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Top Locations in October
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

This page shows the top birding locations in October. 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	443	177
2		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	888	167
3		Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	175	160
4		Lake Lynn	7.7	734	149
5		Schenck Forest	3.6	207	143
6		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	59	141
7		Yates Mill County Park	7.2	358	140
8		Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	680	139
9		Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	369	135
10		Sandy Creek Park	16.1	439	134
11		Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	92	134
12		Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	294	127
13		Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	97	125
14		Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	446	124
15		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	56	122
16		Bond Park	2.7	195	122
17		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	39	122
18		Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	201	121
19		Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	152	118
20		Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	117	118
21		Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	167	115
22		Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	37	112
23		Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	57	112
24		Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	55	112
25		Apex Community Park	3.7	69	112
26		Lake Johnson Park	4.2	203	109
27		Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	176	108
28		Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	104	107
29		Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	112	106
30		Lake Betz	7.3	177	106
31		Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	114	106
32		Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	111	105
33		Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	162	105
34		William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	47	104
35		Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	105	104
36		Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	46	104
37		Shelley Lake	8.1	90	103
38		17 Acre Woods	18.0	108	103
39		Harris Lake County Park	14.0	88	98
40		Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	43	98
41		Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	40	96
42		Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	19	95
43		Lake Raleigh	6.0	71	94
44		Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	46	93
45		Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	13	93
46		Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	22	92
47		Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	54	91
48		E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	36	91
49		Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	55	90
50		DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	19	90
51		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	27	90
52		Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	44	89
53		Williamson Preserve	19.2	23	89
54		Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	15	88
55		Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	19	86
56		Beaver Marsh	16.7	165	86
57		Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	27	85
58		North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	105	85
59		Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	47	85
60		Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	15	85
61		Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	54	85
62		Lake Benson	11.9	29	85
63		Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	17	84
64		Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	53	84
65		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	15	83
66		North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	48	83
67		Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	24	82
68		White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	24	82
69		Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	64	81
70		Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	45	81
71		Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	44	81
72		Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	48	81
73		Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	36	80
74		Raven Rock SP	23.9	29	80
75		Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	7	80
76		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	12	79
77		Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	26	79
78		Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	30	79
79		Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	28	78
80		Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	84	78
81		White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	42	78
82		Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	52	76
83		American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	55	76
84		Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	38	76
85		North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	33	75
86		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	24	75
87		William B. Umstead SP	5.4	26	73
88		Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	36	73
89		Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	18	73
90		Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	25	73
91		Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	7	73
92		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	8	73
93		Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	34	73
94		Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	21	72
95		Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	39	72
96		Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	46	71
97		Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	25	71
98		Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	33	71
99		Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	54	71
100		Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	63	71
101		Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	29	69
102		UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	43	69
103		White Deer Park	11.6	28	69
104		Town Lake Park	23.4	35	68
105		Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	8	65
106		Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	8	65
107		New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	13	64
108		South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	12	64
109		Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	41	64
110		Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	6	64
111		Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	12	63
112		North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	27	63
113		Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	37	62
114		Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	18	62
115		Merritt's Pasture	16.9	15	62
116		Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	5	62
117		stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	27	62
118		Falls Lake	15.1	15	61
119		Ritter Park	4.3	14	61
120		Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	10	61
121		Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	4	61
122		University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	21	61
123		Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	3	61
124		Horace Williams Tract	19.1	22	60
125		Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	6	60
126		Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	14	60
127		Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	29	60
128		North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	18	59
129		Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	25	59
130		Inwood Rd.	7.3	39	57
131		North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	88	57
132		Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	32	56
133		Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	16	56
134		White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	21	55
135		Fearrington Village	17.5	16	55
136		Homestead Park	19.3	18	55
137		Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	9	55
138		Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	11	55
139		Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	12	54
140		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	12	54
141		J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	15	54
142		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	6	53
143		AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	16	53
144		Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	2	53
145		Dorothea Dix	6.6	16	53
146		Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	3	53
147		Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	10	51
148		Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	23	51
149		Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	19	50
150		Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	12	50
151		Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	15	50
152		Wendell Park	22.6	9	50
153		Forest Ridge Park	16.5	12	50
154		Baileywick Road Park	10.2	11	49
155		Apex Nature Park	8.6	6	49
156		Parker Preserve	15.5	25	49
157		Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	29	48
158		Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	8	48
159		Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	8	48
160		Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	6	47
161		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	16	47
162		Lake Wheeler	8.2	19	46
163		Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	7	46
164		Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	10	46
165		Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	6	46
