56	82
Parsons Gardens	113	599	67	70	63	84
Point Heyer	113	289	64	75	60	66
Carillon Woods	113	273	60	104	47	23
Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park	112	897	82	71	51	81
Bitter Lake	110	11,496	58	96	68	89
May Creek	110	364	62	53	61	70
Lake Hills Greenbelt Park	109	1,360	73	85	73	81
Seahurst Park	109	581	62	70	65	81