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Where to find Great Blue Heron in June
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

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			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	41	43	95.3%	84.5%
2			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	63	68	92.6%	83.9%
3			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	188	212	88.7%	83.7%
4			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	115	131	87.8%	81.1%
5			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	84	95	88.4%	80.4%
6			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	157	184	85.3%	79.5%
7			Lake Betz	7.3	160	188	85.1%	79.3%
8			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	38	42	90.5%	77.9%
9			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	11	11	100.0%	74.1%
10			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	348	449	77.5%	73.4%
11			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	10	10	100.0%	72.2%
12			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	73	90	81.1%	71.8%
13			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	104	135	77.0%	69.3%
14			Shelley Lake	8.1	73	93	78.5%	69.1%
15			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	103	137	75.2%	67.3%
16			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	12	13	92.3%	66.7%
17			Apex Community Park	3.7	27	33	81.8%	65.6%
18			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	45	58	77.6%	65.3%
19			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	77	108	71.3%	62.1%
20			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	149	219	68.0%	61.6%
21			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	18	22	81.8%	61.5%
22			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	20	25	80.0%	60.9%
23			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	8	9	88.9%	56.5%
24			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	8	9	88.9%	56.5%
25			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	42	61	68.9%	56.4%
26			Bond Park	2.7	57	86	66.3%	55.8%
27			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	106	168	63.1%	55.6%
28			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	22	30	73.3%	55.6%
29			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	22	30	73.3%	55.6%
30			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY	12.4	34	49	69.4%	55.5%
31			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	10	12	83.3%	55.2%
32			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	16	21	76.2%	54.9%
33			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	17	23	73.9%	53.5%
34			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	31	47	66.0%	51.7%
35			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	53	86	61.6%	51.1%
36			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	23	34	67.6%	50.8%
37			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	248	456	54.4%	49.8%
38			Lake Lynn	7.7	70	120	58.3%	49.4%
39			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	20	30	66.7%	48.8%
40			Carpenter Park	5.1	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
41			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	25	39	64.1%	48.4%
42			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	17	25	68.0%	48.4%
43			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	44	74	59.5%	48.1%
44			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
45			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
46			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
47			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	20	32	62.5%	45.3%
48			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	16	25	64.0%	44.5%
49			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
50			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
51			Lake Raleigh	6.0	34	62	54.8%	42.5%
52			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	11	17	64.7%	41.3%
53			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
54			Town Lake Park	23.4	18	31	58.1%	40.8%
55			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	136	294	46.3%	40.6%
56			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
57			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
58			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
59			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
60			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	25	51	49.0%	35.9%
61			Lake Wheeler	8.2	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
62			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
63			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
64			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
65			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
66			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
67			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
68			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
69			South Point Mall Retention Pond	12.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
70			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	26	57	45.6%	33.4%
71			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
72			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
73			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	22	49	44.9%	31.9%
74			Schenck Forest	3.6	40	98	40.8%	31.6%
75			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
76			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	47	119	39.5%	31.2%
77			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
78			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
79			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
80			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
81			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
82			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
83			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	27	69	39.1%	28.5%
84			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	29	75	38.7%	28.5%
85			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	15	35	42.9%	28.0%
86			Beaver Marsh	16.7	49	140	35.0%	27.6%
87			Eastgate Park	9.5	12	27	44.4%	27.6%
88			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
89			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	11	25	44.0%	26.7%
90			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	10	23	43.5%	25.6%
91			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
92			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
93			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
94			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	118	406	29.1%	24.9%
95			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
96			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	9	22	40.9%	23.3%
97			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
98			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	18	54	33.3%	22.2%
99			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
100			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
101			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
102			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
103			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	58	223	26.0%	20.7%
104			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
105			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
106			Little Beaverdam Creek	18.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
107			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
108			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
109			Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
110			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
111			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
112			Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive	1.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
113			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	14	43	32.6%	20.5%
114			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
115			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	9	25	36.0%	20.2%
116			Lake Benson	11.9	12	36	33.3%	20.2%
117			Falls Lake	15.1	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
118			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
119			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	8	23	34.8%	18.8%
120			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
121			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
122			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	20	72	27.8%	18.8%
123			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	29	113	25.7%	18.5%
124			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
125			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	17	61	27.9%	18.2%
126			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	47	220	21.4%	16.5%
127			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
128			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
129			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
130			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
131			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
132			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
133			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
134			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	6	22	27.3%	13.2%
135			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
136			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	5	19	26.3%	11.8%
137			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
138			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
139			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
140			Ritter Park	4.3	6	25	24.0%	11.5%
141			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	6	25	24.0%	11.5%
142			Fearrington Village	17.5	8	37	21.6%	11.4%
143			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	6	26	23.1%	11.0%
144			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
145			Cedar Fork District Park	3.1	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
146			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	14	87	16.1%	9.8%
147			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
148			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
149			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
150			Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
151			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
152			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
153			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
154			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
155			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
156			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
157			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
158			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
159			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
160			Salem Pond Park	4.5	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
161			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
162			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
163			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
164			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
165			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	9	65	13.8%	7.5%
166			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
167			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	8	63	12.7%	6.6%
168			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
169			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
170			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
171			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
172			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
173			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	5	37	13.5%	5.9%
174			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
175			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
176			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	6	58	10.3%	4.8%
177			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
178			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
179			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
180			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
181			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
182			Cates Creek Park	25.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
183			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	5	48	10.4%	4.5%
184			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
185			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
186			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	4	37	10.8%	4.3%
187			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	4	37	10.8%	4.3%
188			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	23	363	6.3%	4.3%
189			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	12	169	7.1%	4.1%
190			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
191			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
192			Raven Rock SP	23.9	4	46	8.7%	3.4%
193			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
194			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
195			Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
196			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
197			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	5	72	6.9%	3.0%
198			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	3	36	8.3%	2.9%
199			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	3	39	7.7%	2.7%
200			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	4	61	6.6%	2.6%
201			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
202			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
203			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
204			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
205			UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
206			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	3	50	6.0%	2.1%
207			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
208			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
209			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	3	53	5.7%	1.9%
210			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
211			Pullen Park	6.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
212			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
213			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
214			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
215			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
216			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
217			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
218			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
219			Higgins Greenway	1.2	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
220			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
221			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
222			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
223			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
224			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
225			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
226			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
227			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
228			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
229			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
230			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
231			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	2	82	2.4%	0.7%
232			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
233			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	2	86	2.3%	0.6%
234			17 Acre Woods	18.0	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
235			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
236			White Deer Park	11.6	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
237			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
238			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	55	1.8%	0.3%