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Where to find Great Blue Heron in April
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Great Blue Heron in April. 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 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 163 173 94.2% 89.7%
2 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 79 85 92.9% 85.4%
3 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 109 120 90.8% 84.3%
4 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 210 238 88.2% 83.5%
5 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 113 134 84.3% 77.2%
6 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 350 435 80.5% 76.5%
7 Shelley Lake 8.1 117 143 81.8% 74.7%
8 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 17 18 94.4% 74.2%
9 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 16 17 94.1% 73.0%
10 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 95 118 80.5% 72.4%
11 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 207 268 77.2% 71.9%
12 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 109 139 78.4% 70.9%
13 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 52 64 81.2% 70.0%
14 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 18 20 90.0% 69.9%
15 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 25 29 86.2% 69.4%
16 Lake Betz 7.3 250 355 70.4% 65.5%
17 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 85 115 73.9% 65.2%
18 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 47 61 77.0% 65.1%
19 Bond Park 2.7 155 217 71.4% 65.1%
20 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
21 Lake Lynn 7.7 187 266 70.3% 64.6%
22 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 651 984 66.2% 63.1%
23 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 395 592 66.7% 62.8%
24 Apex Community Park 3.7 37 49 75.5% 61.9%
25 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 30 39 76.9% 61.7%
26 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 250 390 64.1% 59.2%
27 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
28 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
29 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
30 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
31 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
32 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 30 42 71.4% 56.4%
33 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 22 30 73.3% 55.6%
34 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
35 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 47 71 66.2% 54.6%
36 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 122 199 61.3% 54.4%
37 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 26 37 70.3% 54.2%
38 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 26 37 70.3% 54.2%
39 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 36 54 66.7% 53.4%
40 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
41 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 40 61 65.6% 53.0%
42 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
43 Lake Raleigh 6.0 95 158 60.1% 52.3%
44 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 348 628 55.4% 51.5%
45 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
46 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
47 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 480 899 53.4% 50.1%
48 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 50 83 60.2% 49.5%
49 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 24 37 64.9% 48.8%
50 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 24 37 64.9% 48.8%
51 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
52 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 57 102 55.9% 46.2%
53 Schenck Forest 3.6 151 295 51.2% 45.5%
54 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 56 102 54.9% 45.2%
55 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 35 61 57.4% 44.9%
56 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 45 82 54.9% 44.1%
57 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 25 43 58.1% 43.3%
58 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 26 45 57.8% 43.3%
59 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 16 26 61.5% 42.5%
60 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 58 114 50.9% 41.8%
61 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
62 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
63 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 21 38 55.3% 39.7%
64 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
65 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
66 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
67 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
68 Eden Lakes 23.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
69 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
70 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
71 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
72 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
73 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 78 176 44.3% 37.2%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 23 45 51.1% 37.0%
75 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 29 59 49.2% 36.8%
76 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
77 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
78 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
79 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
80 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
81 Lake Benson 11.9 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
82 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
83 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
84 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 17 33 51.5% 35.2%
85 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
86 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
87 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 21 43 48.8% 34.6%
88 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
89 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 28 61 45.9% 34.0%
90 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 51 122 41.8% 33.4%
91 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 19 40 47.5% 32.9%
92 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 54 133 40.6% 32.6%
93 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
94 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 27 61 44.3% 32.5%
95 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
96 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
97 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 30 71 42.3% 31.5%
98 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
99 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
100 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
101 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
102 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
103 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 18 43 41.9% 28.4%
104 Beaver Marsh 16.7 109 330 33.0% 28.2%
105 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
106 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
107 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 50 142 35.2% 27.8%
108 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 182 597 30.5% 26.9%
109 Lake Wheeler 8.2 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
110 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
111 Salem Pond Park 4.5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
112 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
113 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
114 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
115 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
116 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 14 40 35.0% 22.1%
117 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
118 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
119 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
120 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
121 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
122 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
123 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
124 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
126 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
127 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
129 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 20 68 29.4% 19.9%
131 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
132 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
133 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
134 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
135 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 129 603 21.4% 18.3%
136 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
137 Hoffman Lake 2.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
138 Town Lake Park 23.4 10 35 28.6% 16.3%
139 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
140 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
141 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 26 121 21.5% 15.1%
142 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
143 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
144 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 22 108 20.4% 13.9%
145 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
146 Ritter Park 4.3 26 132 19.7% 13.8%
147 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
148 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 36 195 18.5% 13.6%
149 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
150 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
151 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 60 20.0% 11.8%
152 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
153 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
154 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
155 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
156 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
157 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
158 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
159 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
160 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
161 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 21 143 14.7% 9.8%
162 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
163 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
164 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
165 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
166 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
167 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
168 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
169 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
170 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
171 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
172 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 15 105 14.3% 8.9%
173 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 9 58 15.5% 8.4%
174 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
175 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
176 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
177 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 12 87 13.8% 8.1%
178 Wendell Park 22.6 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
179 Falls Lake 15.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
180 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
181 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
182 17 Acre Woods 18.0 16 139 11.5% 7.2%
183 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
184 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
185 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 13 116 11.2% 6.7%
186 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 9 78 11.5% 6.2%
187 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
188 Forgotten Pond 19.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
189 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
190 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
191 River Forest Park 20.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
192 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
193 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
194 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 9 84 10.7% 5.7%
195 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
196 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
197 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 13 156 8.3% 4.9%
198 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 5 45 11.1% 4.8%
199 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
200 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
201 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
202 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
203 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
204 Lyon Park 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
205 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 22 356 6.2% 4.1%
206 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 69 8.7% 4.0%
207 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
208 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
209 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
210 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
211 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
212 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
213 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
214 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
215 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
216 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 5 60 8.3% 3.6%
217 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
218 Fearrington Village 17.5 5 67 7.5% 3.2%
219 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 6 87 6.9% 3.2%
220 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
221 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
222 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 57 7.0% 2.8%
223 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
224 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
225 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
226 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
227 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
228 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
229 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
230 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 113 5.3% 2.5%
231 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
232 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
233 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
234 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
235 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
236 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
237 stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018) 19.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
238 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
239 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
240 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
241 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
242 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 60 5.0% 1.7%
243 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 4 92 4.3% 1.7%
244 Northgate Park 17.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
245 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
246 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
247 White Deer Park 11.6 3 73 4.1% 1.4%
248 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
249 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
250 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
251 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
252 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
253 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
254 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
255 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
256 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
257 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
258 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
259 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
260 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
261 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
262 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 2 84 2.4% 0.7%
263 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
264 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 35 2.9% 0.5%