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Top Locations in August
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows the top birding locations in August. 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) 12.0 238 140
2 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 229 138
3 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 251 129
4 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 304 128
5 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 391 120
6 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 455 116
7 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 162 112
8 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 45 112
9 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 335 111
10 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 312 110
11 Schenck Forest 3.6 96 110
12 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 700 110
13 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 391 108
14 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 98 106
15 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 87 103
16 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 58 101
17 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 56 101
18 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 26 100
19 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 290 100
20 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 49 99
21 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 224 97
22 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 432 96
23 Lake Betz 7.3 292 96
24 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 20 95
25 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 227 95
26 Lake Lynn 7.7 190 94
27 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 21 93
28 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 164 93
29 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 13 91
30 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 68 91
31 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 27 91
32 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 123 91
33 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 32 91
34 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 68 90
35 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 49 88
36 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 110 87
37 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 43 85
38 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 14 83
39 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 90 83
40 Bond Park 2.7 117 83
41 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 47 82
42 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 98 82
43 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 71 82
44 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 69 81
45 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 33 80
46 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 79 80
47 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 26 80
48 Falls Lake 15.1 28 79
49 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 97 78
50 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 215 78
51 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 41 77
52 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 59 77
53 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 15 76
54 Lake Benson 11.9 53 75
55 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 116 75
56 Shelley Lake 8.1 95 74
57 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 144 74
58 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 32 72
59 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 21 72
60 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 23 72
61 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 78 71
62 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 67 71
63 Apex Community Park 3.7 42 71
64 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 11 71
65 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 63 71
66 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 80 70
67 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 23 70
68 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 77 69
69 Lake Raleigh 6.0 47 69
70 Town Lake Park 23.4 68 69
71 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 31 69
72 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 120 69
73 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 35 68
74 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 24 68
75 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 36 68
76 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 65 68
77 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 12 67
78 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 4 67
79 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 11 66
80 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 20 66
81 White Deer Park 11.6 35 66
82 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 81 66
83 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 16 65
84 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 66 65
85 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 27 64
86 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 92 64
87 Beaver Marsh 16.7 154 64
88 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 7 64
89 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 13 64
90 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 16 63
91 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 23 63
92 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 127 62
93 Lake Wheeler 8.2 43 61
94 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 31 61
95 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 17 61
96 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 15 61
97 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 32 61
98 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 19 60
99 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 22 60
100 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 36 60
101 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 93 60
102 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 23 59
103 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 17 59
104 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 28 59
105 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 57 58
106 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 17 58
107 Fearrington Village 17.5 17 58
108 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 29 58
109 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 64 58
110 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 20 57
111 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 35 56
112 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 37 56
113 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 8 56
114 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 23 56
115 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 32 55
116 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 10 55
117 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 29 55
118 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 21 54
119 Inwood Rd. 7.3 34 54
120 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 38 54
121 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 33 54
122 Williamson Preserve 19.2 13 54
123 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 36 53
124 Raven Rock SP 23.9 17 53
125 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 12 53
126 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 20 53
127 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 50 53
128 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 11 53
129 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 5 53
130 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 17 52
131 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 15 52
132 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 17 52
133 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 12 51
134 Dorothea Dix 6.6 21 51
135 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 17 51
136 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 26 50
137 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 13 50
138 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 34 50
139 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 13 50
140 17 Acre Woods 18.0 31 50
141 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 11 50
142 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 15 50
143 Apex Nature Park 8.6 10 50
144 Cedar Fork District Park 3.1 34 50
145 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 14 49
146 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 7 49
147 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 49
148 Homestead Park 19.3 11 49
149 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 14 49
150 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 12 49
151 Wendell Park 22.6 14 49
152 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 41 49
153 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 25 48
154 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 13 47
155 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 21 47
156 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 22 47
157 Crowder District Park 6.8 19 46
158 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 12 46
159 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 5 45
160 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 12 45
161 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 30 45
162 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 7 45
163 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 23 44
164 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 44
165 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 17 43
166 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 14 43
167 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 43
