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Best Birding Spots in Pacific County, Washington

Cape Disappointment leads Pacific County's birding spots with 170 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
Cape Disappointment	170	729	106	123	99	114
Toke Point	167	2,186	88	119	100	137
Toke Point (Tokeland)	167	520	82	111	95	134
Grayland Beach (Heather)	161	552	25	84	112	132
Grayland Beach	145	734	59	99	84	101
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Research Natural Area	143	295	53	92	83	89
Cape Disappointment (Peacock Spit)	139	341	62	77	69	87
Seashore Conservation Area (Cape Shoalwater)	119	252	49	60	63	71
Cape Disappointment (North Head)	117	316	28	71	70	70
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge	111	308	53	63	61	79
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge (Parker Slough)	108	227	50	71	64	59
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Research Natural Area (Grassy Island)	106	143	41	60	49	75
Cape Disappointment (Fords Dry Lake)	104	232	26	59	69	52
Oysterville	102	125	48	56	37	44
Cape Disappointment (McKenzie Head Lagoon)	101	178	38	56	45	35
Seashore Conservation Area	98	274	22	65	37	46
Dead Mans Cove	96	143	27	56	59	42
North Beach Peninsula	95	159	61	48	32	55
Cape Disappointment (Pacific City (historical))	94	131	39	65	38	38
Ocean Park	94	112	43	27	71	44
Seashore Conservation Area (Holman)	90	164	26	38	65	50
Olympic-Willapa Hills-South Puget Sound Wildlife Area Complex (Seahaven (historical))	86	114	27	40	31	68
Cape Disappointment (east)	84	151	45	45	35	36
Cape Disappointment (Dead Mans Cove)	83	195	16	60	53	33
Chinook	83	97	50	25	24	60
Fort Columbia	80	90	25	53	55	20
Chinook (north)	80	62	46	42	9	45
Black Lake (Ilwaco)	80	53	41	24	12	59
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge (east)	76	187	19	41	42	33
Leadbetter Point	68	54	12	44	20	20
North Cove	65	56	9	13	35	26
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	60	101	33	17	24	16
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge (Mountain Spring Reservoir)	57	50	22	33	9	2
Seashore Conservation Area (south)	53	56	12	27	12	23
Seashore Conservation Area (Breakers)	48	84	16	21	27	20
Seashore Conservation Area (Ocean Park)	48	65	14	9	16	25
Cape Disappointment (Beards Hollow)	45	53	3	22	28	12
Black Lake	37	83	30	10	9	10
Birding spot near Tokeland	140	836	65	107	89	107
Birding spot near Bay Center	135	163	81	74	63	92
Birding spot near Ocean Park	124	1,684	69	81	73	79
Birding spot near Ilwaco	109	297	61	71	40	66
Birding spot near Bay Center (southeast)	108	123	77	60	11	77
Birding spot near Ilwaco (east)	88	64	52	43	11	29
Birding spot near South Bend	70	73	25	45	18	26
Birding spot near Bay Center (southeast)	57	89	27	22	20	27
Birding spot near South Bend (Stuart Slough)	55	54	45	8	0	29