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Top Locations in January
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows the top birding locations in January. The chart shows how many species can be found in the region for each month of the year as a measure of local "birdiness".

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Rank Map Location Distance Checklists Species
1 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 397 117
2 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 657 111
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 925 108
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 284 104
5 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 516 103
6 Lake Betz 7.3 460 101
7 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 34 100
8 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 231 98
9 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 176 97
10 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 287 96
11 Lake Wheeler 8.2 60 94
12 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 196 94
13 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 241 93
14 Shelley Lake 8.1 158 93
15 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 358 93
16 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 182 92
17 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 93 92
18 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 24 92
19 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 399 91
20 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 123 91
21 Lake Benson 11.9 187 91
22 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 212 91
23 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 55 89
24 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 493 89
25 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 134 89
26 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 125 88
27 Lake Raleigh 6.0 153 88
28 Apex Community Park 3.7 269 86
29 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 182 86
30 Bond Park 2.7 158 86
31 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 509 85
32 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 16 85
33 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 45 84
34 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 124 84
35 Falls Lake 15.1 22 83
36 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 201 82
37 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 83 82
38 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 156 82
39 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 30 81
40 Beaver Marsh 16.7 373 81
41 Lake Lynn 7.7 182 81
42 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 38 78
43 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 116 77
44 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 88 77
45 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 84 74
46 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 226 74
47 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 75 73
48 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 21 72
49 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 32 72
50 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 27 72
51 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 107 71
52 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 77 71
53 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 52 71
54 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 14 71
55 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 194 70
56 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 38 70
57 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 17 70
58 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 32 70
59 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 27 69
60 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 73 69
61 Williamson Preserve 19.2 22 69
62 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 149 69
63 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 78 68
64 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 33 68
65 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 32 67
66 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 33 67
67 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 17 66
68 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 60 66
69 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 119 66
70 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 80 66
71 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 23 65
72 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 39 65
73 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 25 64
74 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 23 64
75 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 62 64
76 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 16 63
77 Fearrington Village 17.5 46 63
78 Wendell Park 22.6 21 63
79 Raven Rock SP 23.9 32 62
80 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 16 62
81 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 19 62
82 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 26 62
83 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 107 61
84 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 12 61
85 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 57 61
86 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 19 61
87 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 72 61
88 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 33 61
89 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 75 61
90 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 33 60
91 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 31 60
92 Inwood Rd. 7.3 95 60
93 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 69 60
94 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 68 60
95 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 11 60
96 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 33 60
97 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 16 60
98 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 25 58
99 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 11 58
100 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 87 58
101 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 80 58
102 White Deer Park 11.6 44 58
103 Cedar Fork District Park 3.1 53 58
104 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 9 57
105 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 23 57
106 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 13 57
107 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 14 57
108 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 9 57
109 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 39 57
110 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 20 57
111 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 123 57
112 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 122 56
113 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 35 56
114 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 54 56
115 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 16 56
116 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 8 56
117 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 15 55
118 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 18 54
119 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 13 54
120 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 8 54
121 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 20 54
122 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 53 54
123 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 23 54
124 stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024) 14.9 116 54
125 Ritter Park 4.3 15 53
126 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 34 53
127 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 25 53
128 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 14 53
129 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 13 53
130 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 115 53
131 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 19 53
132 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 27 53
133 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 24 53
134 Apex Nature Park 8.6 9 53
135 Carpenter Park 5.1 20 53
136 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 8 53
137 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 9 53
138 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 11 53
139 17 Acre Woods 18.0 34 52
140 Eden Lakes 23.7 9 52
141 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 63 52
142 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 22 51
143 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 47 51
144 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 13 51
145 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 28 51
146 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 7 51
147 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 20 51
148 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 31 50
149 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 28 50
150 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 7 50
151 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 18 50
152 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 11 50
153 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 36 50
154 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 12 50
155 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 16 50
156 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 19 50
157 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 7 49
158 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 4 49
159 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 8 49
160 Town Lake Park 23.4 24 49
161 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 21 49
162 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 4 49
163 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 40 48
164 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 13 48
165 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 12 48
166 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 29 48
167 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 13 48
168 Parker Preserve 15.5 29 48
169 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 7 48
170 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 39 47
171 Salem Pond Park 4.5 16 47
172 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 14 47
173 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 25 47
174 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 10 47
175 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 12 47
