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Where to find Great Blue Heron in June
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 June. 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			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	144	159	90.6%	85.0%
2			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	36	38	94.7%	82.7%
3			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	98	112	87.5%	80.1%
4			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	115	133	86.5%	79.6%
5			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	60	68	88.2%	78.5%
6			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	44	49	89.8%	78.2%
7			Lake Betz	7.3	109	130	83.8%	76.6%
8			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	257	320	80.3%	75.6%
9			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	11	11	100.0%	74.1%
10			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	11	11	100.0%	74.1%
11			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	39	45	86.7%	73.8%
12			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	19	21	90.5%	71.1%
13			Shelley Lake	8.1	52	66	78.8%	67.5%
14			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	69	90	76.7%	66.9%
15			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	47	60	78.3%	66.4%
16			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	17	20	85.0%	64.0%
17			Apex Community Park	3.7	16	19	84.2%	62.4%
18			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
19			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	58	82	70.7%	60.1%
20			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	14	17	82.4%	59.0%
21			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	16	20	80.0%	58.4%
22			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	30	41	73.2%	58.1%
23			Bond Park	2.7	47	68	69.1%	57.4%
24			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	84	129	65.1%	56.6%
25			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
26			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	8	9	88.9%	56.5%
27			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	26	36	72.2%	56.0%
28			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	18	24	75.0%	55.1%
29			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	96	153	62.7%	54.9%
30			Lake Raleigh	6.0	30	45	66.7%	52.1%
31			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	23	34	67.6%	50.8%
32			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	41	66	62.1%	50.1%
33			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	190	348	54.6%	49.3%
34			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	16	23	69.6%	49.1%
35			Lake Lynn	7.7	51	88	58.0%	47.5%
36			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
37			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	41	70	58.6%	46.9%
38			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	28	46	60.9%	46.5%
39			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	17	26	65.4%	46.2%
40			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	13	19	68.4%	46.0%
41			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	13	19	68.4%	46.0%
42			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
43			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	16	25	64.0%	44.5%
44			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
45			Town Lake Park	23.4	17	28	60.7%	42.4%
46			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
47			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
48			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
49			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
50			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	98	219	44.7%	38.3%
51			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
52			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	22	44	50.0%	35.8%
53			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
54			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
55			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	19	38	50.0%	34.8%
56			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
57			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
58			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
59			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
60			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
61			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
62			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
63			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
64			Schenck Forest	3.6	36	81	44.4%	34.1%
65			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
66			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	22	50	44.0%	31.2%
67			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
68			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
69			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
70			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
71			Carpenter Park	5.1	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
72			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
73			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
74			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
75			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	11	23	47.8%	29.2%
76			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
77			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	39	106	36.8%	28.2%
78			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
79			Beaver Marsh	16.7	44	123	35.8%	27.9%
80			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	17	41	41.5%	27.8%
81			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	22	56	39.3%	27.6%
82			Eastgate Park	9.5	11	26	42.3%	25.5%
83			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
84			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
85			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	89	306	29.1%	24.3%
86			Lake Wheeler	8.2	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
87			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
88			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
89			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	14	40	35.0%	22.1%
90			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	8	20	40.0%	21.9%
91			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
92			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
93			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
94			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
95			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
96			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
97			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
98			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
99			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
100			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
101			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	13	39	33.3%	20.6%
102			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
103			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	28	104	26.9%	19.3%
104			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
105			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
106			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	16	58	27.6%	17.8%
107			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
108			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
109			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
110			Lake Benson	11.9	9	32	28.1%	15.6%
111			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
112			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
113			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
114			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
115			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	32	158	20.3%	14.7%
116			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
117			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
118			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
119			Fearrington Village	17.5	8	35	22.9%	12.1%
120			Falls Lake	15.1	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
121			Ritter Park	4.3	6	24	25.0%	12.0%
122			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	5	19	26.3%	11.8%
123			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
124			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
125			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
126			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
127			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
128			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
129			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	21	140	15.0%	10.0%
130			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
131			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
132			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
133			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
134			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
135			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
136			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
137			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
138			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
139			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
140			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
141			Cates Creek Park	25.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
142			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
143			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	10	61	16.4%	9.2%
144			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
145			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
146			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
147			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
148			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	9	60	15.0%	8.1%
149			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
150			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
151			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	6	38	15.8%	7.4%
152			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
153			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
154			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
155			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
156			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
157			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
158			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
159			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
160			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
161			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	4	29	13.8%	5.5%
162			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
163			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
164			Raven Rock SP	23.9	4	33	12.1%	4.8%
165			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
166			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
167			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
168			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
169			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
170			Salem Pond Park	4.5	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
171			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	11	145	7.6%	4.3%
172			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	4	39	10.3%	4.1%
173			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	4	41	9.8%	3.9%
174			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
175			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
176			Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
177			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
178			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
179			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	16	296	5.4%	3.4%
180			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
181			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
182			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
183			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
184			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
185			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
186			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	3	40	7.5%	2.6%
187			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
188			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
189			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
190			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	3	46	6.5%	2.2%
191			Pullen Park	6.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
192			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
193			Higgins Greenway	1.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
194			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	3	50	6.0%	2.1%
195			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
196			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
197			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
198			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
199			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
200			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
201			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	2	36	5.6%	1.5%
202			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
203			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
204			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
205			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
206			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
207			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
208			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
209			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
210			White Deer Park	11.6	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
211			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	2	80	2.5%	0.7%
212			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
213			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
214			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	38	2.6%	0.5%