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There are many great birding sites within 50 miles of the St. Louis City limits.

Directions to them can be found here and, if a site is highlighted, click for more detailed information.

  • Babler State Park
  • Baldwin Lake (IL)
  • Blue Grosbeak Trail, Weldon Spring CA
  • BK Leach CA
  • Busch CA
  • Carlyle Lake (IL)
  • Castlewood State Park
  • Columbia Bottom CA
  • Cora Island Unit, Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
  • Cuivre River State Park
  • Emmenegger Nature Park (City of Kirkwood)
  • Forest Park (City of St. Louis)
  • Hawn State Park
  • Hilda Young CA
  • Horseshoe Lake State Park (IL)
  • Little Creve Coeur (Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park)
  • Lost Valley Trail (Weldon Spring CA)
  • Mallard Lake Trail (Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park)
  • Marais Temps Clair CA
  • Meramec State Park
  • Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center
  • Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary
  • Shaw Nature Reserve (Missouri Botanical Garden)
  • St. Stanislaus CAS
  • Tower Grove Park (City of St. Louis)
  • Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge (IL)

CA = Conservation Area. Information and maps for all CA’s are available from the Missouri Department of Conservation.

For State Parks and maps of those sites, visit Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Visit the Great Missouri Birding Trail to learn more about the diverse habitats that over 320 species of birds visit annually in Missouri.