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Where to find Great Blue Heron in October
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 October. 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			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	147	152	96.7%	92.5%
2			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	119	136	87.5%	80.9%
3			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	110	126	87.3%	80.4%
4			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	53	59	89.8%	79.5%
5			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	28	30	93.3%	78.7%
6			Bond Park	2.7	190	235	80.9%	75.3%
7			Lake Lynn	7.7	778	1002	77.6%	75.0%
8			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	849	1101	77.1%	74.5%
9			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	27	30	90.0%	74.4%
10			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	146	181	80.7%	74.3%
11			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	35	40	87.5%	73.9%
12			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	53	64	82.8%	71.8%
13			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	49	59	83.1%	71.5%
14			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	363	481	75.5%	71.4%
15			Apex Community Park	3.7	63	79	79.7%	69.6%
16			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	38	46	82.6%	69.3%
17			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	149	198	75.3%	68.8%
18			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	43	53	81.1%	68.6%
19			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	42	52	80.8%	68.1%
20			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	33	40	82.5%	68.0%
21			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	12	13	92.3%	66.7%
22			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	50	64	78.1%	66.6%
23			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	51	67	76.1%	64.7%
24			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
25			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
26			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	95	137	69.3%	61.2%
27			Shelley Lake	8.1	69	98	70.4%	60.7%
28			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	92	138	66.7%	58.4%
29			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	159	247	64.4%	58.2%
30			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	155	242	64.0%	57.8%
31			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	13	16	81.2%	57.0%
32			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	41	60	68.3%	55.8%
33			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	24	34	70.6%	53.8%
34			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	20	28	71.4%	52.9%
35			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
36			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	53	84	63.1%	52.4%
37			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	38	59	64.4%	51.7%
38			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	22	32	68.8%	51.4%
39			Lake Wheeler	8.2	14	19	73.7%	51.2%
40			Lake Betz	7.3	116	205	56.6%	49.7%
41			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	13	18	72.2%	49.1%
42			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	251	488	51.4%	47.0%
43			Town Lake Park	23.4	22	35	62.9%	46.3%
44			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	55	99	55.6%	45.7%
45			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	225	449	50.1%	45.5%
46			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	23	38	60.5%	44.7%
47			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	76	144	52.8%	44.7%
48			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
49			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
50			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
51			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
52			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY	12.4	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
53			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	13	20	65.0%	43.3%
54			Lake Benson	11.9	20	34	58.8%	42.2%
55			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	12	19	63.2%	41.0%
56			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
57			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
58			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	20	35	57.1%	40.9%
59			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
60			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
61			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	14	25	56.0%	37.1%
62			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	30	62	48.4%	36.4%
63			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	19	37	51.4%	35.9%
64			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	9	15	60.0%	35.7%
65			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	75	177	42.4%	35.3%
66			Lake Raleigh	6.0	44	99	44.4%	35.0%
67			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
68			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
69			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
70			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	17	34	50.0%	34.1%
71			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
72			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	18	37	48.6%	33.4%
73			Schenck Forest	3.6	88	223	39.5%	33.3%
74			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	296	825	35.9%	32.7%
75			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	16	33	48.5%	32.5%
76			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	23	51	45.1%	32.3%
77			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	14	29	48.3%	31.4%
78			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
79			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
80			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
81			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	41	112	36.6%	28.3%
82			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
83			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	17	45	37.8%	25.1%
84			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
85			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
86			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
87			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
88			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
89			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
90			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
91			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
92			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
93			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
94			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
95			Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
96			Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
97			Beaver Marsh	16.7	44	166	26.5%	20.4%
98			Salem Pond Park	4.5	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
99			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
100			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
101			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	27	104	26.0%	18.5%
102			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	88	403	21.8%	18.1%
103			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	33	138	23.9%	17.6%
104			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	9	30	30.0%	16.7%
105			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
106			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
107			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	7	24	29.2%	14.9%
108			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
109			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
110			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
111			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
112			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	78	508	15.4%	12.5%
113			Carpenter Park	5.1	5	19	26.3%	11.8%
114			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
115			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
116			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
117			Ritter Park	4.3	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
118			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	6	27	22.2%	10.6%
119			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	6	27	22.2%	10.6%
120			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	13	74	17.6%	10.6%
121			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
122			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
123			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
124			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
125			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
126			Leesville Park	7.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
127			Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
128			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
129			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
130			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	8	49	16.3%	8.5%
131			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
132			Eastgate Park	9.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
133			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
134			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	5	27	18.5%	8.2%
135			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
136			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	5	28	17.9%	7.9%
137			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	6	41	14.6%	6.9%
138			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	6	42	14.3%	6.7%
139			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
140			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
141			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
142			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
143			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	8	66	12.1%	6.3%
144			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
145			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
146			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
147			Duke Park	16.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
148			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
149			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
150			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
151			Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
152			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	11	119	9.2%	5.2%
153			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	4	32	12.5%	5.0%
154			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	6	59	10.2%	4.7%
155			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
156			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
157			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
158			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
159			Strickland Park	8.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
160			Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
161			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	5	48	10.4%	4.5%
162			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	5	49	10.2%	4.4%
163			17 Acre Woods	18.0	9	109	8.3%	4.4%
164			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	12	165	7.3%	4.2%
165			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
166			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	5	56	8.9%	3.9%
167			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
168			Williamson Preserve	19.2	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
169			Falls Lake	15.1	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
170			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
171			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
172			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
173			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
174			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
175			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
176			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
177			Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
178			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
179			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
180			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	18	351	5.1%	3.3%
181			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
182			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
183			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	17	358	4.7%	3.0%
184			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	4	56	7.1%	2.8%
185			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
186			Northgate Park	17.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
187			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
188			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
189			Carrboro High School	18.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
190			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
191			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
192			Pullen Park	6.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
193			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
194			Raven Rock SP	23.9	2	31	6.5%	1.8%
195			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
196			Indian Trail Park	18.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
197			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
198			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
199			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
200			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
201			Fearrington Village	17.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
202			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	2	57	3.5%	1.0%
203			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
204			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
205			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
206			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	2	87	2.3%	0.6%
207			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
208			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	2	113	1.8%	0.5%
209			White Deer Park	11.6	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
210			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
211			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
212			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
213			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
214			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
215			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
216			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	1	111	0.9%	0.2%