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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