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Where to find Pileated Woodpecker in May
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 May. 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			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
2			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	48	79	60.8%	49.7%
3			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	79	152	52.0%	44.1%
4			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
5			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	24	49	49.0%	35.6%
6			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	264	681	38.8%	35.2%
7			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
8			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	58	145	40.0%	32.4%
9			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	186	513	36.3%	32.2%
10			Raven Rock SP	23.9	23	53	43.4%	31.0%
11			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	212	616	34.4%	30.8%
12			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	14	30	46.7%	30.2%
13			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
14			Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
15			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
16			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	82	233	35.2%	29.3%
17			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	17	40	42.5%	28.5%
18			Parker Preserve	15.5	16	38	42.1%	27.9%
19			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	22	57	38.6%	27.1%
20			Wendell Park	22.6	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
21			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	29	80	36.2%	26.6%
22			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
23			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
24			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	26	74	35.1%	25.2%
25			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	62	201	30.8%	24.9%
26			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	12	30	40.0%	24.6%
27			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	25	73	34.2%	24.4%
28			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	20	57	35.1%	24.0%
29			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	19	54	35.2%	23.8%
30			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
31			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
32			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	21	62	33.9%	23.3%
33			Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
34			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	21	65	32.3%	22.2%
35			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	84	314	26.8%	22.2%
36			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	27	89	30.3%	21.8%
37			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	22	70	31.4%	21.8%
38			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	30	101	29.7%	21.7%
39			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	12	34	35.3%	21.5%
40			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
41			Schenck Forest	3.6	57	217	26.3%	20.9%
42			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	10	28	35.7%	20.7%
43			Raftery Park	7.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
44			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
45			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
46			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	176	755	23.3%	20.4%
47			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	31	111	27.9%	20.4%
48			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	12	37	32.4%	19.6%
49			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	9	26	34.6%	19.4%
50			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
51			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	24	89	27.0%	18.8%
52			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	16	55	29.1%	18.8%
53			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
54			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	11	35	31.4%	18.6%
55			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	15	52	28.8%	18.3%
56			Lake Betz	7.3	65	285	22.8%	18.3%
57			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	24	92	26.1%	18.2%
58			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	7	20	35.0%	18.1%
59			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
60			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
61			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	17	64	26.6%	17.3%
62			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	9	30	30.0%	16.7%
63			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	122	626	19.5%	16.6%
64			White Deer Park	11.6	16	64	25.0%	16.0%
65			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	17	70	24.3%	15.8%
66			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	7	23	30.4%	15.6%
67			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	24	108	22.2%	15.4%
68			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	13	52	25.0%	15.2%
69			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
70			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	59	309	19.1%	15.1%
71			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
72			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
73			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	19	86	22.1%	14.6%
74			Shelley Lake	8.1	27	134	20.1%	14.2%
75			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	8	30	26.7%	14.2%
76			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
77			Ritter Park	4.3	12	51	23.5%	14.0%
78			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	14	62	22.6%	14.0%
79			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	25	126	19.8%	13.8%
80			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	7	26	26.9%	13.7%
81			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
82			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	14	64	21.9%	13.5%
83			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	16	76	21.1%	13.4%
84			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
85			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
86			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
87			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	23	129	17.8%	12.2%
88			Lake Benson	11.9	8	35	22.9%	12.1%
89			Little Creek Trail	15.3	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
90			Apex Community Park	3.7	11	54	20.4%	11.8%
91			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
92			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
93			Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area	22.3	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
94			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
95			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	27	172	15.7%	11.0%
96			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
97			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
98			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	6	27	22.2%	10.6%
99			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	6	27	22.2%	10.6%
100			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
101			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
102			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
103			Strickland Park	8.9	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
104			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
105			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
106			Town Lake Park	23.4	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
107			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
108			Homestead Park	19.3	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
109			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	10	59	16.9%	9.5%
110			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
111			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
112			Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
113			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	6	31	19.4%	9.2%
114			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
115			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
116			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
117			Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
118			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
119			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
120			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
121			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
122			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	7	47	14.9%	7.4%
123			Falls Lake	15.1	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
124			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	7	48	14.6%	7.2%
125			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
126			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
127			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
128			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
129			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	6	41	14.6%	6.9%
130			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
131			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	7	54	13.0%	6.4%
132			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
133			Crowder District Park	6.8	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
134			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
135			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
136			Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
137			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
138			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
139			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
140			Eva Perry Library	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
141			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
142			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
143			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
144			East Clayton Community Park	23.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
145			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	52	681	7.6%	5.9%
146			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	6	49	12.2%	5.7%
147			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	4	28	14.3%	5.7%
148			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
149			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
150			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
151			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	7	62	11.3%	5.6%
152			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	4	30	13.3%	5.3%
153			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	4	32	12.5%	5.0%
154			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
155			Apex Nature Park	8.6	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
156			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
157			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
158			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
159			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
160			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
161			Lake Raleigh	6.0	10	121	8.3%	4.6%
162			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
163			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	5	48	10.4%	4.5%
164			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
165			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	5	55	9.1%	3.9%
166			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	6	76	7.9%	3.7%
167			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
168			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
169			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
170			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
171			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
172			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
173			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
174			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
175			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
176			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
177			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
178			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
179			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	17	384	4.4%	2.8%
180			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
181			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
182			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	18	491	3.7%	2.3%
183			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
184			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
185			Beaver Marsh	16.7	8	199	4.0%	2.1%
186			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
187			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
188			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	3	53	5.7%	1.9%
189			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
190			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
191			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
192			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
193			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	33	6.1%	1.7%
194			Fearrington Village	17.5	3	63	4.8%	1.6%
195			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
196			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
197			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
198			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
199			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
200			Lake Lynn	7.7	6	211	2.8%	1.3%
201			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
202			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	2	47	4.3%	1.2%
203			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
204			Lake Wheeler	8.2	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
205			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
206			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
207			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
208			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
209			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
210			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
211			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
212			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
213			17 Acre Woods	18.0	2	134	1.5%	0.4%
214			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	2	139	1.4%	0.4%
215			Bond Park	2.7	2	199	1.0%	0.3%
216			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	1	68	1.5%	0.3%
217			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
218			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	3	450	0.7%	0.2%
219			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	1	300	0.3%	0.1%