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Where to find Great Blue Heron in July
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 July. 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	208	214	97.2%	94.0%
2			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	88	91	96.7%	90.8%
3			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	67	70	95.7%	88.1%
4			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	45	47	95.7%	85.8%
5			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	101	111	91.0%	84.2%
6			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	37	39	94.9%	83.1%
7			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	45	51	88.2%	76.6%
8			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	8	8	100.0%	67.6%
9			Lake Betz	7.3	99	132	75.0%	67.0%
10			Lake Lynn	7.7	110	154	71.4%	63.8%
11			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	19	23	82.6%	62.9%
12			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	29	37	78.4%	62.8%
13			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	175	255	68.6%	62.7%
14			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	36	48	75.0%	61.2%
15			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	72	102	70.6%	61.1%
16			Shelley Lake	8.1	54	76	71.1%	60.0%
17			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	9	10	90.0%	59.6%
18			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	77	115	67.0%	57.9%
19			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	13	16	81.2%	57.0%
20			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	65	98	66.3%	56.5%
21			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
22			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	37	57	64.9%	51.9%
23			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
24			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
25			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	17	24	70.8%	50.8%
26			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
27			Bond Park	2.7	32	51	62.7%	49.0%
28			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
29			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
30			Town Lake Park	23.4	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
31			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	14	20	70.0%	48.1%
32			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
33			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
34			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
35			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	13	21	61.9%	40.9%
36			Lake Raleigh	6.0	17	29	58.6%	40.7%
37			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	55	111	49.5%	40.4%
38			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
39			Lake Wheeler	8.2	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
40			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
41			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
42			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	18	33	54.5%	38.0%
43			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
44			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	21	40	52.5%	37.5%
45			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	11	19	57.9%	36.3%
46			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	10	17	58.8%	36.0%
47			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
48			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
49			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
50			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	9	15	60.0%	35.7%
51			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	24	50	48.0%	34.8%
52			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
53			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
54			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
55			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
56			Apex Community Park	3.7	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
57			Schenck Forest	3.6	31	71	43.7%	32.7%
58			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	10	19	52.6%	31.7%
59			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
60			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	36	89	40.4%	30.9%
61			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	13	27	48.1%	30.7%
62			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
63			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
64			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
65			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
66			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
67			Hoffman Lake	2.4	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
68			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	20	47	42.6%	29.5%
69			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	29	74	39.2%	28.9%
70			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
71			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
72			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	55	172	32.0%	25.5%
73			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
74			Beaver Marsh	16.7	43	142	30.3%	23.3%
75			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
76			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
77			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	10	26	38.5%	22.4%
78			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
79			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
80			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	11	31	35.5%	21.1%
81			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
82			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
83			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
84			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
85			Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
86			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
87			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
88			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
89			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
90			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
91			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
92			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
93			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
94			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
95			Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
96			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
97			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
98			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
99			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	14	46	30.4%	19.1%
100			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
101			Eastgate Park	9.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
102			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
103			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
104			Lake Benson	11.9	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
105			Wendell Park	22.6	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
106			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	46	221	20.8%	16.0%
107			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
108			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	38	188	20.2%	15.1%
109			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
110			Williamson Preserve	19.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
111			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
112			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
113			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	8	33	24.2%	12.8%
114			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
115			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	9	39	23.1%	12.6%
116			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	5	19	26.3%	11.8%
117			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
118			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
119			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
120			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	6	29	20.7%	9.8%
121			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
122			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
123			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
124			Carrboro High School	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
125			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
126			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
127			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
128			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
129			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
130			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
131			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
132			Ritter Park	4.3	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
133			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
134			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
135			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
136			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
137			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
138			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
139			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	12	112	10.7%	6.2%
140			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
141			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
142			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
143			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
144			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
145			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	5	39	12.8%	5.6%
146			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
147			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
148			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
149			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
150			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
151			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	6	68	8.8%	4.1%
152			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
153			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
154			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
155			Raven Rock SP	23.9	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
156			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
157			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
158			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
159			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
160			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
161			Fearrington Village	17.5	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
162			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
163			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
164			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
165			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
166			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
167			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	4	91	4.4%	1.7%
168			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
169			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	2	36	5.6%	1.5%
170			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
171			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
172			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
173			Dorothea Dix	6.6	4	149	2.7%	1.0%
174			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
175			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
176			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
177			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	3	163	1.8%	0.6%