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

This page shows the top birding locations in July. 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 Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 75 109
2 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 71 99
3 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 220 99
4 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 248 98
5 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 135 97
6 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 55 95
7 Schenck Forest 3.6 74 93
8 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 62 92
9 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 214 89
10 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 119 89
11 Lake Betz 7.3 145 89
12 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 214 88
13 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 118 87
14 Lake Lynn 7.7 182 87
15 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 39 86
16 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 296 84
17 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 55 84
18 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 124 84
19 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 96 83
20 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 150 83
21 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 197 82
22 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 54 81
23 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 93 81
24 Shelley Lake 8.1 83 79
25 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 152 79
26 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 24 77
27 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 26 77
28 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 72 77
29 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 65 76
30 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 21 76
31 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 95 75
32 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 24 74
33 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 16 73
34 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 20 73
35 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 37 73
36 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 73
37 Fearrington Village 17.5 22 72
38 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 45 72
39 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 109 72
40 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 9 71
41 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 36 71
42 Lake Wheeler 8.2 16 70
43 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 20 70
44 Bond Park 2.7 58 70
45 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 51 69
46 Lake Raleigh 6.0 33 69
47 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 82 69
48 Dorothea Dix 6.6 146 69
49 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 33 68
50 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 45 68
51 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 21 68
52 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 26 68
53 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 4 68
54 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 21 67
55 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 29 67
56 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 31 67
57 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 40 67
58 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 11 66
59 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 29 66
60 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 25 65
61 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 9 65
62 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 6 64
63 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 50 64
64 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 13 64
65 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 16 64
66 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 12 63
67 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 14 63
68 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 9 63
69 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 62 63
70 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 45 62
71 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 12 62
72 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 33 62
73 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 15 61
74 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 108 61
75 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 23 61
76 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 6 61
77 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 4 60
78 Beaver Marsh 16.7 145 60
79 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 11 60
80 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 4 60
81 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 46 59
82 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 9 59
83 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 28 59
84 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 8 59
85 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 49 58
86 Raven Rock SP 23.9 18 58
87 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 58
88 Apex Community Park 3.7 20 58
89 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 13 58
90 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 6 58
91 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 12 57
92 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 19 57
93 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 11 57
94 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 9 57
95 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 62 56
96 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 29 56
97 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 7 56
98 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 11 56
99 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 17 55
100 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 34 55
101 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 16 55
102 Town Lake Park 23.4 25 55
103 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 11 55
104 Wendell Park 22.6 11 55
105 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 15 54
106 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 14 54
107 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 34 54
108 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 27 53
109 Ritter Park 4.3 19 52
110 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 10 52
111 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 52
112 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 7 52
113 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 15 52
114 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 10 52
115 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 10 52
116 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 22 51
117 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 6 51
118 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 4 50
119 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 15 49
120 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 49
121 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 13 49
122 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 11 49
123 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 49
124 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 11 49
125 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 6 49
126 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 13 48
127 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 19 48
128 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 22 48
129 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 13 48
130 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 9 48
131 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 10 47
132 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 5 47
133 Inwood Rd. 7.3 13 47
134 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 46
135 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 13 46
136 Lake Benson 11.9 11 45
137 White Deer Park 11.6 13 45
138 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 14 44
139 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 9 44
140 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 11 44
141 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 44
142 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 7 43
143 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 7 43
144 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 22 43
145 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 8 43
146 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 43
147 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 43
148 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 42
149 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 7 42
150 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 5 41
151 Salem Pond Park 4.5 8 41
152 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 9 41
153 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 18 41
154 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 41
155 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 6 40
156 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 7 40
157 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 6 40
158 Parker Preserve 15.5 12 40
159 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 7 39
160 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 5 39
161 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 5 39
162 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 3 39
163 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 10 39
164 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 11 39
165 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 10 39
166 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 6 39
167 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 39
168 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 20 39
169 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 11 38
170 Lee Game Land 22.6 3 38
171 Crowder District Park 6.8 11 38
172 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 14 38
173 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 4 37
174 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 14 37
175 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 37
176 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 7 37
177 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 7 37
178 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 12 37
179 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 37
180 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 11 37
181 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 5 37
182 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 3 36
183 Homestead Park 19.3 8 36
184 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 5 36
185 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 36
186 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 36
187 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 28 36
188 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 9 36
189 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 58 36
190 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 12 35
191 Hoffman Lake 2.4 6 35
192 Eastgate Park 9.5 6 35
193 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 35
194 Northgate Park 17.2 8 34
195 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 12 34
196 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 34
197 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 5 34
198 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 2 34
199 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 33
200 17 Acre Woods 18.0 16 33
201 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 6 33
202 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 8 32
203 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 32
204 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 14 32
205 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 32
206 Higgins Greenway 1.2 7 32
207 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 5 32
208 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 4 32
209 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 6 31
210 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 31
211 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 3 31
212 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 7 31
213 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 8 30
214 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 7 30
215 Strickland Park 8.9 3 30
216 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 3 30
217 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 5 30
218 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 29
219 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 21 29
220 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 7 29
221 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 28
222 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 2 28
223 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 28
224 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 11 28
225 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 28
226 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 4 28
227 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 27
228 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 3 27
229 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 2 27
230 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 3 27
231 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 3 26
232 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 4 26
233 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 4 26
234 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 26
235 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 26
236 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 3 26
237 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 3 25
238 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 25
239 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 10 25
240 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 25
241 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 4 25
242 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 25
243 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 3 24
244 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 3 24
245 River Forest Park 20.9 1 24
246 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 3 23
247 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 23
248 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 22
249 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 4 22
250 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 2 22
251 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 6 22
252 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 7 22
253 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 22
254 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 22
255 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 3 21
256 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 2 21
257 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 4 20
258 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 20
259 Jack Marley Park 19.7 4 20
260 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 19
261 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 2 19
262 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 4 19
263 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 18
264 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 18
265 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 17
266 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 17
267 Eva Perry Library 4.2 2 17
268 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 17
269 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 16
270 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 16
271 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 16
272 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 15
273 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 3 15
274 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 15
275 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 15
276 Lyon Park 15.6 2 15
277 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 2 14
278 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 2 14
279 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 5 13
280 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 7 13
281 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 6 12
282 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 12
283 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 4 12
284 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 12
285 Pullen Park 6.6 2 11
286 Falls Lake 15.1 11 11
287 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 11
288 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 11
289 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 10
290 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 10
291 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 10
292 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 9
293 Indian Trail Park 18.1 4 9
294 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 9
295 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 9
296 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 8
297 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 8
298 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 7
299 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 2 7
300 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 6
301 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 5
302 Hillcrest Cemetery 0.9 2 5
303 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 3
304 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 3
305 Duke Park 16.6 2 3
306 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 3
307 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 3
308 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 3
309 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 2
310 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 2
311 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 2
312 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 2
313 MacDonald Woods Park 2.8 2 2
314 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 1
315 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1
316 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 2 1
317 Leesville Park 7.5 1 1