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

This page shows the top birding locations in November. 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 3.6 428 143
2 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 245 133
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 652 126
4 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 80 120
5 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 171 114
6 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 336 110
7 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 114 109
8 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 68 107
9 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 339 106
10 Lake Betz 7.3 174 105
11 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 38 104
12 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 47 104
13 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 192 104
14 Schenck Forest 3.6 116 101
15 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 161 100
16 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 267 100
17 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 129 96
18 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 63 96
19 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 174 96
20 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 238 95
21 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 24 95
22 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 51 93
23 Lake Raleigh 6.0 59 90
24 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 53 88
25 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 14 87
26 Lake Lynn 7.7 131 87
27 Shelley Lake 8.1 81 86
28 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 104 85
29 Beaver Marsh 16.7 190 85
30 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 93 85
31 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 68 84
32 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 173 84
33 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 65 83
34 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 58 82
35 Lake Benson 11.9 45 82
36 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 141 82
37 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 17 81
38 Apex Community Park 3.7 46 81
39 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 76 80
40 Bond Park 2.7 91 80
41 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 36 79
42 Williamson Preserve 19.2 42 79
43 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 24 78
44 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 79 77
45 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 52 77
46 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 14 75
47 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 38 75
48 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 43 74
49 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 19 74
50 Lake Wheeler 8.2 25 73
51 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 28 73
52 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 41 73
53 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 25 71
54 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 12 70
55 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 29 69
56 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 42 68
57 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 37 68
58 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 35 68
59 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 20 67
60 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 101 67
61 Inwood Rd. 7.3 36 66
62 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 45 65
63 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 23 65
64 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 41 65
65 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 35 64
66 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 22 64
67 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 30 63
68 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 64 63
69 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 19 63
70 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 64 62
71 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 21 62
72 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 34 62
73 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 19 62
74 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 18 62
75 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 28 61
76 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 24 61
77 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 21 61
78 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 22 61
79 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 82 60
80 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 9 60
81 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 20 60
82 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 37 59
83 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 59
84 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 19 58
85 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 12 58
86 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 26 58
87 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 21 58
88 Town Lake Park 23.4 21 58
89 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 7 58
90 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 9 58
91 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 14 57
92 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 7 56
93 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 13 56
94 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 27 56
95 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 47 56
96 Falls Lake 15.1 12 55
97 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 31 55
98 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 9 55
99 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 20 55
100 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 15 55
101 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 39 55
102 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 54
103 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 4 54
104 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 8 53
105 Wendell Park 22.6 10 53
106 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 6 52
107 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 13 52
108 White Deer Park 11.6 7 52
109 17 Acre Woods 18.0 24 51
110 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 5 51
111 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 33 51
112 Raven Rock SP 23.9 22 50
113 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 34 50
114 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 40 50
115 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 6 49
116 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 7 49
117 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 13 48
118 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 9 48
119 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 20 48
120 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 23 48
121 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 16 48
122 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 14 47
123 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 9 47
124 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 32 47
125 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 6 47
126 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 9 47
127 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 13 46
128 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 8 46
129 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 49 46
130 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 12 46
131 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 8 45
132 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 21 45
133 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 10 45
134 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 7 45
135 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 5 45
136 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 13 44
137 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 19 44
138 Dorothea Dix 6.6 12 44
139 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 43
140 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 8 43
141 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 7 43
142 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 43
143 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 8 43
144 Ritter Park 4.3 9 42
145 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 12 42
146 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 19 42
147 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 42
148 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 8 42
149 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 4 42
150 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 15 42
151 Carrboro High School 18.4 13 42
152 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 2 42
153 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 5 41
154 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 8 41
155 Fearrington Village 17.5 10 41
156 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 5 41
157 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 3 41
158 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 40
159 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 5 40
160 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 8 40
161 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 7 40
162 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 40
163 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 7 40
164 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 20 39
165 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 5 39
166 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 12 39
167 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 6 38
168 Homestead Park 19.3 11 38
169 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 84 38
170 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 37
171 Hoffman Lake 2.4 8 37
172 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 6 37
173 Apex Nature Park 8.6 6 37
174 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 5 37
175 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 5 37
176 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 12 37
177 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 37
178 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 36
179 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 9 36
180 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 12 36
181 Strickland Park 8.9 8 36
182 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 13 35
183 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 11 35
184 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 11 34
185 Carpenter Park 5.1 10 34
186 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 33
187 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 33
188 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 5 33
189 Salem Pond Park 4.5 6 33
190 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 4 33
191 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 5 33
192 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 5 33
193 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 2 33
194 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 8 33
195 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 8 33
196 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 3 33
197 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 15 32
198 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 32
199 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 5 32
200 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 32
201 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 32
202 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 10 31
203 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 16 31
204 Crowder District Park 6.8 6 31
205 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 5 31
206 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 30
207 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 5 30
208 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 3 30
209 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 30
210 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 30
211 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 12 29
212 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 4 29
213 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 29
214 Eva Perry Library 4.2 3 29
215 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 29
216 Parker Preserve 15.5 8 29
217 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 4 28
218 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 28
219 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 4 27
220 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 27
221 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 3 27
222 Berkshire Downs West Park 14.1 1 27
223 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 26
224 Indian Trail Park 18.1 4 26
225 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 26
226 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 26
227 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 6 26
228 Forest Hills Park 15.0 3 26
229 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 11 26
230 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 25
231 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 5 25
232 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 25
233 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 25
234 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 25
235 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 3 25
236 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 5 24
237 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 3 24
238 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 4 24
239 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 23
240 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 4 23
241 Pullen Park 6.6 5 22
242 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 22
243 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 22
244 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 6 22
245 Leesville Park 7.5 2 22
246 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 1 22
247 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 6 21
248 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 4 21
249 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 21
250 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 2 20
251 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 3 20
252 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 20
253 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 20
254 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 20
255 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 20
256 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 19
257 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 19
258 Hillcrest Cemetery 0.9 1 19
259 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 19
260 Lyon Park 15.6 2 19
261 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 18
262 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 18
263 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 18
264 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 13 17
265 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 16
266 Higgins Park 1.8 2 16
267 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 15
268 Duke Park 16.6 2 15
269 Shaw Lake 9.9 3 15
270 Northgate Park 17.2 5 14
271 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 14
272 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 3 14
273 Jaycee Park 6.6 1 14
274 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 2 13
275 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 13
276 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 13
277 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 13
278 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 13
279 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 13
280 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 12
281 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 12
282 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 12
283 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 12
284 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 12
285 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 3 11
286 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 11
287 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 11
288 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 11
289 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 6 10
290 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 10
291 Fallon park 8.1 1 10
292 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 2 9
293 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 3 8
294 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 8
295 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 8
296 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 7
297 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 6
298 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 2 6
299 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 5
300 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 3 5
301 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 5
302 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 5
303 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 5
304 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 5
305 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 4
306 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 4
307 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 4
308 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 4
309 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2
310 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 3 2
311 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 2
312 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 2 2
313 Bethesda Park 11.2 1 2
314 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 1
315 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 1
316 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1
317 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 1
318 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 1
319 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 1
320 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1