US-MI-Pinconning+County+Park


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Bay County
=Pinconning County Park= 3041 East Pinconning Road Pinconning, MI 48650 [|Pinconning County Park web site]

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Pinconning County Park
Coordinates: 43.8539984, -83.9264494 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Pinconning County Park
Pinconning County Park offers a good vantage point of the lake and sufficient woodlot area to host a good variety of nesting birds and hold migrant passerines. There are trails cutting through most of the park. The trails that head south from the parking area pass through oak uplands and wet forest bottom land. Resident species found here include Ruffed Grouse, Brown Creeper, and Wood Thrush. These trails work their way to the Pinconning River mouth. Check the channel markers for gulls and terns. Forster's Terns are common, and such good birds as Little Gull have also been seen here in migration. The trails just west of the picnic area travel through some woodlots that are still wet in May and host a good variety of warblers. Also worth checking is the observation tower located just north of the picnic area. From here or from the parking lot a variety of waterfowl may be viewed. Tundra Swan, dabblers, and divers may be seen here in October and November. From [|Saginaw Bay Birding Trail: Pinconning County Park]

There are two parking lots, one at the main entrance and one to the north at the base of Snake Point. At the main entrance to the park there are two trails. One trail goes south to an overlook of the Pinconning River. The second begins at the observation platform on the north end of the campground and goes north, eventually ending near the Snake Point parking lot. From the Snake Point parking lot, there is a trail that heads south to near the tip of Snake Point. Total there are about 3 miles of trails at Pinconning County Park. <span style="font-size: 70%;"
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