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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	619	134
2		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	395	134
3		Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	746	117
4		Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	106	113
5		Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	171	113
6		Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	249	111
7		Yates Mill County Park	7.2	395	106
8		Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	38	103
9		Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	198	103
10		Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	79	101
11		Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	196	100
12		Lake Betz	7.3	202	100
13		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	48	98
14		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	37	98
15		Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	245	98
16		Schenck Forest	3.6	132	96
17		Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	94	95
18		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	30	95
19		Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	368	94
20		Lake Johnson Park	4.2	197	94
21		Harris Lake County Park	14.0	64	94
22		William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	137	93
23		Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	308	92
24		Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	66	91
25		Lake Lynn	7.7	160	90
26		Lake Benson	11.9	59	90
27		Lake Raleigh	6.0	73	88
28		Sandy Creek Park	16.1	290	87
29		Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	62	86
30		Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	79	84
31		Shelley Lake	8.1	101	82
32		Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	133	81
33		Apex Community Park	3.7	64	80
34		Bond Park	2.7	100	80
35		Beaver Marsh	16.7	200	79
36		Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	56	78
37		Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	18	78
38		Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	33	78
39		Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	23	77
40		Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	65	77
41		Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	144	77
42		Williamson Preserve	19.2	44	77
43		Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	220	77
44		Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	39	75
45		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	27	75
46		Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	87	74
47		Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	61	74
48		Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	65	74
49		Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	12	73
50		North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	80	73
51		Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	30	73
52		Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	40	72
53		Lake Wheeler	8.2	28	71
54		Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	14	71
55		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	14	71
56		Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	28	70
57		Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	23	69
58		Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	37	68
59		Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	56	67
60		William B. Umstead SP	5.4	31	67
61		Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	84	67
62		Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	43	67
63		Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	44	67
64		American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	24	67
65		Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	34	66
66		New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	21	66
67		Inwood Rd.	7.3	37	66
68		Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	30	64
69		Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	37	64
70		Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	29	64
71		North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	112	64
72		Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	53	63
73		Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	30	63
74		Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	41	62
75		Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	78	62
76		AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	21	61
77		Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	27	61
78		Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	18	61
79		Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	8	61
80		Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	19	60
81		North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	92	60
82		Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	14	60
83		William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	10	60
84		University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	21	60
85		Town Lake Park	23.4	24	60
86		White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	22	60
87		North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	21	59
88		E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	23	59
89		Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	45	59
90		Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	51	59
91		Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	47	58
92		Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	13	58
93		Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	58	58
94		Lake Rogers Park	23.7	10	58
95		NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	21	57
96		Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	26	57
97		Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	27	57
98		Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	7	57
99		American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	13	57
100		Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	12	56
101		Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	12	56
102		Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	24	56
103		North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	32	55
104		Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	49	55
105		Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	17	55
106		Falls Lake	15.1	12	54
107		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	7	54
108		Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	11	54
109		Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	3	54
110		North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	11	54
111		17 Acre Woods	18.0	31	53
112		Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	11	53
113		Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	13	53
114		White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	10	53
115		Wendell Park	22.6	10	53
116		Merritt's Pasture	16.9	16	53
117		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	4	52
118		Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	6	52
119		White Deer Park	11.6	9	52
120		Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	22	52
121		Raven Rock SP	23.9	27	51
122		Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	5	51
123		UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	37	50
124		Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	43	50
125		North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	85	50
126		Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	8	50
127		Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	9	50
128		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	9	49
129		White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	24	49
130		Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	27	49
131		Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	25	49
132		Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	20	49
133		Baileywick Road Park	10.2	13	48
134		Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	22	48
135		Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	24	47
136		Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	8	47
137		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	14	47
138		Laurel Hill Park	5.4	9	47
139		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	11	47
140		Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	13	46
141		Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	6	46
142		Apex Nature Park	8.6	10	46
143		Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	13	46
144		Forest Ridge Park	16.5	9	46
145		Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	16	45
146		Fearrington Village	17.5	12	45
147		stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	15	45
148		Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	8	44
149		Dorothea Dix	6.6	13	44
150		Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	4	44
151		Horace Williams Tract	19.1	13	43
152		Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	11	43
153		Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	7	43
154		Carrboro High School	18.4	14	43
155		Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	2	43
156		Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	9	43
157		Ritter Park	4.3	9	42
158		Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	3	42
159		Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	4	42
160		Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	9	42
161		Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	15	42
162		Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	11	42
163		Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	13	42
164		Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	2	42
