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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 7.3 109 129 84.5% 77.3%
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 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 71 92 77.2% 67.6%
14 Shelley Lake 8.1 52 66 78.8% 67.5%
15 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 46 59 78.0% 65.9%
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 7.2 190 347 54.8% 49.5%
34 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
35 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
36 Lake Lynn 7.7 51 88 58.0% 47.5%
37 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
38 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 41 70 58.6% 46.9%
39 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 28 46 60.9% 46.5%
40 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
41 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 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--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
48 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
49 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 98 219 44.7% 38.3%
50 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
51 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 22 44 50.0% 35.8%
52 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
53 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
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 89 305 29.2% 24.4%
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 39 35.9% 22.7%
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 The Hamner Institutes 8.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
97 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
98 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
99 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
100 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 13 39 33.3% 20.6%
103 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
104 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 28 103 27.2% 19.5%
105 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
106 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
107 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 16 58 27.6% 17.8%
108 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
109 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
110 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
111 Lake Benson 11.9 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
112 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
113 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
114 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
115 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
116 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 32 157 20.4% 14.8%
117 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
118 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
119 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
120 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
121 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
122 Falls Lake 15.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
123 Ritter Park 4.3 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
124 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
125 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
126 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
127 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
128 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
129 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
130 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
131 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 21 140 15.0% 10.0%
132 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
133 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
134 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
135 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
136 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
137 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
142 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
143 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
144 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 10 61 16.4% 9.2%
145 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
146 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
147 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
148 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
149 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 9 60 15.0% 8.1%
150 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
151 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
152 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
153 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
154 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
155 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
156 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
157 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
158 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
159 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
160 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
161 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
162 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
163 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
164 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
165 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
166 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
167 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
168 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 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 16 292 5.5% 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 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
187 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
188 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
189 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
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 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
198 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
199 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 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 White Deer Park 11.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
210 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 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%