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

This page shows the top birding locations in April. 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	435	171
2		Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	899	161
3		Yates Mill County Park	7.2	628	157
4		Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	268	155
5		Schenck Forest	3.6	295	153
6		Sandy Creek Park	16.1	984	148
7		Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	238	146
8		Lake Johnson Park	4.2	390	144
9		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	115	140
10		Lake Lynn	7.7	266	140
11		Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	592	137
12		Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	356	137
13		Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	597	136
14		Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	603	135
15		Lake Betz	7.3	355	134
16		Bond Park	2.7	217	134
17		Lake Raleigh	6.0	158	128
18		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	37	128
19		Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	29	127
20		Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	33	126
21		Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	199	125
22		Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	116	125
23		Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	61	124
24		Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	142	123
25		Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	102	123
26		Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	118	123
27		Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	37	123
28		Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	23	118
29		Shelley Lake	8.1	143	118
30		Harris Lake County Park	14.0	102	118
31		Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	134	118
32		Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	82	118
33		Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	133	117
34		Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	120	117
35		Raven Rock SP	23.9	69	116
36		Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	114	116
37		American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	139	116
38		Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	195	114
39		Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	61	114
40		Beaver Marsh	16.7	330	114
41		Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	173	114
42		William B. Umstead SP	5.4	60	111
43		William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	54	110
44		Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	85	109
45		Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	121	109
46		17 Acre Woods	18.0	139	108
47		South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	92	108
48		Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	18	108
49		Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	26	106
50		Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	87	106
51		Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	71	106
52		Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	42	105
53		Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	68	105
54		Ritter Park	4.3	132	104
55		Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	26	104
56		White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	105	104
57		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	24	104
58		Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	17	104
59		Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	30	104
60		Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	37	104
61		Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	83	104
62		Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	84	103
63		White Deer Park	11.6	73	103
64		North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	156	102
65		Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	39	101
66		Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	43	100
67		E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	40	100
68		Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	64	100
69		Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	61	99
70		Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	43	99
71		Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	45	99
72		Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	143	98
73		New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	40	98
74		Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	43	98
75		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	45	97
76		Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	71	96
77		Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	31	96
78		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	18	95
79		Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	21	95
80		Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	29	94
81		Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	30	94
82		Apex Community Park	3.7	49	94
83		Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	122	94
84		Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	5	94
85		Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	29	94
86		Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	58	94
87		Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	87	93
88		White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	59	93
89		Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	108	92
90		Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	60	92
91		Parker Preserve	15.5	61	92
92		Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	61	91
93		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	4	90
94		Lake Benson	11.9	28	90
95		Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	9	90
96		Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	14	89
97		Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	78	88
98		Inwood Rd.	7.3	113	87
99		North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	58	87
100		Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	28	86
101		West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	24	86
102		Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	16	86
103		Fearrington Village	17.5	67	85
104		Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	22	84
105		Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	38	84
106		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	14	83
107		Williamson Preserve	19.2	15	83
108		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	7	82
109		Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	25	82
110		Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	61	82
111		Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	39	82
112		William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	19	81
113		Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	8	81
114		Lake Wheeler	8.2	14	80
115		Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	20	80
116		Town Lake Park	23.4	35	80
117		Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	71	80
118		Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	31	80
119		Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	50	79
120		Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	14	79
121		Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	18	79
122		Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	37	79
123		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	7	79
124		Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	176	78
125		Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	60	78
126		Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	50	78
127		White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	22	78
128		Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	39	78
129		Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	39	78
130		Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	28	78
131		Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	35	78
132		Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	26	77
133		North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	57	76
134		AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	18	76
135		DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	19	76
136		Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	18	75
137		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	4	75
138		University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	22	75
139		Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	5	75
140		Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	34	75
141		Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	5	75
142		Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	17	75
143		Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	12	75
144		Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	20	74
145		Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	22	74
146		Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	38	74
147		Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	42	73
148		Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	13	73
149		Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	21	73
150		Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	60	73
151		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	9	72
152		NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	15	71
153		New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	11	71
154		Merritt's Pasture	16.9	24	71
155		Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	15	70
156		Forest Ridge Park	16.5	19	70
157		North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	64	69
158		Leigh Farm Park	14.5	14	69
159		Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	20	69
160		Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	16	69
161		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	5	68
162		Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	30	67
163		Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	4	67
164		stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	45	67
165		Horace Williams Tract	19.1	34	66
166		Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	17	66
167		Wendell Park	22.6	21	66
168		Hoffman Lake	2.4	10	65
169		Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	21	65
170		Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	11	65
171		River Forest Park	20.9	3	65
172		Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	18	64
173		North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	19	64
174		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	25	64
175		Crowder District Park	6.8	26	64
