Birding spots · Washington

Best Birding Spots in Whitman County, Washington

Central Ferry State Park leads Whitman County's birding spots with 161 species reported, best in spring. 45 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
Central Ferry State Park	161	321	78	132	80	102
Slaughter Pen Bay	140	606	35	112	81	87
Steptoe Butte	131	483	41	100	97	93
Wawawai County Park	114	295	46	80	66	51
Kamiak Butte County Park	111	473	26	87	92	69
Sheep Lake	111	371	10	82	81	62
Ewan	110	228	27	100	53	15
Hooper	110	114	14	68	73	88
Rose Creek Preserve	109	407	36	85	81	65
Texas Lake	96	157	4	71	67	55
Washington State University Arboretum	95	378	35	71	59	67
Paradise Creek	90	344	41	53	55	55
Lake Bryan (east)	82	103	40	64	24	44
Sunnyside Park	81	418	42	57	37	42
Klemgard Park	81	108	12	66	49	16
Crooked Knee Lake	72	125	0	45	53	35
Almota	72	68	46	46	7	22
Woodcroft Park	69	286	22	45	36	47
City Playfields	69	171	20	46	43	31
McCoy Creek	66	131	1	54	40	21
Itani Park	65	308	29	38	44	37
Paradise Creek (Sunshine Creek)	64	98	24	38	54	14
Pampa Pond	63	54	5	32	30	36
Lawson Gardens	61	121	28	32	21	49
Conservation Park	46	54	24	28	20	16
Nisqually John Canyon	41	51	16	28	9	10
Birding spot near Colfax	121	225	35	96	86	83
Birding spot near Uniontown	97	131	11	45	71	67
Birding spot near Malden	96	58	16	82	38	17
Birding spot near Lamont	93	234	27	91	44	16
Birding spot near Albion	92	209	16	74	54	34
Birding spot near Steptoe	78	188	8	40	43	47
Birding spot near Pullman	72	497	37	44	26	47
Birding spot near West Clarkston-Highland (Steptoe Creek)	70	54	20	18	50	13
Birding spot near St. John	64	294	21	35	28	42
Birding spot near Pullman (Whitlow)	64	114	25	33	20	48
Birding spot near Pullman (north)	60	105	12	33	6	54
Birding spot near Lamont (east)	57	84	0	50	23	15
Birding spot near Pullman (east)	57	68	17	19	23	37
Birding spot near St. John (Ewan)	57	64	3	44	10	17
Birding spot near Pullman (Missouri Flat Creek)	56	332	33	46	33	30
Birding spot near Pullman (north)	55	104	13	40	15	19
Birding spot near Pullman (Pullman Junction)	55	60	21	39	25	36
Birding spot near Pullman (west)	51	192	2	33	27	17
Birding spot near Pullman (northwest)	46	141	21	37	18	12