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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 14.5 144 152 94.7% 90.0%
2 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 290 314 92.4% 88.9%
3 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 352 384 91.7% 88.5%
4 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 72 76 94.7% 87.2%
5 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 118 129 91.5% 85.4%
6 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 424 491 86.4% 83.0%
7 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 96 108 88.9% 81.6%
8 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 63 70 90.0% 80.8%
9 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 12 12 100.0% 75.7%
10 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 28 31 90.3% 75.1%
11 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 53 62 85.5% 74.7%
12 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 395 513 77.0% 73.2%
13 Shelley Lake 8.1 107 134 79.9% 72.3%
14 Lake Betz 7.3 214 285 75.1% 69.8%
15 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 45 55 81.8% 69.7%
16 Apex Community Park 3.7 44 54 81.5% 69.2%
17 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 17 19 89.5% 68.6%
18 Bond Park 2.7 148 199 74.4% 67.9%
19 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
20 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 35 43 81.4% 67.4%
21 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 533 755 70.6% 67.2%
22 Lake Lynn 7.7 155 211 73.5% 67.1%
23 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 221 309 71.5% 66.2%
24 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
25 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 141 201 70.1% 63.5%
26 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 24 30 80.0% 62.7%
27 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
28 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
29 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
30 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 23 30 76.7% 59.1%
31 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 52 76 68.4% 57.3%
32 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 91 139 65.5% 57.2%
33 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 45 66 68.2% 56.2%
34 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 53 79 67.1% 56.1%
35 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 57 86 66.3% 55.8%
36 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
37 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 143 233 61.4% 55.0%
38 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 25 35 71.4% 54.9%
39 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 17 23 73.9% 53.5%
40 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
41 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 38 58 65.5% 52.7%
42 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 45 70 64.3% 52.6%
43 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
44 Lake Raleigh 6.0 74 121 61.2% 52.3%
45 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 37 57 64.9% 51.9%
46 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 34 52 65.4% 51.8%
47 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
48 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
49 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 371 681 54.5% 50.7%
50 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 334 626 53.4% 49.4%
51 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 19 28 67.9% 49.3%
52 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 31 49 63.3% 49.3%
53 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
54 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
55 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 43 73 58.9% 47.4%
56 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 29 48 60.4% 46.3%
57 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
58 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
59 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 31 54 57.4% 44.2%
60 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 18 29 62.1% 44.0%
61 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
62 Lake Wheeler 8.2 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
63 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 66 126 52.4% 43.7%
64 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 21 35 60.0% 43.6%
65 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
66 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
67 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 24 41 58.5% 43.4%
68 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 20 34 58.8% 42.2%
69 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 27 49 55.1% 41.3%
70 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
71 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
72 Schenck Forest 3.6 100 217 46.1% 39.6%
73 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
74 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
75 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
76 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 15 27 55.6% 37.3%
77 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
78 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 28 57 49.1% 36.6%
79 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
80 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
81 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
82 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 23 48 47.9% 34.5%
83 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
84 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
85 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
86 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 16 33 48.5% 32.5%
87 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 42 101 41.6% 32.5%
88 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
89 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
90 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
91 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 27 48.1% 30.7%
92 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
93 Lake Benson 11.9 16 35 45.7% 30.5%
94 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
95 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
96 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
97 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
98 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
99 Hoffman Lake 2.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
100 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
101 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
102 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
103 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
104 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 19 47 40.4% 27.6%
105 Beaver Marsh 16.7 67 199 33.7% 27.5%
106 Falls Lake 15.1 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
107 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 27 74 36.5% 26.4%
108 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 197 681 28.9% 25.6%
109 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
110 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
111 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
112 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
113 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
114 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
115 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 20 64 31.2% 21.2%
116 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 21 68 30.9% 21.2%
117 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 23 77 29.9% 20.8%
118 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
119 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
120 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
121 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
122 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
123 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
124 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
126 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
127 Action Park 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
129 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
131 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
132 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
133 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 28 111 25.2% 18.1%
134 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
135 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
136 Wendell Park 22.6 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
137 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
138 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 114 616 18.5% 15.6%
139 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
140 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
141 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
142 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
143 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
144 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
145 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%
146 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 18 80 22.5% 14.7%
147 Fearrington Village 17.5 14 63 22.2% 13.7%
148 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
149 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
150 Town Lake Park 23.4 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
151 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
152 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 11 54 20.4% 11.8%
153 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
154 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
155 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
156 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
157 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 12 65 18.5% 10.9%
158 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
159 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
160 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 10 53 18.9% 10.6%
161 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 8 40 20.0% 10.5%
162 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
163 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
164 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
165 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
166 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
167 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
168 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
169 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
170 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 14 92 15.2% 9.3%
171 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
172 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
173 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
174 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
175 Ritter Park 4.3 8 51 15.7% 8.2%
176 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
177 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 8 52 15.4% 8.0%
178 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 45 450 10.0% 7.6%
179 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
180 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
181 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
182 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
183 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
184 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
185 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
186 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
187 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
188 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
189 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
190 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
191 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
192 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
193 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
194 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
195 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 14 145 9.7% 5.8%
196 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
197 17 Acre Woods 18.0 13 134 9.7% 5.8%
198 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
199 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
200 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
201 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
202 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 8 89 9.0% 4.6%
203 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
204 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
205 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
206 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
207 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
208 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
209 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
210 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 6 62 9.7% 4.5%
211 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
212 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
213 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
214 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
215 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 16 300 5.3% 3.3%
216 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
217 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
218 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
219 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 9 172 5.2% 2.8%
220 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
221 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
222 Inwood Rd. 7.3 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
223 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 5 89 5.6% 2.4%
224 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
225 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
226 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
227 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
228 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
229 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
230 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
231 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
232 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
233 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
234 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
235 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
236 Pullen Park 6.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
237 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
238 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
239 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
240 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 3 88 3.4% 1.2%
241 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
242 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
243 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
244 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
245 Homestead Park 19.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
246 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
247 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
248 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
249 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
250 White Deer Park 11.6 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
251 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
252 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
253 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
254 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
255 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
256 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 53 1.9% 0.3%