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

This page shows the top birding locations in March. 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	648	133
2		Yates Mill County Park	7.2	829	128
3		Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	303	119
4		Schenck Forest	3.6	269	118
5		Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	195	115
6		Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	657	114
7		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	245	111
8		Lake Lynn	7.7	255	111
9		Lake Raleigh	6.0	169	108
10		Lake Johnson Park	4.2	345	107
11		Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	225	107
12		Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	530	107
13		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	91	106
14		Sandy Creek Park	16.1	857	104
15		Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	133	104
16		Lake Betz	7.3	415	103
17		Bond Park	2.7	299	103
18		Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	194	103
19		Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	409	102
20		Lake Benson	11.9	126	102
21		American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	147	100
22		Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	171	100
23		Harris Lake County Park	14.0	127	98
24		Apex Community Park	3.7	153	97
25		Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	282	95
26		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	43	95
27		Beaver Marsh	16.7	458	94
28		Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	183	94
29		Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	54	92
30		William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	139	91
31		Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	89	91
32		Shelley Lake	8.1	167	91
33		Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	55	91
34		Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	117	91
35		Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	54	90
36		Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	358	90
37		Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	74	88
38		Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	75	87
39		Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	133	87
40		William B. Umstead SP	5.4	55	85
41		Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	53	85
42		Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	32	84
43		Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	118	84
44		Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	42	84
45		Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	96	84
46		Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	57	83
47		Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	34	83
48		Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	110	83
49		William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	23	83
50		Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	112	83
51		Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	62	83
52		Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	88	82
53		Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	41	82
54		Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	85	82
55		Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	17	81
56		Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	106	81
57		Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	63	80
58		Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	76	80
59		White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	62	80
60		Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	29	80
61		Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	18	79
62		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	25	79
63		Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	101	79
64		Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	160	78
65		New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	38	78
66		Williamson Preserve	19.2	33	78
67		Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	40	77
68		Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	35	77
69		Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	97	77
70		Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	19	77
71		Fearrington Village	17.5	50	77
72		American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	33	77
73		Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	46	75
74		Ritter Park	4.3	80	75
75		White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	54	75
76		Lake Wheeler	8.2	36	74
77		Raven Rock SP	23.9	49	74
78		Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	30	74
79		Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	43	74
80		Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	83	74
81		Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	29	73
82		Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	44	73
83		White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	32	73
84		Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	65	72
85		Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	69	72
86		Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	13	71
87		Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	27	70
88		17 Acre Woods	18.0	61	70
89		Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY	12.4	17	70
90		Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	20	69
91		Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	40	69
92		North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	46	69
93		Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	15	69
94		Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	14	69
95		North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	182	68
96		Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	10	68
97		Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	50	68
98		E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	29	68
99		Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	67	68
100		Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	19	67
101		Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	57	67
102		Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	49	67
103		Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	59	66
104		Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	63	66
105		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	17	66
106		Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	23	66
107		Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	52	65
108		Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	20	65
109		Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	49	65
110		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	17	65
111		AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	20	65
112		Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	44	65
113		Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	50	65
114		Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	10	65
115		UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	101	64
116		Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	20	64
117		Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	72	64
118		Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	24	64
119		Wendell Park	22.6	25	64
120		stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	88	64
121		Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	20	63
122		Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	37	63
123		Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	83	63
124		Town Lake Park	23.4	32	63
125		Parker Preserve	15.5	41	63
126		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	4	62
127		North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	41	62
128		New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	13	62
129		Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	105	62
130		White Deer Park	11.6	37	62
131		Inwood Rd.	7.3	29	61
132		Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	18	61
133		University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	22	61
134		Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	41	61
135		Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	20	61
136		Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	16	60
137		Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	34	60
138		Merritt's Pasture	16.9	31	60
139		North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	30	59
140		Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	50	59
141		Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	35	59
142		Little Creek Trail	15.3	11	59
143		Apex Nature Park	8.6	12	59
144		Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	17	59
145		Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	9	59
146		Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	53	58
147		Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	11	58
148		Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	36	58
149		Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	12	58
150		Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	10	58
151		Cedar Fork District Park	3.1	73	58
152		Horace Williams Tract	19.1	27	57
153		Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	11	57
154		J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	23	57
155		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	12	56
156		Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	15	56
157		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	12	56
158		Baileywick Road Park	10.2	16	56
159		Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	26	56
160		South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	36	55
161		Crowder District Park	6.8	35	55
162		Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	26	54
163		Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	18	54
164		Falls Lake	15.1	9	53
165		Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	7	53
166		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	53
167		North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	87	53
168		Laurel Hill Park	5.4	16	53
169		Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	29	53
170		Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	9	53
171		North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	20	53
172		Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	7	53
173		Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	8	52
174		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	24	52
175		Higgins Greenway	1.2	22	52
176		Salem Pond Park	4.5	15	51
177		Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	20	51
178		Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	25	51
179		Carpenter Park	5.1	10	51
180		Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	2	51
181		Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	23	51
182		Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	44	51
183		Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	13	50
