Birding Locations in The Villages

Here are some of the most popular places to go birdwatching within The Villages. 

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North (North of CR 466):

 

• Golf View Lake (behind Paradise Recreation Center 1409 Paradise Drive)

• Swartz Park (903 Aloha Way)

• Boone Park (839 Silver Oak Avenue)

• Paradise Lake (Paradise Drive next to the cart bridge)

• Silver Lake (Dustin Drive by Silver Lake Recreation Center)

• Lake Mira Mar (1200 Avenida Central)

• Lake Chula Vista (Avenida Central at Bernardo Boulevard)

• Laguna Madre (Morse Boulevard behind Freedom Pointe)

• Hacienda Hills Country Club (1200 North Morse Boulevard)

• Lago Santiago (Enrique Drive at El Santiago Recreation Center)

• Alhambra Pond (Botello Avenue off El Camino Real)

• Lopez Pond (Legacy Lane across from Briarwood Postal Station)

• Souillere Villas (16705 SE 74th Soulliere Avenue)

• Matthews Wildlife Preserve (Morse Boulevard south of San Marino Drive)

• Hope Lutheran Church (250 Avenida Los Angelos)

 

North Central (between CR 466 and CR 466A)

 

• Live Oaks Park (760 Mission Hills Trail)

• Sunset Park (Morse Boulevard bridge, on Multimodal Path)

• Wilkerson Park (Old Camp Road, across from Sonny’s in Sumter Landing)

• Bonnybrook Pond (685 Belvedere Boulevard)

• Lynnhaven Pool (2500 block of Churchill Downs, at Lynnhaven pool)

• Morven Ponds (Morven Parkway off Belvedere)

• Ashland Pond (735 Lynnhaven Lane, next to Ashland Neighborhood Pool)

• Black Lake Walking Path (Lake Miona Recreation Center, 1526 Buena Vista Boulevard)

• Sunset Pointe (1261 Sunset Pointe Boulevard, at Pelican Golf Course)

• Bacall Recreation Center (2041 Canal Street)

• Bonita Pond (2541 Canal Street): waterbirds

• Ardson Pond (2500 block of Ardson Avenue, off Odell Circle)

• Duval Neighborhood Pool (2606 Odell Circle)

• Seabreeze Recreation Center (2384 Buena Vista Boulevard)

 

South Central (between CR 466A and SR 44)

 

• Sharon Rose Wiechens Preserve (3514 Moyer Loop)

• Pinellas Plaza Pond (off Pinellas Place, behind Subway)

• Evans Prairie peninsula (between 2017 and 2025 Evans Prairie Trail)

• Charlotte Neighborhood Pool (2375 Charlotte Court)

• Gilchrist Pool (1520 Pinellas Place)

• Ridgewood Path (between 3328 and 3322 Ridgewood Path)

• Ichabod Way (between 3334 and 3326 Ichabod Way)

• Collier Pool (Hendry Drive, north of McLin Lane)

• Cosmos/Infinity Loop (Cosmos Way at Infinity Run; enter between 3864 and 3865 Infinity Run)

• Druid Street Overlook (1900 block of Druid Street)

• Lake Deaton Pool (3571 Warnock Road)

• Eisenhower Recreation Center (3560 Buena Vista Boulevard)

• Brownwood Ponds Overlook (behind Citizens Bank in Brownwood)

• Soaring Eagle Softball Fields (4309 Morse Boulevard)

 

South (south of SR 44)

 

• Chitty Chatty Preserve (4911 Chitty Chatty Run)

• Bradford Postal (5371 Dray Drive)

• St. Catherine Walking Path (5786 St. Catherine Circle)

• Hawkins Nature Trail (5600 block of Hawkins Drive)

• Aviary Recreation Center (5748 Morse Boulevard)

• Homestead Nature Trail (6241 Meggison Road)

• Mincey Loop (490 Gilson Loop)

• Richmond Trail (2956 Tharp Avenue)

• Lake Okahumpka Recreation Center (4505 Okahumpka Run)

• Water Lily Walking Path (4710 Marsh Bend Trail)

• DeLuna Walking Path (behind the pool at 4240 Marsh Bend Trail)

• Hogeye Preserve Pathway (at Cattail Recreation Center, 5219 Marsh Bend Trail)

• Fenney Nature Trail (3220 Fenney Way)

• Sugar Cane Postal Station (2636 Fenney Way)

• Riverbend Walking Trail (1833 Corbin Trail)

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