Top rated Bird watching areas in Elgin, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Bird watching areas in Elgin

Experience the best that Elgin has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 15 places from Bird watching area category.

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Trailside Museum of Natural History

Museum

Victorian mansion, gardens & trails featuring native animals, educational exhibits & guided hikes.

4.90 (110 reviews) (~40.88 km from centre)

Cantigny

Park

500 acres of gardens, golf, camping & picnic grounds, plus 2 museums, eateries & a bandshell.

4.80 (4.9K reviews) (~22.79 km from centre)

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

Bird watching area

Quiet preserve for a wide variety of migrating songbirds & butterflies offering a skyline view.

4.80 (1.1K reviews) (~54.17 km from centre)

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center

Park

👍👍 It was a lovely evening! We stop by the natural preserve center with the children and had so much fun. It’s perfect for any age. At the end the place manager had above talk about the importance of conserving and maintaining the green , preserving natural places for the animals to live. 👌😍

4.80 (946 reviews) (~49.5 km from centre)

Crabtree Nature Center

Park

Nature preserve on 112 acres of woodlands & wetlands offering year-round outdoor recreation.

4.80 (197 reviews) (~13.04 km from centre)

Sand Ridge Nature Center

Park

👍👍 This is a place to go and forget about your worries. Go for a walk, and just feel the breeze, smell the falling leaves in the air. The birds singing in the tall trees. You'll spend a good amount of time out there so bring plenty of water.

4.80 (90 reviews) (~76.28 km from centre)

River Trail Nature Center

Park

👍👍 Fantastic little hideaway. Lovely well care for rescued animals in nice habitats. Inside is great to see turtles, snakes and more as well as a nice children's play area and small animal displays. Understandably it is currently closed up due to covid-19. The trails are friendly enough for a gentle no...

4.70 (203 reviews) (~33.32 km from centre)

Jelke Creek Bird Sanctuary

Nature preserve

👍👍 Beautiful place to spend some time peacefully.

4.70 (202 reviews) (~5.69 km from centre)

Sand Bluff Bird Observatory

Bird watching area

4.70 (56 reviews) (~93.69 km from centre)

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center

Learning center

👍👍 It’s one of my favorite places to walk the trails. But my favorite part is the flowers and the little house you stumble on before you get to the trails. The flowers are beautiful and they have tons of hummingbird feeders are. Unfortunately they are too fast for me to get a pic. But it’s super peacef...

4.70 (36 reviews) (~48.62 km from centre)

Dean Nature Sanctuary - Oak Brook Park District

Nature preserve

👍👍 This is a beautiful preserve in a ridiculously fancy neighborhood. It also contains a kayak/canoe launch into salt creek and is along the salt creek trail. There is a good sized gravel parking lot with an accesible portapotty and tons of informational signs. The paths are wide and well maintained cr...

4.60 (127 reviews) (~37.74 km from centre)

Bill Jarvis Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Bird watching area

This 7.84-acre nature area with paths & viewing platforms attracts local & migratory birds.

4.60 (89 reviews) (~53.88 km from centre)

Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve

Nature preserve

839-acre nature preserve featuring herons & egrets, a lake & wetlands, a visitor center & trails.

4.60 (76 reviews) (~49.94 km from centre)

Illinois Waterway Visitors Center

Federal government office

👍 A fine place to calm your mind and relax. It is a small visitor center but the watching the locks operate is quite interesting and by the time one barge gets by, an hour and a half is up. At February you can watch eagles fishing over the dam. People interested in nature, engineering and ornithology...

4.50 (99 reviews) (~98.51 km from centre)

Samuel Myers Park

Bird watching area

👍 Nice beach area with ample parking. Unfortunately there was some type of algae bloom so I didn't get my feet wet. Beautiful views from the top of the rocks.

4.40 (271 reviews) (~86.2 km from centre)

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Top rated Bird watching areas in Elgin, United States