165		Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	8	41
166		Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	5	41
167		Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	8	41
168		Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	8	41
169		Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	3	41
170		Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	5	40
171		Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	24	40
172		Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	5	40
173		South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	10	40
174		Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	10	40
175		East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	9	40
176		DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	6	40
177		Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	6	40
178		Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	8	39
179		Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	7	39
180		Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	9	39
181		Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	6	39
182		Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	12	39
183		Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	28	39
184		Homestead Park	19.3	12	38
185		Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	5	38
186		Eastgate Park	9.5	5	38
187		Higgins Greenway	1.2	10	38
188		Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	6	38
189		Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	37
190		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	3	37
191		Hoffman Lake	2.4	8	37
192		Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	11	37
193		Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	84	37
194		Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	1	36
195		Strickland Park	8.9	8	36
196		Parker Preserve	15.5	13	36
197		Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	13	36
198		Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	7	35
199		Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	6	35
200		Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	13	35
201		Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	11	35
202		Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	9	35
203		J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	5	34
204		Carpenter Park	5.1	14	34
205		Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	4	34
206		Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	4	33
207		Salem Pond Park	4.5	7	33
208		Cedar Falls Park	18.2	5	33
209		Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	7	33
210		Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	5	33
211		Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	2	33
212		Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	8	33
213		Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	6	32
214		Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	15	32
215		Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	3	32
216		Eden Lakes	23.7	1	32
217		Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	3	32
218		Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	5	32
219		Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	11	32
220		Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	16	31
221		Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	5	31
222		Twin Lakes Park	14.5	3	31
223		Crowder District Park	6.8	6	30
224		Historic Oak View Park	11.8	3	30
225		Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	3	30
226		Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	30
227		Juniper Level Botanic Garden	13.9	1	30
228		O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	3	29
229		Eva Perry Library	4.2	3	29
230		American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park	8.4	2	29
231		Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	12	28
232		Indian Trail Park	18.1	6	28
233		Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	3	28
234		Leigh Farm Park	14.5	2	28
235		Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	5	28
236		Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	2	28
237		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	4	27
238		Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	3	27
239		Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	3	27
240		Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	3	27
241		Berkshire Downs West Park	14.1	1	27
242		Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	5	26
243		Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	3	26
244		Forest Hills Park	15.0	3	26
245		Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	3	26
246		Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	5	25
247		Lee Game Land	22.6	3	25
248		Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	8	25
249		American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	2	25
250		Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	1	25
251		American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park	12.3	2	25
252		Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	25
253		West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	4	24
254		American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft	12.3	4	24
255		Camden Ave Pond	16.3	4	24
256		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	2	23
257		New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	23
258		Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	3	23
259		Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	1	23
260		Pullen Park	6.6	5	22
261		Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	2	22
262		Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	6	22
263		Leesville Park	7.5	2	22
264		stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019)	18.4	1	22
265		Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	5	22
266		Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	4	21
267		Duke Park	16.6	3	21
268		Chandler's Swamp	16.9	3	21
269		East End Park	15.4	1	21
270		Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	7	20
271		Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	2	20
272		Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	2	20
273		Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	20
274		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	3	20
275		Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	2	20
276		Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	1	20
277		Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	7	19
278		Little Creek Trail	15.3	3	19
279		Hillcrest Cemetery	0.9	1	19
280		Lyon Park	15.6	2	19
281		Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	18
282		West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	13	17
283		Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	5	17
284		Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	3	17
285		Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	4	17
286		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	2	16
287		Higgins Park	1.8	2	16
288		Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	15
289		Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	15
290		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	3	15
291		Shaw Lake	9.9	3	15
292		Coker Pinetum	16.4	1	15
293		Northgate Park	17.2	5	14
294		American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	3	14
295		Jaycee Park	6.6	1	14
296		Clayton Community Park	19.2	1	14
297		Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	2	13
298		Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	13
299		Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	2	13
300		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	1	13
301		Cates Creek Park	25.0	1	13
302		Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	8	12
303		Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	1	12
304		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	1	12
305		Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	12
306		Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	3	11
307		American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	2	11
308		Krzyzewskiville	16.8	4	11
309		Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	1	11
310		Forgotten Pond	19.2	1	11
311		Main Street Park (Rolesville)	20.1	1	11
312		Fallon park	8.1	1	10
313		Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	9
314		Duke University--East Campus	16.6	5	9
315		Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	2	9
316		Shiloh Greenway	5.1	1	8
317		Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	5	8
318		Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	7
319		Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	3	6
320		South Durham WRF	13.3	1	5
321		Rock Ridge Park	23.8	1	5
322		Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	5
323		Jack Marley Park	19.7	1	5
324		Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	1	5
325		MacDonald Woods Park	2.8	1	5
326		Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	1	4
327		Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	4
328		Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	2	4
329		Cedar Hills Park	9.7	1	4
330		UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	4	3
331		Park West Village Greenway	2.4	1	3
332		Valley Springs Park	20.7	1	2
333		Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	2
334		Morrisville Community Park	3.9	2	2
335		Bethesda Park	11.2	1	2
336		Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	1	1
337		Heritage Lake	19.2	1	1
338		Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive	1.6	1	1