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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	423	489	86.5%	83.2%
7			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	96	107	89.7%	82.5%
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	139	199	69.8%	63.1%
26			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	13	15	86.7%	62.1%
27			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	23	29	79.3%	61.6%
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			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	91	139	65.5%	57.2%
32			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	51	75	68.0%	56.8%
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			Lake Raleigh	6.0	74	119	62.2%	53.2%
41			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	13	17	76.5%	52.7%
42			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	38	58	65.5%	52.7%
43			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	45	70	64.3%	52.6%
44			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	11	14	78.6%	52.4%
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	680	54.6%	50.8%
50			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	334	624	53.5%	49.6%
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			Schenck Forest	3.6	100	216	46.3%	39.8%
72			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
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			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	23	48	47.9%	34.5%
82			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
83			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	11	20	55.0%	34.2%
84			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
85			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	16	33	48.5%	32.5%
86			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	42	101	41.6%	32.5%
87			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
88			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
89			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
90			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	13	27	48.1%	30.7%
91			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	11	22	50.0%	30.7%
92			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
93			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
94			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
95			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
96			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
97			Hoffman Lake	2.4	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
98			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
99			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
100			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
101			Lake Benson	11.9	15	34	44.1%	28.9%
102			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
103			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	19	47	40.4%	27.6%
104			Beaver Marsh	16.7	67	199	33.7%	27.5%
105			Falls Lake	15.1	10	22	45.5%	26.9%
106			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	27	74	36.5%	26.4%
107			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	196	676	29.0%	25.7%
108			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
109			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	12	30	40.0%	24.6%
110			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
111			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
112			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
113			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
114			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	20	64	31.2%	21.2%
115			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	21	68	30.9%	21.2%
116			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	23	76	30.3%	21.1%
117			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
118			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
119			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
120			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
121			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
122			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
123			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	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			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
142			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
143			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
144			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
145			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
146			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%
147			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	18	80	22.5%	14.7%
148			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	8	30	26.7%	14.2%
149			Fearrington Village	17.5	14	63	22.2%	13.7%
150			Williamson Preserve	19.2	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
151			Town Lake Park	23.4	6	23	26.1%	12.5%
152			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	7	29	24.1%	12.2%
153			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	11	54	20.4%	11.8%
154			Shaw Lake	9.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
155			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	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	64	18.8%	11.1%
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			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	14	144	9.7%	5.9%
195			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
196			17 Acre Woods	18.0	13	134	9.7%	5.8%
197			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	5	38	13.2%	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	88	9.1%	4.7%
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	46	8.7%	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			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	9	172	5.2%	2.8%
219			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
220			Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
221			Inwood Rd.	7.3	4	62	6.5%	2.5%
222			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	5	89	5.6%	2.4%
223			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
224			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
225			Eastgate Park	9.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
226			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
227			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
228			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
229			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
230			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
231			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
232			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
233			Pullen Park	6.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
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			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
237			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
238			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
239			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	3	84	3.6%	1.2%
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%