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

This page shows the top birding locations in April. 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		Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	537	173
2		Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	1111	164
3		Yates Mill County Park	7.2	853	163
4		Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	344	158
5		Schenck Forest	3.6	382	157
6		Sandy Creek Park	16.1	1370	150
7		Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	273	150
8		Lake Johnson Park	4.2	498	145
9		Lake Lynn	7.7	366	145
10		Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	886	144
11		Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	773	143
12		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	74	142
13		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	142	141
14		Lake Betz	7.3	524	141
15		Lake Raleigh	6.0	251	140
16		Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	867	140
17		Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	141	139
18		Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	452	139
19		Bond Park	2.7	280	139
20		Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	316	134
21		Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	174	130
22		Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	185	129
23		Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	38	128
24		Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	32	128
25		Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	149	128
26		Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	72	127
27		Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	249	127
28		Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	160	127
29		Harris Lake County Park	14.0	135	126
30		Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	185	124
31		Shelley Lake	8.1	195	124
32		Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	39	123
33		Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	106	122
34		American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	158	121
35		Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	265	120
36		Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	165	119
37		Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	106	119
38		Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	23	118
39		Raven Rock SP	23.9	84	118
40		Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	130	118
41		Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	206	117
42		William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	65	116
43		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	103	116
44		Beaver Marsh	16.7	350	115
45		Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	181	115
46		Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	75	114
47		William B. Umstead SP	5.4	66	113
48		Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	49	113
49		Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	85	113
50		17 Acre Woods	18.0	167	112
51		Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	29	112
52		Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	259	111
53		Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	50	111
54		Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	172	111
55		Lake Benson	11.9	50	110
56		Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	92	109
57		Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	117	109
58		North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	191	108
59		South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	98	108
60		White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	121	107
61		White Deer Park	11.6	111	107
62		Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	29	106
63		Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	49	106
64		Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	105	106
65		Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	86	106
66		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	27	105
67		Ritter Park	4.3	136	104
68		Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	36	104
69		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	26	104
70		Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	20	104
71		Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	37	104
72		Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	58	104
73		Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	116	103
74		White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	74	103
75		E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	47	103
76		Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	71	102
77		Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	27	101
78		New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	43	100
79		Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	52	100
80		Apex Community Park	3.7	68	100
81		Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	72	100
82		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	7	99
83		Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	158	99
84		Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	29	99
85		Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	50	99
86		Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	37	99
87		Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY	12.4	30	99
88		Parker Preserve	15.5	81	98
89		Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	104	97
90		Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	111	97
91		Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	28	97
92		Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	8	97
93		Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	152	96
94		Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	38	96
95		Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	75	96
96		American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	36	96
97		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	20	95
98		Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	32	95
99		Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	68	94
100		Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	96	94
101		Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	64	93
102		Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	64	92
103		Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	107	92
104		Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	192	91
105		Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	12	91
106		Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	27	90
107		Inwood Rd.	7.3	119	90
108		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	9	89
109		Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	14	89
110		North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	71	89
111		Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	30	89
112		Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	33	88
113		West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	27	88
114		Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	35	88
115		William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	25	88
116		Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	43	88
117		Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	18	87
118		Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	109	87
119		Fearrington Village	17.5	73	86
120		Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	76	86
121		Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	52	86
122		Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	59	85
123		Williamson Preserve	19.2	23	85
124		Lee Game Land	22.6	15	84
125		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	10	84
126		Lake Wheeler	8.2	18	83
127		Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	205	83
128		Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	17	83
129		Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	65	83
130		Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	10	83
131		stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	123	83
132		Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	96	83
133		Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	29	82
134		Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	27	82
135		Town Lake Park	23.4	40	82
136		White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	26	82
137		Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	42	82
138		Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	39	82
139		Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	41	81
140		Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	7	81
141		Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	38	81
142		Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	20	80
143		Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	84	80
144		Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	56	80
145		Merritt's Pasture	16.9	28	80
146		Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	56	78
147		Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	20	78
148		Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	64	78
149		Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	6	78
150		Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	36	78
151		Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	35	78
152		Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	29	77
153		North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	61	77
154		University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	33	77
155		Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	26	77
156		Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	25	77
157		Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	10	77
158		Horace Williams Tract	19.1	40	76
159		Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	18	76
160		AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	18	76
161		DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	19	76
162		Forest Ridge Park	16.5	25	76
163		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	4	75
164		Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	15	75
165		Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	26	75
166		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	10	74
167		Leigh Farm Park	14.5	25	73
168		Crowder District Park	6.8	32	73
169		Apex Nature Park	8.6	16	73
170		Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	13	73
171		NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	17	72
172		Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	18	72
173		New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	13	72
174		Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	23	72
175		Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	34	71
176		North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	96	70
177		Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	36	68
178		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	6	68
179		River Forest Park	20.9	4	68
180		Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	18	67
181		Hoffman Lake	2.4	11	67
182		Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	4	67