176		Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	5	64
177		Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	17	64
178		Lee Game Land	22.6	4	63
179		Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	6	62
180		Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	19	62
181		Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	15	61
182		O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	6	61
183		Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	18	61
184		Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	16	60
185		Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	15	59
186		Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	11	59
187		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	5	59
188		Dorothea Dix	6.6	12	59
189		Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	84	59
190		UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	60	58
191		Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	33	58
192		Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	5	58
193		Indian Trail Park	18.1	20	57
194		North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	12	57
195		Historic Oak View Park	11.8	5	57
196		Little Beaverdam Creek	18.4	5	57
197		Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	6	57
198		American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	7	57
199		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	2	56
200		Eden Lakes	23.7	5	56
201		Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	7	56
202		Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	18	56
203		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	7	56
204		Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	4	56
205		Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	5	56
206		Higgins Greenway	1.2	18	56
207		Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	3	56
208		Pullen Park	6.6	13	55
209		Baileywick Road Park	10.2	13	55
210		Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	13	55
211		Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	5	54
212		Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	15	54
213		Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	4	54
214		Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	10	54
215		Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	10	54
216		Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	9	54
217		Forest Hills Park	15.0	12	54
218		Homestead Park	19.3	12	53
219		Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	18	53
220		Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	18	53
221		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	8	53
222		Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	5	53
223		Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	9	52
224		Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	5	52
225		Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	13	52
226		Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	6	52
227		Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	7	52
228		Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	9	51
229		Salem Pond Park	4.5	12	51
230		Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	7	51
231		Little Creek Trail	15.3	5	51
232		Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	6	51
233		Northgate Park	17.2	12	50
234		East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	6	50
235		Apex Nature Park	8.6	9	50
236		Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	8	50
237		North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	7	50
238		Duke University--East Campus	16.6	27	49
239		Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	5	49
240		Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	19	48
241		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	6	48
242		Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area	22.3	4	48
243		Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	5	47
244		American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	6	47
245		Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	4	47
246		Shiloh Greenway	5.1	8	46
247		Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	12	46
248		Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	11	46
249		Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	5	45
250		Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	4	44
251		Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	7	44
252		Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	7	44
253		Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	5	43
254		Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	12	43
255		Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	3	43
256		Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	6	42
257		Chandler's Swamp	16.9	14	42
258		Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	3	42
259		Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	5	41
260		Fallon park	8.1	7	41
261		Greene Tract	20.0	2	41
262		Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	10	41
263		stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018)	19.0	9	40
264		J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	13	39
265		Cedar Falls Park	18.2	9	39
266		Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	2	39
267		Strickland Park	8.9	3	39
268		Shaw Lake	9.9	4	39
269		Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	8	38
270		RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	4	37
271		Eastgate Park	9.5	10	36
272		Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	2	36
273		Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	16	35
274		Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	4	35
275		American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	2	35
276		Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	7	35
277		Camden Ave Pond	16.3	3	35
278		Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	2	35
279		Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	5	35
280		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	5	34
281		Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	6	34
282		Rock Ridge Park	23.8	6	34
283		American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	6	34
284		UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	8	33
285		Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	3	33
286		Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	3	32
287		Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	4	32
288		Forgotten Pond	19.2	3	32
289		American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park	13.7	3	32
290		Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	3	31
291		Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	4	31
292		American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road	11.4	8	31
293		Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	8	31
294		Lyon Park	15.6	4	31
295		Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	30
296		Main Street Park (Rolesville)	20.1	1	30
297		Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	8	29
298		Laurel Hill Park	5.4	8	29
299		William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	7	29
300		Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	5	29
301		Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	4	28
302		American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park	8.4	2	28
303		Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	2	28
304		Valley Springs Park	20.7	7	27
305		American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	2	27
306		Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	3	26
307		Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	7	26
308		Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	3	26
309		Morrisville Community Park	3.9	7	26
310		Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	5	24
311		American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft	12.3	2	24
312		Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	3	24
313		Carpenter Park	5.1	5	23
314		American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead	15.4	2	23
315		Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	3	23
316		Cates Creek Park	25.0	1	23
317		American Tobacco Trail--O'Kelly Chapel Road	9.0	1	22
318		American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	2	22
319		Duke Forest Rd.	20.7	2	20
320		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	3	20
321		Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	3	20
322		Clayton Community Park	19.2	1	20
323		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	3	19
324		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	19
325		Walltown Park	17.3	3	19
326		Leesville Park	7.5	1	18
327		Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	2	17
328		Duke Park	16.6	4	17
329		Carrboro High School	18.4	2	17
330		Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	17
331		Falls Lake	15.1	14	16
332		Krzyzewskiville	16.8	5	16
333		Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	1	16
334		Eva Perry Library	4.2	2	15
335		Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court	15.1	1	15
336		American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road	12.9	1	14
337		Neuse River Trail--River Bend	14.9	1	14
338		Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	5	13
339		Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	4	13
340		Hillcrest Cemetery	0.9	1	13
341		Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch	14.6	1	13
342		MacDonald Woods Park	2.8	2	13
343		Durham Hotel Rooftop	15.7	3	12
344		Jack Marley Park	19.7	4	12
345		American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park	12.3	1	11
346		Cedar Hills Park	9.7	2	11
347		Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	10
348		Juniper Level Botanic Garden	13.9	3	10
349		South Durham WRF	13.3	1	9
350		Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	9
351		Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	1	7
352		Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	7
353		Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden	12.9	1	4
354		Greenview Ponds	7.6	2	3
355		Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	3	3
356		Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	3
357		Knightdale Station Park	17.3	2	2
358		Park West Village Greenway	2.4	2	2
359		West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	1	1
360		Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	1	1
361		South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access)	8.9	1	1
362		Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	1	1
363		Coker Pinetum	16.4	1	1