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

This page shows the top birding locations in June. 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 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 90 100
2 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 348 94
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 306 93
4 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 320 92
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 68 92
6 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 219 91
7 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 133 91
8 Schenck Forest 3.6 81 91
9 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 46 89
10 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 158 89
11 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 66 88
12 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 296 88
13 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 153 88
14 Lake Betz 7.3 130 87
15 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 82 85
16 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 159 85
17 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 41 84
18 Shelley Lake 8.1 66 82
19 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 56 82
20 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 60 82
21 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 20 82
22 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 40 82
23 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 41 80
24 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 19 80
25 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 106 79
26 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 129 79
27 Lake Lynn 7.7 88 79
28 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 112 79
29 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 13 78
30 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 49 78
31 Lake Raleigh 6.0 45 78
32 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 140 77
33 Bond Park 2.7 68 77
34 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 24 77
35 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 15 76
36 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 61 76
37 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 11 75
38 Raven Rock SP 23.9 33 75
39 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 26 75
40 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 10 75
41 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 21 74
42 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 50 74
43 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 28 73
44 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 23 73
45 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 38 72
46 Fearrington Village 17.5 35 72
47 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 20 72
48 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 60 72
49 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 104 72
50 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 45 72
51 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 39 71
52 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 19 71
53 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 14 70
54 Beaver Marsh 16.7 123 70
55 Apex Community Park 3.7 19 70
56 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 20 70
57 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 33 70
58 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 40 70
59 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 23 70
60 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 38 70
61 Williamson Preserve 19.2 9 70
62 Lake Wheeler 8.2 10 68
63 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 34 68
64 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 20 68
65 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 50 68
66 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 17 67
67 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 25 67
68 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 70 66
69 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 145 66
70 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 13 65
71 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 6 65
72 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 13 65
73 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 9 65
74 Lake Benson 11.9 32 65
75 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 17 65
76 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 36 64
77 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 11 64
78 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 33 64
79 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 46 64
80 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 58 63
81 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 19 63
82 Town Lake Park 23.4 28 63
83 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 22 63
84 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 6 63
85 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 15 62
86 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 8 62
87 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 17 62
88 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 14 62
89 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 22 62
90 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 20 62
91 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 36 62
92 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 20 62
93 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 38 61
94 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 41 61
95 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 8 61
96 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 20 60
97 Ritter Park 4.3 24 60
98 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 23 60
99 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 39 60
100 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 16 60
101 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 14 60
102 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 45 60
103 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 29 59
104 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 20 59
105 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 7 59
106 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 17 58
107 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 57
108 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 5 57
109 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 23 57
110 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 8 56
111 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 38 56
112 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 16 56
113 White Deer Park 11.6 23 56
114 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 6 55
115 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 11 55
116 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 13 55
117 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 17 55
118 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 23 54
119 Inwood Rd. 7.3 16 54
120 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 6 54
121 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 25 53
122 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 8 53
123 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 7 53
124 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 12 53
125 Wendell Park 22.6 12 53
126 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 13 52
127 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 14 52
128 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 5 52
129 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 14 52
130 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 14 52
131 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 44 52
132 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 5 51
133 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 5 51
134 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 51
135 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 10 51
136 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 80 51
137 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 18 50
138 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 50
139 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 50
140 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 10 50
141 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 6 50
142 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 7 50
143 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 16 49
144 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 12 49
145 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 49
146 Lee Game Land 22.6 6 49
147 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 48
148 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 19 48
149 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 6 48
150 Homestead Park 19.3 12 48
151 Eastgate Park 9.5 26 48
152 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 15 48
153 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 18 48
154 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 10 47
155 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 47
156 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 8 47
157 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 6 47
158 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 5 46
159 17 Acre Woods 18.0 22 46
160 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 2 46
161 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 2 46
162 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 4 45
163 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 3 45
164 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 15 45
165 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 7 45
166 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 5 45
167 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 44
168 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 11 44
169 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 14 44
170 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 10 44
171 Salem Pond Park 4.5 13 44
172 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 6 44
173 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 10 44
174 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 11 44
175 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 16 44
176 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 11 43
177 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 4 43
178 Northgate Park 17.2 19 43
179 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 4 43
180 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 11 42
181 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 42
182 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 5 42
183 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 4 42
184 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 35 41
185 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 41
186 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 26 41
187 Higgins Greenway 1.2 8 41
188 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 41
189 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 10 41
190 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 9 40
191 Crowder District Park 6.8 15 40
192 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 17 40
193 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 11 40
194 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 9 40
195 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 39
196 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 13 39
197 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 38
198 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 8 38
199 Dorothea Dix 6.6 9 38
200 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 8 38
201 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 38
202 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 6 38
203 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 4 37
204 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 4 37
205 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 8 37
206 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 4 37
207 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 37
208 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 37
209 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 5 36
210 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 3 36
211 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 6 36
212 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 3 36
213 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 16 36
214 Parker Preserve 15.5 15 36
215 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 6 35
216 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 35
217 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 6 35
218 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 4 35
219 Falls Lake 15.1 9 34
220 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 34
221 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 34
222 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 4 34
223 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 34
224 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 7 33
225 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 5 33
226 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 6 33
227 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 33
228 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 2 33
229 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 3 33
230 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 2 33
231 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 33
232 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 2 33
233 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 32
234 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 32
235 Pullen Park 6.6 8 31
236 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 3 31
237 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 8 31
238 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 4 31
239 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 31
240 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 3 30
241 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 2 30
242 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 30
243 East Clayton Community Park 23.0 2 30
244 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 3 29
245 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 2 29
246 Cates Creek Park 25.0 2 29
247 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 4 29
248 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 28
249 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 9 28
250 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 15 28
251 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 5 28
252 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 5 28
253 Oberlin Cemetery 6.9 1 28
254 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 7 27
255 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 27
256 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 2 27
257 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 3 27
258 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 5 27
259 Strickland Park 8.9 3 27
260 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 2 27
261 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 7 26
262 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 7 26
263 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 4 25
264 American Tobacco Trail--O'Kelly Chapel Road 9.0 2 25
265 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 25
266 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 3 25
267 Leesville Park 7.5 4 24
268 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 4 24
269 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 6 24
270 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 24
271 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 24
272 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 4 22
273 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 22
274 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 22
275 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 22
276 Coker Pinetum 16.4 1 22
277 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 21
278 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 5 20
279 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 20
280 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 7 20
281 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 20
282 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 19
283 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 19
284 Greene Tract 20.0 1 19
285 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 18
286 Valley Springs Park 20.7 4 18
287 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 18
288 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 17
289 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 17
290 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 17
291 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 15
292 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 15
293 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 15
294 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 3 15
295 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 14
296 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 2 14
297 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 4 14
298 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 14
299 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 2 14
300 Eva Perry Library 4.2 3 13
301 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 12
302 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 12
303 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 6 12
304 Indian Trail Park 18.1 3 11
305 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 11
306 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 11
307 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 10
308 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 3 10
309 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 9
310 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 3 9
311 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 3 8
312 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 8
313 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 8
314 Berkshire Downs West Park 14.1 1 8
315 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 6 7
316 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 2 6
317 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 2 6
318 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 6
319 American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park 13.7 1 6
320 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4
321 Duke Park 16.6 1 3
322 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 3
323 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 2 2
324 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 2
325 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 1
326 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 1
327 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 1
328 Fallon park 8.1 1 1
329 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1