183		Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	7	67
184		Cedar Fork District Park	3.1	52	67
185		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	11	66
186		Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	19	66
187		Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	30	66
188		Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	24	66
189		Wendell Park	22.6	23	66
190		Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	46	65
191		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	27	65
192		Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	11	65
193		North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	19	64
194		Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	17	64
195		Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	19	64
196		North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	15	64
197		UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	82	63
198		Indian Trail Park	18.1	26	63
199		Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	11	63
200		Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	35	63
201		Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	40	62
202		Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	12	62
203		Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	16	62
204		Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	10	62
205		Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	22	61
206		O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	6	61
207		East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	8	61
208		Higgins Greenway	1.2	28	61
209		North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	17	61
210		Hamlin Rd.--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Access	19.1	1	61
211		Dorothea Dix	6.6	14	60
212		William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	13	60
213		Little Creek Trail	15.3	7	60
214		Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	16	60
215		Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	11	60
216		Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	8	60
217		Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	7	59
218		Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	5	59
219		Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	85	59
220		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	9	58
221		Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	12	58
222		Little Beaverdam Creek	18.4	7	58
223		South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access)	8.9	7	58
224		Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	5	58
225		Neuse River Trail--River Bend	14.9	9	58
226		Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area	22.3	11	58
227		Eden Lakes	23.7	6	57
228		Historic Oak View Park	11.8	5	57
229		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	8	57
230		Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	8	57
231		Pullen Park	6.6	15	56
232		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	2	56
233		Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	40	56
234		Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	4	56
235		Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	15	56
236		Forest Hills Park	15.0	14	56
237		Baileywick Road Park	10.2	13	55
238		Salem Pond Park	4.5	19	55
239		Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	10	55
240		Homestead Park	19.3	18	55
241		Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	5	55
242		Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	26	55
243		Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	14	55
244		Duke University--East Campus	16.6	41	54
245		Cedar Falls Park	18.2	11	54
246		Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	19	54
247		Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	10	54
248		Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	9	54
249		Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	15	53
250		Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	18	53
251		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	8	53
252		Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	7	53
253		Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	6	53
254		Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	5	52
255		American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	9	52
256		Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	6	52
257		Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	9	52
258		Duke Forest Rd.	20.7	13	51
259		Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	9	51
260		Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	10	51
261		Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	4	51
262		Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	14	51
263		Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	2	51
264		Northgate Park	17.2	13	50
265		Walnut Street Park	2.4	8	50
266		J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	24	49
267		Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	5	49
268		American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	5	48
269		Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	16	48
270		Strickland Park	8.9	6	48
271		Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	3	47
272		Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	8	47
273		Shiloh Greenway	5.1	8	46
274		Beech Bluff County Park	15.3	6	46
275		Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	5	45
276		UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	11	45
277		Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	9	45
278		Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	6	44
279		Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	4	44
280		RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	7	44
281		Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	3	44
282		Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	3	43
283		Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	6	42
284		Falls Lake	15.1	17	42
285		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	12	42
286		Chandler's Swamp	16.9	15	42
287		Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	1	42
288		Fallon park	8.1	7	41
289		Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	5	41
290		Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	7	41
291		Greene Tract	20.0	2	41
292		stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018)	19.0	9	40
293		Lyon Park	15.6	7	40
294		Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	4	39
295		Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	2	39
296		Shaw Lake	9.9	4	39
297		Eastgate Park	9.5	11	38
298		Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	8	38
299		Cates Creek Park	25.0	2	38
300		Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	11	37
301		Forgotten Pond	19.2	4	37
302		American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park	8.4	4	36
303		Downtown Cary Park	0.5	21	36
304		Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	17	35
305		Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	4	35
306		Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	4	35
307		Heritage Lake	19.2	1	35
308		Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	7	35
309		Rock Ridge Park	23.8	8	35
310		Camden Ave Pond	16.3	3	35
311		Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	5	34
312		Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	8	34
313		American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	6	34
314		Laurel Hill Park	5.4	10	33
315		Carpenter Park	5.1	9	33
316		Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	3	33
317		Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	3	32
318		Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	4	32
319		American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park	13.7	3	32
320		Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	3	31
321		American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road	11.4	8	31
322		Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	9	31
323		Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	30
324		Main Street Park (Rolesville)	20.1	1	30
325		Twin Lakes Park	14.5	5	30
326		Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	8	29
327		Valley Springs Park	20.7	9	29
328		Jack Marley Park	19.7	6	29
329		Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	4	28
330		Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch	14.6	2	28
331		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	3	28
332		American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	2	27
333		Morrisville Community Park	3.9	9	27
334		Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	7	26
335		American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead	15.4	5	26
336		American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	4	26
337		Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	4	26
338		American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft	12.3	3	25
339		Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	12	24
340		Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	5	24
341		Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	13	23
342		American Tobacco Trail--O'Kelly Chapel Road	9.0	2	23
343		Walltown Park	17.3	5	22
344		Carrboro High School	18.4	3	20
345		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	3	20
346		Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	2	20
347		Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	3	20
348		Clayton Community Park	19.2	1	20
349		Morris Green Park	16.0	8	20
350		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	3	19
351		Kiwanis Neighborhood Center Park	8.6	2	19
352		Leesville Park	7.5	1	18
353		Knightdale Station Park	17.3	3	18
354		Duke Park	16.6	4	17
355		Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	17
356		Millbrook Exchange Park	11.1	1	17
357		Krzyzewskiville	16.8	5	16
358		Eva Perry Library	4.2	4	16
359		Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court	15.1	1	15
360		William B. Umstead SP--Graylyn Trail	5.4	1	15
361		American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road	12.9	1	14
362		Hillcrest Cemetery	0.9	1	13
363		MacDonald Woods Park	2.8	2	13
364		Durham Hotel Rooftop	15.7	3	12
365		American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park	12.3	1	11
366		Action Park	13.9	1	11
367		Lake Rogers Park	23.7	2	11
368		Cedar Hills Park	9.7	2	11
369		Juniper Level Botanic Garden	13.9	4	11
370		East Clayton Community Park	23.0	1	10
371		South Durham WRF	13.3	1	9
372		Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	1	7
373		Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	7
374		Mount Hope Cemetery	7.8	2	6
375		Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive	1.6	1	6
376		Coker Pinetum	16.4	2	5
377		Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden	12.9	1	4
378		Greenview Ponds	7.6	2	3
379		Park West Village Greenway	2.4	2	2
380		West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	1	1
381		Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	1	1
382		Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	1	1