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Where to find Great Blue Heron in January
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Great Blue Heron in January. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank	Map	Pics	Location	Distance	Observed	Sampled	Frequency	Confidence
1			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	182	196	92.9%	88.4%
2			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	19	19	100.0%	83.2%
3			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	116	134	86.6%	79.8%
4			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	105	124	84.7%	77.3%
5			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	287	358	80.2%	75.7%
6			Shelley Lake	8.1	130	158	82.3%	75.6%
7			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	62	73	84.9%	75.0%
8			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	103	125	82.4%	74.8%
9			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	170	212	80.2%	74.3%
10			Bond Park	2.7	125	158	79.1%	72.1%
11			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	482	657	73.4%	69.9%
12			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	215	287	74.9%	69.6%
13			Apex Community Park	3.7	197	269	73.2%	67.6%
14			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	114	156	73.1%	65.6%
15			Lake Raleigh	6.0	110	153	71.9%	64.3%
16			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	9	10	90.0%	59.6%
17			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	58	84	69.0%	58.5%
18			Lake Benson	11.9	121	187	64.7%	57.6%
19			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	123	201	61.2%	54.3%
20			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	146	241	60.6%	54.3%
21			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	140	231	60.6%	54.2%
22			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	107	176	60.8%	53.4%
23			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	22	31	71.0%	53.4%
24			Lake Betz	7.3	262	460	57.0%	52.4%
25			Lake Wheeler	8.2	39	60	65.0%	52.4%
26			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
27			Lake Lynn	7.7	105	182	57.7%	50.4%
28			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	269	509	52.8%	48.5%
29			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	34	57	59.6%	46.7%
30			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	21	33	63.6%	46.6%
31			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	52	93	55.9%	45.8%
32			Eden Lakes	23.7	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
33			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
34			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	64	123	52.0%	43.3%
35			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	242	516	46.9%	42.6%
36			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
37			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	18	30	60.0%	42.3%
38			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	42	80	52.5%	41.7%
39			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	30	55	54.5%	41.5%
40			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	29	53	54.7%	41.5%
41			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	11	17	64.7%	41.3%
42			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	43	83	51.8%	41.2%
43			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	39	75	52.0%	40.9%
44			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	21	38	55.3%	39.7%
45			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	38	77	49.4%	38.5%
46			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	37	75	49.3%	38.3%
47			Schenck Forest	3.6	124	284	43.7%	38.0%
48			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	81	182	44.5%	37.5%
49			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	13	23	56.5%	36.8%
50			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	12	21	57.1%	36.5%
51			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	162	399	40.6%	35.9%
52			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
53			Hoffman Lake	2.4	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
54			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
55			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
56			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
57			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	13	24	54.2%	35.1%
58			Town Lake Park	23.4	13	24	54.2%	35.1%
59			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	156	397	39.3%	34.6%
60			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	35	78	44.9%	34.3%
61			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
62			South Point Mall Retention Pond	12.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
63			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	90	226	39.8%	33.7%
64			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	16	32	50.0%	33.6%
65			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	21	45	46.7%	32.9%
66			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
67			Beaver Marsh	16.7	133	373	35.7%	31.0%
68			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
69			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	12	25	48.0%	30.0%
70			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
71			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	29	72	40.3%	29.7%
72			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	15	34	44.1%	28.9%
73			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	40	107	37.4%	28.8%
74			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	10	21	47.6%	28.3%
75			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	14	32	43.8%	28.2%
76			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
77			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	12	27	44.4%	27.6%
78			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
79			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	13	31	41.9%	26.4%
80			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
81			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	12	29	41.4%	25.5%
82			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
83			Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land)	15.4	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
84			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
85			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
86			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
87			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
88			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	12	32	37.5%	22.9%
89			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	32	107	29.9%	22.1%
90			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	27	88	30.7%	22.0%
91			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	34	116	29.3%	21.8%
92			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
93			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	10	27	37.0%	21.5%
94			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
95			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
96			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
97			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
98			Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive	1.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
99			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	9	25	36.0%	20.2%
100			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
101			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	18	63	28.6%	18.9%
102			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
103			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	15	54	27.8%	17.6%
104			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
105			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
106			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
107			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
108			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	7	23	30.4%	15.6%
109			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
110			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
111			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY	12.4	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
112			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	9	33	27.3%	15.1%
113			Cedar Fork District Park	3.1	13	53	24.5%	14.9%
114			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
115			Salem Pond Park	4.5	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
116			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	143	925	15.5%	13.3%
117			Falls Lake	15.1	6	22	27.3%	13.2%
118			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	9	39	23.1%	12.6%
119			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
120			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
121			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	6	26	23.1%	11.0%
122			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	26	182	14.3%	9.9%
123			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
124			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
125			Greenview Ponds	7.6	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
126			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
127			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
128			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
129			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
130			Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
131			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
132			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
133			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
134			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
135			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
136			Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
137			Eastgate Park	9.5	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
138			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
139			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	5	25	20.0%	8.9%
140			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
141			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
142			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	9	60	15.0%	8.1%
143			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
144			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	21	194	10.8%	7.2%
145			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
146			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
147			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	5	31	16.1%	7.1%
148			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
149			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	9	69	13.0%	7.0%
150			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
151			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	5	33	15.2%	6.7%
152			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
153			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
154			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
155			Apex Nature Park	8.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
156			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
157			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
158			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
159			MacDonald Woods Park	2.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
160			East Clayton Community Park	23.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
161			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	5	36	13.9%	6.1%
162			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
163			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
164			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
165			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
166			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	7	68	10.3%	5.1%
167			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
168			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
169			Williamson Preserve	19.2	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
170			17 Acre Woods	18.0	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
171			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
172			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	4	35	11.4%	4.5%
173			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
174			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
175			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
176			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
177			Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
178			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
179			Morrisville Community Park	3.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
180			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
181			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
182			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
183			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
184			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	3	34	8.8%	3.0%
185			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	4	52	7.7%	3.0%
186			Northgate Park	17.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
187			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
188			Strickland Park	8.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
189			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
190			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
191			Wendell Park	22.6	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
192			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	3	40	7.5%	2.6%
193			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
194			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
195			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
196			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
197			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
198			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
199			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
200			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
201			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
202			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
203			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
204			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	15	493	3.0%	1.9%
205			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
206			Raven Rock SP	23.9	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
207			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	3	62	4.8%	1.7%
208			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
209			Carrboro High School	18.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
210			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
211			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	2	38	5.3%	1.5%
212			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
213			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
214			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
215			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
216			stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024)	14.9	4	116	3.4%	1.3%
217			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	4	122	3.3%	1.3%
218			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
219			Fearrington Village	17.5	2	46	4.3%	1.2%
220			Ritter Park	4.3	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
221			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
222			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	95	2.1%	0.6%
223			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
224			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
225			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	1	115	0.9%	0.2%
226			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	123	0.8%	0.1%
227			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	1	149	0.7%	0.1%