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Where to find Pileated Woodpecker in March
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 Pileated Woodpecker in March. 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 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 66 113 58.4% 49.2%
2 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 81 159 50.9% 43.2%
3 Raven Rock SP 23.9 19 35 54.3% 38.2%
4 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
5 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 21 45 46.7% 32.9%
6 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 187 532 35.2% 31.2%
7 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
8 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
9 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
10 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 16 36 44.4% 29.5%
11 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
12 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 31 84 36.9% 27.4%
13 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
14 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
15 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 28 77 36.4% 26.5%
16 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 16 41 39.0% 25.7%
17 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 25 70 35.7% 25.5%
18 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 33 97 34.0% 25.4%
19 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 172 617 27.9% 24.5%
20 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
21 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 30 93 32.3% 23.6%
22 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 17 48 35.4% 23.4%
23 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 65 232 28.0% 22.6%
24 Shelley Lake 8.1 37 125 29.6% 22.3%
25 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 13 37 35.1% 21.8%
26 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
27 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
28 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
29 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
30 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 13 41 31.7% 19.6%
34 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 29 109 26.6% 19.2%
35 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 49 199 24.6% 19.2%
36 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
37 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
38 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 12 39 30.8% 18.6%
39 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 11 35 31.4% 18.6%
40 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 23 88 26.1% 18.1%
41 Parker Preserve 15.5 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
42 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 29 119 24.4% 17.5%
43 Lake Betz 7.3 62 285 21.8% 17.4%
44 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 13 46 28.3% 17.3%
45 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
46 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 14 53 26.4% 16.4%
47 Wendell Park 22.6 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
48 Apex Community Park 3.7 29 129 22.5% 16.1%
49 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 51 251 20.3% 15.8%
50 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
51 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
52 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
53 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
54 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 114 649 17.6% 14.8%
55 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 50 24.0% 14.3%
56 Schenck Forest 3.6 37 194 19.1% 14.2%
57 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
58 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
59 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 16 74 21.6% 13.8%
60 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
61 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 17 80 21.2% 13.7%
62 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
63 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 12 53 22.6% 13.5%
64 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
65 Ritter Park 4.3 15 74 20.3% 12.7%
66 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
67 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
68 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
69 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
70 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
71 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 39 252 15.5% 11.5%
72 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
73 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 19 118 16.1% 10.6%
75 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 14 86 16.3% 10.0%
76 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 13 79 16.5% 9.9%
77 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
78 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
79 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
80 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
85 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 19 139 13.7% 8.9%
86 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 21 169 12.4% 8.3%
87 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
88 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 8 52 15.4% 8.0%
89 Lake Benson 11.9 10 71 14.1% 7.8%
90 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 44 428 10.3% 7.7%
91 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
92 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
93 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 8 55 14.5% 7.6%
94 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
95 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
96 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
97 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
98 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
99 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 59 13.6% 7.0%
100 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
101 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
102 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 8 63 12.7% 6.6%
103 Beaver Marsh 16.7 37 416 8.9% 6.5%
104 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
105 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
106 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
107 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
108 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
109 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
110 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
111 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
112 Town Lake Park 23.4 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
113 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 41 524 7.8% 5.8%
114 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
115 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
116 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
117 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
118 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
119 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
120 Lake Lynn 7.7 14 182 7.7% 4.6%
121 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
122 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
123 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
124 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
125 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
126 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
127 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
128 White Deer Park 11.6 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
129 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
130 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
131 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
132 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
133 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
134 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
135 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
136 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
137 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 82 7.3% 3.4%
138 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
139 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
140 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 70 7.1% 3.1%
141 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
142 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
143 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
144 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
145 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
146 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
147 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
148 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
149 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
150 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
151 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
152 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
153 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
154 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
155 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
156 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
157 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
158 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
159 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
160 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
161 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
162 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
163 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
164 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
165 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
166 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 131 3.8% 1.6%
167 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
168 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
169 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
170 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
171 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
172 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 73 4.1% 1.4%
173 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
174 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
175 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
176 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
177 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
178 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
179 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
180 Bond Park 2.7 4 179 2.2% 0.9%
181 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
182 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
183 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
184 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 3 174 1.7% 0.6%
185 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
186 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
187 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 118 1.7% 0.5%
188 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
189 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
190 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
191 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
192 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 118 0.8% 0.1%