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Where to find Great Blue Heron in May
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 May. 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	139	147	94.6%	89.6%
2			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	306	334	91.6%	88.2%
3			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	243	264	92.0%	88.1%
4			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	68	72	94.4%	86.6%
5			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	110	121	90.9%	84.5%
6			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	371	427	86.9%	83.4%
7			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	73	81	90.1%	81.7%
8			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	58	65	89.2%	79.4%
9			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	303	387	78.3%	73.9%
10			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	25	28	89.3%	72.8%
11			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	10	10	100.0%	72.2%
12			Apex Community Park	3.7	36	42	85.7%	72.2%
13			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	42	50	84.0%	71.5%
14			Lake Betz	7.3	198	261	75.9%	70.3%
15			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	43	52	82.7%	70.3%
16			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	116	150	77.3%	70.0%
17			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	25	29	86.2%	69.4%
18			Shelley Lake	8.1	84	109	77.1%	68.3%
19			Bond Park	2.7	136	182	74.7%	67.9%
20			Lake Lynn	7.7	121	164	73.8%	66.6%
21			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	203	283	71.7%	66.2%
22			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	434	629	69.0%	65.3%
23			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
24			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	14	16	87.5%	64.0%
25			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	17	20	85.0%	64.0%
26			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	19	23	82.6%	62.9%
27			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	20	25	80.0%	60.9%
28			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	66	94	70.2%	60.3%
29			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	48	69	69.6%	57.9%
30			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	11	13	84.6%	57.8%
31			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	11	13	84.6%	57.8%
32			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	13	16	81.2%	57.0%
33			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	55	82	67.1%	56.3%
34			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	41	60	68.3%	55.8%
35			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	34	49	69.4%	55.5%
36			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	16	21	76.2%	54.9%
37			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	30	43	69.8%	54.9%
38			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	126	208	60.6%	53.8%
39			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
40			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	32	48	66.7%	52.5%
41			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	29	43	67.4%	52.5%
42			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
43			Lake Raleigh	6.0	58	93	62.4%	52.2%
44			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	21	30	70.0%	52.1%
45			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	344	617	55.8%	51.8%
46			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
47			Hoffman Lake	2.4	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
48			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	277	515	53.8%	49.5%
49			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	31	50	62.0%	48.2%
50			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	40	67	59.7%	47.7%
51			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	27	45	60.0%	45.5%
52			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
53			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
54			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
55			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	21	34	61.8%	45.0%
56			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	15	23	65.2%	44.9%
57			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	60	113	53.1%	43.9%
58			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
59			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
60			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
61			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
62			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
63			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
64			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	24	42	57.1%	42.2%
65			Lake Wheeler	8.2	11	17	64.7%	41.3%
66			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	18	31	58.1%	40.8%
67			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	26	48	54.2%	40.3%
68			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
69			Schenck Forest	3.6	95	206	46.1%	39.4%
70			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	26	49	53.1%	39.4%
71			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	17	30	56.7%	39.2%
72			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	17	30	56.7%	39.2%
73			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	14	24	58.3%	38.8%
74			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	13	22	59.1%	38.7%
75			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
76			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
77			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
78			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	14	25	56.0%	37.1%
79			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	14	25	56.0%	37.1%
80			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
81			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
82			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	12	22	54.5%	34.7%
83			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	21	43	48.8%	34.6%
84			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
85			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
86			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
87			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
88			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
89			Lake Benson	11.9	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
90			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
91			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
92			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
93			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
94			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
95			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
96			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
97			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
98			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	12	26	46.2%	28.8%
99			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	12	26	46.2%	28.8%
100			Beaver Marsh	16.7	67	194	34.5%	28.2%
101			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	31	82	37.8%	28.1%
102			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	178	568	31.3%	27.7%
103			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	17	42	40.5%	27.0%
104			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
105			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	25	68	36.8%	26.3%
106			Falls Lake	15.1	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
107			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
108			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
109			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
110			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
111			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	17	49	34.7%	22.9%
112			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
113			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
114			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
115			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
116			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
117			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
118			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
119			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
120			American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road	12.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
121			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
122			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
123			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
124			Action Park	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
125			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
126			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
127			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
128			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	19	62	30.6%	20.6%
129			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	7	19	36.8%	19.1%
130			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
131			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
132			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
133			Town Lake Park	23.4	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
134			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	8	24	33.3%	18.0%
135			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	90	424	21.2%	17.6%
136			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	16	61	26.2%	16.8%
137			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	19	79	24.1%	16.0%
138			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	8	28	28.6%	15.3%
139			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
140			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
141			Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
142			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
143			Williamson Preserve	19.2	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
144			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
145			Fearrington Village	17.5	12	53	22.6%	13.5%
146			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	6	22	27.3%	13.2%
147			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	12	56	21.4%	12.7%
148			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	12	57	21.1%	12.5%
149			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	7	29	24.1%	12.2%
150			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	10	47	21.3%	12.0%
151			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	5	19	26.3%	11.8%
152			Shaw Lake	9.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
153			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
154			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	10	49	20.4%	11.5%
155			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
156			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
157			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
158			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
159			Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
160			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
161			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
162			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
163			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	34	270	12.6%	9.2%
164			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
165			Ritter Park	4.3	8	49	16.3%	8.5%
166			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
167			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
168			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
169			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
170			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
171			Wendell Park	22.6	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
172			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
173			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	7	48	14.6%	7.2%
174			South Durham WRF	13.3	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
175			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
176			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	10	78	12.8%	7.1%
177			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
178			17 Acre Woods	18.0	13	121	10.7%	6.4%
179			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
180			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	5	35	14.3%	6.3%
181			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
182			Eva Perry Library	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
183			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
184			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
185			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
186			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	5	36	13.9%	6.1%
187			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
188			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
189			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	8	77	10.4%	5.4%
190			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	10	105	9.5%	5.3%
191			Apex Nature Park	8.6	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
192			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
193			Heritage Lake	19.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
194			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
195			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
196			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
197			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
198			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
199			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
200			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	5	50	10.0%	4.3%
201			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	4	42	9.5%	3.8%
202			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
203			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
204			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
205			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	14	264	5.3%	3.2%
206			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	9	154	5.8%	3.1%
207			Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
208			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
209			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	3	38	7.9%	2.7%
210			Inwood Rd.	7.3	4	58	6.9%	2.7%
211			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
212			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
213			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
214			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
215			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	3	43	7.0%	2.4%
216			Pullen Park	6.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
217			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
218			Eastgate Park	9.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
219			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	4	71	5.6%	2.2%
220			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
221			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
222			Higgins Greenway	1.2	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
223			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
224			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	3	62	4.8%	1.7%
225			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
226			White Deer Park	11.6	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
227			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
228			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
229			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
230			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
231			Homestead Park	19.3	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
232			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
233			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
234			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
235			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
236			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
237			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
238			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
239			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
240			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
241			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	1	50	2.0%	0.4%