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Best Birding Spots in Park County, Wyoming

Alkali Lake leads Park County's birding spots with 135 species reported, best in spring. 71 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
Alkali Lake	135	722	15	107	102	84
Yellowstone National Park (east)	125	439	0	79	109	52
Yellowstone National Park	112	1,028	20	72	87	48
Yellowstone National Park (Pelican Valley)	110	400	0	50	99	42
Ralston Reservoir	98	159	0	77	64	51
Yellowstone National Park (Elk Antler Creek)	97	402	0	40	82	40
Swan Lake	94	640	0	53	76	41
Yellowstone National Park (Hayden Valley)	94	528	4	46	75	56
Yellowstone National Park (Soda Butte Canyon)	88	205	9	36	75	30
Park	86	111	19	43	53	30
Blacktail Pond	85	302	0	67	68	14
Trout Lake	84	176	0	31	66	31
Indian Pond (Storm Point)	84	153	0	29	66	44
Deaver Reservoir	84	73	2	51	41	37
LeHardys Rapids	81	1,146	0	38	53	40
Yellowstone National Park (Elk Plaza)	81	105	4	49	63	24
Yellowstone National Park (Soda Butte Creek)	78	137	10	27	63	27
Yellowstone National Park (east 2)	76	71	0	19	57	32
Floating Island Lake	75	402	0	42	53	17
Newton Lakes	74	76	0	42	45	18
Floating Island Lake (Elk Creek)	69	93	0	19	55	23
Bump-Sullivan Reservoir	66	137	0	42	55	12
Indian Pond	65	198	0	26	41	35
Yellowstone National Park (Crystal Creek)	62	84	0	22	28	26
Yellowstone National Park (Rose Creek)	61	139	2	34	41	13
Buck Lake	61	66	2	25	43	7
Yellowstone National Park (Trout Creek)	60	216	0	30	47	28
Yellowstone National Park (south 3)	60	141	0	19	43	23
Mud Volcano	57	263	0	22	53	15
Yellowstone National Park (Tower Junction)	54	82	6	19	36	1
Yellowstone National Park (Pebble Creek)	54	80	2	18	38	12
Hurricane Vent	53	297	1	17	44	21
Elk Fork	53	64	1	16	42	15
Yellowstone National Park (southeast)	50	74	0	31	35	6
Yellowstone National Park (Mud Geyser)	48	123	0	11	40	22
Yellowstone National Park (Boiling River)	48	118	3	15	34	24
Yellowstone National Park (Lake Butte)	48	90	0	9	44	12
Rainy Lake	46	75	2	14	37	6
Lookout Point	43	209	0	10	40	16
Yellowstone National Park (Mammoth)	43	171	3	20	30	14
Lamar Canyon	43	85	0	16	27	10
Yellowstone National Park (Mud Pots)	42	74	0	15	38	7
Wraith Falls	41	87	0	8	36	5
Cody	39	87	8	16	24	14
Tower Fall	38	88	0	10	30	5
Yellowstone National Park (east 3)	36	60	0	7	22	13
Artist Point	35	232	0	8	33	8
Calcite Springs	35	101	0	8	31	7
Roadside Springs	35	80	2	18	23	11
Butte Springs	35	71	0	11	29	10