When submitting eBird observations at Beaver Run Reservoir, it is most helpful to start a new checklist for each hotspot around the reservoir. Use the general hotspot when you have a checklist that includes multiple locations or if no other hotspot or personal location is appropriate for your sightings.

 The eagles can be seen from the parking area at the overlook, as well as hawks, kingfishers, and osprey in summer, many waterbirds such as Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, Teal, Bufflehead, Mergansers, Grebes, Loons, shorebirds such as Yellowlegs and Killdeer (Avocets were seen one year), large numbers of Wild Turkey in fall and migrating Tundra Swans. Swallows are common as well as a few other small birds. A causeway crosses on PA-286 near Mamont, but there are no parking spots. A section of the West Penn Trail may someday come very close to a section of the reservoir. 

Beaver Run Reservoir. 1,300 acres, is owned and maintained by the Westmoreland County Municipal Authority. The best and easiest access is a parking lot/overlook on PA-380 at the breast of the dam. Bald Eagles have been seen here since 2001. (A pair of Bald Eagles established a nest at the reservoir in 2003, and two eaglets were fledged.) 

Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) faculty and students have been monitoring surface water quality and air quality in and around Beaver Run Reservoir, The reservoir lies within a 43-square-mile drainage area and serves approximately 130,000 people throughout northern Westmoreland County and small portions of neighboring Armstrong and Indiana counties. 

From US-22/PA-66 (about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh), go north on PA-66 for 11 miles and turn right on PA-380. Go 2.4 miles to the dam parking lot on the right.