184		Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	14	50
185		American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	6	50
186		William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	9	50
187		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	6	50
188		Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	24	50
189		Homestead Park	19.3	17	49
190		Shiloh Greenway	5.1	8	49
191		Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	5	49
192		Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	8	49
193		Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	8	48
194		Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	8	48
195		Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	11	48
196		American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	8	48
197		Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	9	48
198		South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access)	8.9	5	48
199		Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	11	48
200		Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	2	48
201		Forest Ridge Park	16.5	13	48
202		Jack Marley Park	19.7	8	48
203		Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	15	47
204		Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	9	47
205		Northgate Park	17.2	20	47
206		Chandler's Swamp	16.9	14	47
207		Leigh Farm Park	14.5	13	46
208		Hoffman Lake	2.4	7	46
209		Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	12	46
210		East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	15	46
211		North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	12	46
212		Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	11	45
213		Eastgate Park	9.5	10	45
214		Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	15	45
215		Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	14	44
216		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	5	44
217		Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	4	44
218		Eden Lakes	23.7	3	44
219		Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	21	44
220		Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	7	44
221		Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	6	44
222		Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	11	44
223		Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	10	44
224		Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	21	44
225		Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	9	44
226		Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	10	44
227		Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	17	43
228		Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	93	43
229		Pullen Park	6.6	20	42
230		Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	5	42
231		Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	4	42
232		Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	8	42
233		Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	11	42
234		Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	4	42
235		Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	5	42
236		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	6	42
237		Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	10	41
238		Duke University--East Campus	16.6	34	41
239		Cedar Falls Park	18.2	16	41
240		Dorothea Dix	6.6	9	41
241		Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	12	41
242		Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	8	41
243		Beech Bluff County Park	15.3	6	41
244		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	6	40
245		Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	40
246		Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	26	40
247		NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	13	39
248		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	19	39
249		Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	9	39
250		Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	9	38
251		Fallon park	8.1	4	38
252		Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	7	38
253		West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	10	37
254		American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road	12.9	3	37
255		Shaw Lake	9.9	2	37
256		Lake Rogers Park	23.7	14	37
257		Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	2	37
258		Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	5	36
259		Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	5	36
260		Cates Creek Park	25.0	6	36
261		Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	7	35
262		Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	34
263		Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	7	34
264		Historic Oak View Park	11.8	4	34
265		Rock Ridge Park	23.8	7	34
266		Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	5	34
267		American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	3	34
268		Walltown Park	17.3	6	34
269		O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	4	33
270		Little Beaverdam Creek	18.4	2	33
271		American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	4	33
272		Cedar Hills Park	9.7	3	33
273		Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	15	32
274		Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	3	32
275		Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	5	32
276		Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	3	32
277		Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	2	31
278		Strickland Park	8.9	6	31
279		Downtown Cary Park	0.5	20	31
280		Lee Game Land	22.6	2	30
281		Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	30
282		Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	6	30
283		Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	4	29
284		Indian Trail Park	18.1	5	29
285		Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	4	29
286		UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	16	29
287		Leesville Park	7.5	3	29
288		Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	29
289		Walnut Street Park	2.4	1	29
290		Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	6	28
291		Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	3	28
292		Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	28
293		Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive	1.6	1	28
294		Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land)	15.4	2	28
295		Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	5	27
296		Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	4	27
297		Carrboro High School	18.4	6	27
298		Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court	15.1	5	27
299		Knightdale Station Park	17.3	2	27
300		William B. Umstead SP--Graylyn Trail	5.4	1	27
301		Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	2	26
302		Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	3	26
303		Bethesda Park	11.2	3	26
304		Mount Hope Cemetery	7.8	2	25
305		Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	5	25
306		American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road	11.4	2	25
307		Neuse River Trail--River Bend	14.9	1	25
308		Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area	22.3	2	25
309		Duke Park	16.6	4	24
310		American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft	12.3	4	24
311		Main Street Park (Rolesville)	20.1	2	24
312		Higgins Park	1.8	2	24
313		Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	4	24
314		Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	1	23
315		Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	11	22
316		Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	6	22
317		Krzyzewskiville	16.8	8	22
318		Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	4	22
319		American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park	8.4	4	22
320		Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	5	21
321		Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	4	21
322		Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	3	21
323		Millbrook Exchange Park	11.1	2	21
324		Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	4	20
325		Morrisville Community Park	3.9	13	20
326		Lyon Park	15.6	3	20
327		Duke Forest Rd.	20.7	1	19
328		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	1	19
329		American Tobacco Trail--O'Kelly Chapel Road	9.0	3	19
330		Valley Springs Park	20.7	3	18
331		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	2	18
332		Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	3	18
333		East End Park	15.4	1	18
334		Greene Tract	20.0	1	18
335		stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024)	14.9	2	18
336		Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	2	17
337		American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	4	17
338		Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	16
339		Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	3	16
340		American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead	15.4	1	16
341		Morris Green Park	16.0	2	16
342		Greenview Ponds	7.6	5	15
343		Juniper Level Botanic Garden	13.9	3	15
344		Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	2	14
345		Forest Hills Park	15.0	2	13
346		South Point Mall Retention Pond	12.0	2	12
347		Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	3	11
348		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	11
349		Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	2	11
350		Camden Ave Pond	16.3	3	11
351		Twin Lakes Park	14.5	2	11
352		Berkshire Downs West Park	14.1	1	11
353		Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	1	11
354		Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	2	9
355		Eva Perry Library	4.2	3	9
356		Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	7
357		Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	3	7
358		American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park	13.7	1	7
359		Durham Hotel Rooftop	15.7	3	6
360		Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	1	4
361		stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019)	18.4	1	4
362		Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	3	4
363		West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	4	3
364		Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	2	3
365		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	2	3
366		Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	2	3
367		Clayton Community Park	19.2	1	3
368		Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	1	2
369		East Clayton Community Park	23.0	1	2
370		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	1	1
371		Heritage Lake	19.2	1	1
372		RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	1
373		Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	1	1
374		American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park	12.3	1	1
375		Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	1	1
376		Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	1	1
377		Coker Pinetum	16.4	1	1
378		Briar Chapel WWT pond	19.2	1	1