168 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 8 43
169 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 11 42
170 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 8 42
171 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 27 42
172 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 42
173 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 42
174 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 42
175 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 4 42
176 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 41
177 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 18 41
178 Lee Game Land 22.6 6 41
179 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 27 41
180 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 41
181 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 14 41
182 Parker Preserve 15.5 26 41
183 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 12 40
184 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 63 40
185 Salem Pond Park 4.5 7 40
186 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 19 40
187 Higgins Greenway 1.2 10 40
188 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 12 40
189 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 10 40
190 Pullen Park 6.6 11 39
191 Hoffman Lake 2.4 5 39
192 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 22 39
193 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 7 39
194 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 5 39
195 Ritter Park 4.3 13 38
196 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 38
197 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 4 38
198 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 3 38
199 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 5 38
200 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 38
201 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 38
202 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 26 38
203 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 10 37
204 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 11 36
205 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 5 36
206 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 5 36
207 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 15 36
208 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 15 36
209 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 14 36
210 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 9 36
211 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 35
212 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 9 35
213 Northgate Park 17.2 7 34
214 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 2 34
215 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 9 34
216 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 5 34
217 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 9 34
218 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 34
219 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 33
220 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 24 33
221 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 5 33
222 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 7 33
223 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 33
224 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 2 33
225 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 6 32
226 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 12 32
227 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 10 32
228 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 9 32
229 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 31
230 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 30
231 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 30
232 Indian Trail Park 18.1 12 29
233 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 29
234 Carpenter Park 5.1 7 29
235 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 14 29
236 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 4 28
237 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 5 28
238 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 6 28
239 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 3 28
240 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 9 28
241 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 67 28
242 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 17 27
243 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 2 27
244 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 2 27
245 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 3 27
246 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 6 26
247 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 26
248 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 2 26
249 Eastgate Park 9.5 4 26
250 Strickland Park 8.9 7 26
251 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 26
252 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 5 26
253 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 2 26
254 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 4 25
255 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 25
256 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 25
257 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 5 24
258 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 24
259 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 4 24
260 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 4 24
261 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 24
262 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 23
263 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 4 23
264 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 23
265 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 6 23
266 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 23
267 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 3 23
268 Cates Creek Park 25.0 4 23
269 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 6 22
270 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 21
271 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 21
272 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 21
273 Lyon Park 15.6 3 21
274 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 2 20
275 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 3 19
276 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 19
277 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 18
278 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 18
279 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 18
280 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 4 18
281 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 2 18
282 South Durham WRF 13.3 3 17
283 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 3 17
284 Downtown Cary Park 0.5 4 17
285 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 4 16
286 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 2 16
287 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 16
288 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 15
289 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 15
290 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 2 15
291 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 15
292 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 14
293 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 2 14
294 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 13
295 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 3 13
296 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 2 13
297 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 12
298 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 2 12
299 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 12
300 Action Park 13.9 1 12
301 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 1 12
302 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 1 11
303 Briar Chapel WWT pond 19.2 1 11
304 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 2 10
305 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 10
306 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 5 10
307 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 10
308 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 9
309 Leesville Park 7.5 2 9
310 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 9
311 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 4 9
312 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 8 8
313 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 8
314 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 8
315 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 8
316 East End Park 15.4 1 8
317 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 6 7
318 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 7
319 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 5 7
320 Heritage Lake 19.2 2 6
321 Duke Park 16.6 2 6
322 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 6
323 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 4
324 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 4
325 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 2 4
326 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 4
327 William B. Umstead SP--Graylyn Trail 5.4 1 4
328 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3
329 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 3
330 Bethesda Park 11.2 1 3
331 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 1 3
332 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 3 2
333 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 2
334 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 1
335 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 1
336 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1
337 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1
338 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1
339 MacDonald Woods Park 2.8 1 1
340 Beech Bluff County Park 15.3 1 1