5 Places to Spot Bald Eagles

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Looking for a place to spot eagles close to home? Lake Monroe isn’t the only location where they can be seen. Discover five more prime eagle-watching areas in Indiana:

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Patoka Lake near Birdseye hosts an Eagle Watch Day in January and has a raptor education program. Visitors can see raptors such as eagles, hawks and owls up close at the Patoka Lake Nature Center. Hours vary, so please call ahead before traveling.

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36 Comments

  1. Sue Lamar

    January 22, 2018 at 7:32 am

    Bald eagle spotted in behind our house in Lebanon Indiana.

    • Karen Lynch

      April 10, 2018 at 2:15 pm

      Sue, I’m in Lebanon and would love to see a bald eagle! What end of town are you located in?

    • Hazel C Bishop

      October 25, 2018 at 9:30 am

      I saw a bald eagle this morninng while driving my daughter to school in Morgan county. We were driving north on SR 67 it just flew up right in front of us carrying a mole in it’s talons it was so awesome.

    • DW

      September 24, 2019 at 10:50 am

      I saw a bald eagle in Indianapolis flying over 465 on the north side at Allisonville Rd. It flew around for 5 minutes.

    • Escar W Smith

      January 11, 2024 at 3:22 pm

      Spotted bald eagle on waverly Park road and 144 on 1/11/2024

  2. Tina

    March 20, 2018 at 10:05 am

    we saw a bald eagle in Goshen Indiana Monday March 19

  3. paula outlaw

    April 16, 2018 at 5:42 pm

    on 4/14/2018 seen a bald eagle near Wolf Lake Indiana

    • Amy James

      April 1, 2019 at 4:24 pm

      My husband and I live right off of I 64 on Corydon Ridge Rd NE and today while standing in our garden plot we looked up and there was an eagle flying above us! We see so many hawks out here but this was clearly a bald eagle. I had told my husband a year or so ago that I had seen one but he figured I had spotted another hawk. Well today he confirmed my excitement!!

  4. Teri Egly

    April 16, 2018 at 7:37 pm

    Is there a nest locater map for IN similar to what FL has? I’ve heard there are 4 pairs nesting in Tippecanoe Co.

    • Rick

      January 7, 2019 at 8:31 pm

      The DNR map is just a general location in a county. Exact locations are not published.

  5. Jeannie

    April 23, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    Eagles have been spotted on and around Route 30 in Valparaiso

  6. Faye

    May 13, 2018 at 10:19 pm

    Bald Eagle nest and birds can be seen just off SR 31 and 24 around the Peru area

  7. Robert Thompson

    September 27, 2018 at 6:47 pm

    Robert. Saw a eagle at at Tippecanoe country club in Monticello near the tenth green across the street from my house. Grounds keepers stated they have seen it by the first fairway by Lake Shafer.

    • John

      April 29, 2019 at 1:06 pm

      April 20 2019 Me and my wife spotted bald eagle. We have a home across Girtz industries he was flying around in that area.

  8. Frankie Crowe

    October 8, 2018 at 5:36 pm

    Saw two while fishing at Racoon Lake today.

  9. Hazel C Bishop

    October 25, 2018 at 9:32 am

    I saw a bald eagle this morning in Morgan county.I was driving my daughter to school and it just flew up in front of us with a mole in it’s talonsit was so awesome.

  10. James

    November 6, 2018 at 9:12 am

    Have seen a bald eagle the last two mornings on Lake Gage in Orland, which is close to Angola.

  11. Bonnie Harty

    December 12, 2018 at 3:18 pm

    I’ve see them in Muncie Ind. In town around white river

  12. Dirinda Foster

    January 10, 2019 at 9:05 pm

    Eagles have been spotted on Morse Reservoir
    South Harbour area
    It was a beautiful sight

  13. Carole Stueben

    January 26, 2019 at 8:33 pm

    I just saw one this morning by the calumet river in East Chicago, while driving the Indiana Toll Road to work. It was across the highway from the EC Southshore train station.

  14. Chad

    February 23, 2019 at 2:09 pm

    Just saw 3 of them in Petersburg. 1 adult and 2 immature. Beautiful!

    • sandy louise

      March 2, 2019 at 3:55 am

      I think I saw a bald eagle today in Whiting at Wolf Lake. It was flying and I couldn’t see the head but the tail was white. Amazing.

  15. Curt

    February 23, 2019 at 6:39 pm

    There are a ton in Peru..We took several pictures today!

  16. Bob baugher

    February 25, 2019 at 4:51 pm

    Saw one outside of Cromwell ind. this afternoon. It had just cought a small rodent in an open field and was flying away with it. Awesome sight.

  17. Linda Torres

    March 19, 2019 at 8:58 am

    Southside of Indianapolis. I saw 2 Eagles flying over head around 6:30 PM on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. I was on driving east on Thompson Road close to Carroll Road when my friend and I spotted the eagles flying over the open fields heading in the direction of Southeastway Park. Pretty Cool to see them in flight!

  18. Jeremy Cardona

    March 30, 2019 at 10:08 am

    Saw a gorgeous white headed white tailed bald eagle on sawmill road on the way to Turkey Run yesterday…it was beautiful!

  19. Kevin Souder

    September 1, 2019 at 6:14 am

    Encountered magnificent bald eagle yesterday on north west side of Ft Wayne, on Ludwig Rd. It was flying fairly low and not far from the car. No river or lakes in that area, only ponds.

  20. Rob Keck

    October 29, 2019 at 3:21 pm

    I saw an eagle this afternoon in Marshall Co. just south of Tyler Rd while driving on Tamarack

  21. Linda Haynes

    November 13, 2019 at 5:43 pm

    I saw a bald eagle flying low over the covered bridge in Matthews, Indiana in Grant County. It soared along the Mississinewa River and then met another eagle in flight before settling in a treetop. It was a beautiful sight to behold!

  22. mary doyle

    February 9, 2020 at 6:14 pm

    just saw an eagle in Sunman Indiana. 2/9/2020

    • Sandra

      February 16, 2020 at 10:43 am

      I saw a bald eagle around Fall Creek parkway north and Emerson on the Northside of Indianapolis

  23. J. Etter

    February 15, 2020 at 5:44 pm

    I saw a bald eagle yesterday in East Chicago just north of the Arcelormittal steel mill property on the edge of Lake Michigan. He flew low over my head with a small rodent in his mouth.

  24. C. Switzer

    March 9, 2020 at 5:03 pm

    St. Patrick’s County Park in South Bend. There are now three eggs in the nest and there is a webcam so they can be watched when the adults care for the eggs, when the eggs hatch and when the young take flight and leave the nest.

  25. Carla Dahn

    March 11, 2022 at 3:29 pm

    I believe I saw an Eagle today around 2:45pm. I was letting my dogs out in the back yard. We have hawks and I like to watch them. This was bigger than the Hawks I’ve seen, it’s head was white, dark body, and white tailfeathers. His wingspan was bigger, straight out to the side and it was just like floating in the air. It totally took me by surprise, I live in Northwest Indiana and I’ve never seen one before and wasn’t sure there where any in this area. I like to watch for different birds every year in my backyard, love to bird watch. If this actually was an eagle, I am very happy and excited to have seen it.

  26. Nancy Sartain

    March 15, 2022 at 2:50 pm

    Another great location is Middlefork Reservoir in Richmond, IN. There are several.

  27. Dewayne E Pettiford

    March 27, 2022 at 5:08 pm

    Mt Summit on 500 east in Delaware county.

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