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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%