176 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 6 47
177 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 33 47
178 Pullen Park 6.6 15 46
179 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 21 46
180 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 21 46
181 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 6 46
182 Higgins Greenway 1.2 21 46
183 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 31 46
184 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 21 45
185 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 45
186 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 20 45
187 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 3 45
188 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 41 45
189 Jack Marley Park 19.7 7 45
190 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 14 45
191 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 24 44
192 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 10 44
193 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 24 44
194 Little Creek Trail 15.3 5 44
195 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 12 44
196 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 17 44
197 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 19 44
198 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 21 43
199 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 9 43
200 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 8 43
201 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 16 43
202 Forest Hills Park 15.0 17 43
203 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 16 42
204 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 42
205 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 10 42
206 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 8 42
207 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 8 42
208 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 7 41
209 Crowder District Park 6.8 11 41
210 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 9 41
211 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 28 41
212 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 8 41
213 Homestead Park 19.3 12 40
214 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 17 40
215 Carrboro High School 18.4 12 40
216 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 40
217 Hoffman Lake 2.4 7 39
218 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 12 39
219 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 9 38
220 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 3 38
221 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 11 38
222 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 38
223 Fallon park 8.1 5 38
224 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 14 38
225 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 6 38
226 Morris Green Park 16.0 71 38
227 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 5 37
228 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 10 37
229 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 2 37
230 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 36
231 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 14 36
232 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 4 36
233 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 16 36
234 Eastgate Park 9.5 12 36
235 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 12 35
236 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 18 35
237 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 5 35
238 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 3 35
239 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 3 35
240 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 35
241 Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land) 15.4 7 35
242 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 6 34
243 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 5 34
244 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 6 34
245 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 2 34
246 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 6 34
247 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 4 34
248 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 13 34
249 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 22 34
250 East Clayton Community Park 23.0 3 34
251 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 10 33
252 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 4 33
253 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 6 33
254 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 13 33
255 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 2 33
256 Strickland Park 8.9 6 33
257 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 65 33
258 Lee Game Land 22.6 3 32
259 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 8 32
260 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 32
261 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 6 32
262 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 3 32
263 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 32
264 Lyon Park 15.6 9 32
265 Indian Trail Park 18.1 8 31
266 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 3 31
267 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 2 31
268 Greenview Ponds 7.6 6 30
269 Northgate Park 17.2 6 30
270 Valley Springs Park 20.7 4 30
271 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 9 30
272 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 30
273 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 14 29
274 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 3 29
275 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 8 29
276 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 29
277 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 29
278 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 5 29
279 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 9 28
280 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 9 28
281 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 7 28
282 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 3 28
283 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 27
284 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 4 27
285 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 5 27
286 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 8 27
287 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 10 27
288 Downtown Cary Park 0.5 8 27
289 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 18 26
290 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 4 25
291 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 2 25
292 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 25
293 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 2 25
294 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 3 25
295 Walltown Park 17.3 2 24
296 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 12 23
297 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 8 23
298 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 13 23
299 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 3 23
300 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 3 23
301 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 4 23
302 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 5 23
303 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 23
304 Cates Creek Park 25.0 3 23
305 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 22
306 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 2 22
307 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 22
308 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 6 21
309 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 3 21
310 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 4 21
311 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 20
312 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 6 20
313 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 3 20
314 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 20
315 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 3 20
316 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 2 19
317 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 2 19
318 MacDonald Woods Park 2.8 3 19
319 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 4 17
320 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 3 16
321 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 16
322 Leesville Park 7.5 3 15
323 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 2 15
324 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 2 15
325 Jaycee Park 6.6 2 15
326 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 3 14
327 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 2 14
328 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 14
329 East End Park 15.4 3 14
330 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 14
331 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 3 13
332 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 3 13
333 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 13
334 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 13
335 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 2 13
336 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 2 13
337 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 13
338 Greene Tract 20.0 2 13
339 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 8 12
340 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 12
341 Bethesda Park 11.2 2 11
342 South Point Mall Retention Pond 12.0 2 11
343 American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road 12.9 2 10
344 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 9
345 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 9
346 Eva Perry Library 4.2 2 8
347 Briar Chapel WWT pond 19.2 2 8
348 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 6
349 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 3 6
350 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 6
351 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 4 6
352 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 2 6
353 Duke Park 16.6 1 4
354 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 4
355 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 3
356 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 2 3
357 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 2 3
358 Oberlin Cemetery 6.9 2 3
359 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 2
360 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 1
361 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 1 1