166		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	3	45
167		William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	4	45
168		East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	11	45
169		Pullen Park	6.6	9	44
170		New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	6	44
171		Salem Pond Park	4.5	8	44
172		Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	8	44
173		Higgins Greenway	1.2	12	44
174		Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	5	43
175		Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	2	43
176		Crowder District Park	6.8	8	43
177		Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	8	43
178		Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	13	43
179		Cates Creek Park	25.0	2	43
180		Indian Trail Park	18.1	11	42
181		Carpenter Park	5.1	13	42
182		Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	6	42
183		Main Street Park (Rolesville)	20.1	2	42
184		North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	6	42
185		Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	4	41
186		Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	8	41
187		Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	17	41
188		Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	8	41
189		Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	41
190		Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	6	41
191		Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	8	40
192		Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	5	40
193		Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	17	40
194		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	5	40
195		Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	7	38
196		Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	9	38
197		Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	5	37
198		Northgate Park	17.2	7	37
199		Carrboro High School	18.4	8	37
200		Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	4	37
201		Laurel Hill Park	5.4	12	36
202		Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	14	36
203		Little Creek Trail	15.3	4	36
204		Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	7	36
205		American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	6	36
206		Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	1	36
207		Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	5	35
208		Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	7	35
209		Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	10	34
210		Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	34
211		Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	13	34
212		Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	76	34
213		Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	3	34
214		Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	7	33
215		Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	4	33
216		Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	11	33
217		Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	5	33
218		Eastgate Park	9.5	7	33
219		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	3	33
220		Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	6	33
221		Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	7	33
222		Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	2	33
223		Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	6	33
224		Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	2	33
225		Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	5	32
226		Duke University--East Campus	16.6	11	32
227		Action Park	13.9	4	32
228		Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	9	31
229		Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	30
230		Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	4	30
231		Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	2	30
232		Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	4	29
233		Hoffman Lake	2.4	3	29
234		Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	6	29
235		Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	4	29
236		Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	2	29
237		Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	4	28
238		Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch	14.6	1	28
239		Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	4	28
240		NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	5	27
241		Mount Hope Cemetery	7.8	4	27
242		Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	27
243		Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	27
244		Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	27
245		Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	3	26
246		Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	26
247		Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	6	25
248		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	2	25
249		Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	5	25
250		American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	3	25
251		RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	3	25
252		Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	5	25
253		Knightdale Station Park	17.3	2	25
254		Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	2	24
255		Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	4	24
256		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	4	23
257		Historic Oak View Park	11.8	3	23
258		Chandler's Swamp	16.9	9	23
259		Shiloh Greenway	5.1	2	23
260		American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	5	23
261		Lake Rogers Park	23.7	2	23
262		Park West Village Greenway	2.4	4	23
263		West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	7	22
264		Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	2	22
265		Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	22
266		Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	4	22
267		Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	22
268		Fallon park	8.1	1	22
269		Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	4	22
270		Strickland Park	8.9	4	22
271		East End Park	15.4	1	22
272		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	3	21
273		Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	21
274		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	2	21
275		Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	21
276		Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	20
277		William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	3	20
278		Shaw Lake	9.9	1	20
279		stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019)	18.4	2	20
280		Leesville Park	7.5	2	19
281		Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	2	19
282		Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	2	19
283		Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	2	19
284		Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	2	18
285		Walltown Park	17.3	1	18
286		Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	7	17
287		Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	2	16
288		Forest Hills Park	15.0	2	16
289		Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	3	15
290		Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court	15.1	2	15
291		Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	2	14
292		Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	3	14
293		American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	2	14
294		Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	1	14
295		Lyon Park	15.6	2	14
296		Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	2	13
297		Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	13
298		Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area	22.3	1	13
299		Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	6	13
300		Clayton Community Park	19.2	2	13
301		Duke Forest Rd.	20.7	1	12
302		Duke Park	16.6	2	12
303		Jaycee Park	6.6	2	12
304		Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	3	11
305		South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access)	8.9	2	11
306		Neuse River Trail--River Bend	14.9	1	11
307		Leigh Farm Park	14.5	2	10
308		Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	8	10
309		Jones Creek Greenway	21.6	1	10
310		Lee Game Land	22.6	1	9
311		Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	1	9
312		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	2	9
313		Morrisville Community Park	3.9	3	9
314		Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	1	8
315		Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	6	8
316		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	3	7
317		Eva Perry Library	4.2	1	7
318		American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft	12.3	1	7
319		American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead	15.4	2	7
320		Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	6
321		Cedar Falls Park	18.2	1	5
322		Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	3	5
323		Valley Springs Park	20.7	2	5
324		Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	1	5
325		Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	2	4
326		Eden Lakes	23.7	1	3
327		American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park	12.3	1	3
328		Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	1	3
329		Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	2	3
330		West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	1	2
331		Rock Ridge Park	23.8	1	2
332		Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	2
333		Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	1	2
334		Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	1	1
335		Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	1
336		Durham Hotel Rooftop	15.7	1	1
337		Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	1
338		American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	1
339		Jack Marley Park	19.7	1	1
340		MacDonald Woods Park	2.8	1	1