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Where to find Northern Cardinal in October
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 Northern Cardinal in October. 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 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 496 527 94.1% 91.8%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 233 254 91.7% 87.7%
3 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 191 208 91.8% 87.3%
4 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 37 38 97.4% 86.5%
5 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 92 99 92.9% 86.1%
6 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 72 77 93.5% 85.7%
7 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 143 157 91.1% 85.6%
8 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 93 101 92.1% 85.1%
9 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 31 32 96.9% 84.3%
10 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 334 380 87.9% 84.2%
11 Bond Park 2.7 153 171 89.5% 84.0%
12 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 20 20 100.0% 83.9%
13 Lake Lynn 7.7 415 477 87.0% 83.7%
14 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 137 159 86.2% 79.9%
15 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 293 352 83.2% 79.0%
16 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 28 30 93.3% 78.7%
17 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 45 50 90.0% 78.6%
18 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 20 21 95.2% 77.3%
19 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 20 21 95.2% 77.3%
20 17 Acre Woods 18.0 91 107 85.0% 77.1%
21 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 38 43 88.4% 75.5%
22 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 260 325 80.0% 75.3%
23 Schenck Forest 3.6 163 201 81.1% 75.1%
24 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 23 25 92.0% 75.0%
25 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 45 52 86.5% 74.7%
26 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 17 18 94.4% 74.2%
27 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 22 24 91.7% 74.2%
28 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 72 87 82.8% 73.5%
29 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 38 44 86.4% 73.3%
30 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 122 152 80.3% 73.2%
31 White Deer Park 11.6 21 23 91.3% 73.2%
32 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
33 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 32 37 86.5% 72.0%
34 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 15 16 93.8% 71.7%
35 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 35 41 85.4% 71.6%
36 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 131 168 78.0% 71.1%
37 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 19 21 90.5% 71.1%
38 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 19 21 90.5% 71.1%
39 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 34 40 85.0% 70.9%
40 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 37 44 84.1% 70.6%
41 Apex Community Park 3.7 50 61 82.0% 70.5%
42 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
43 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 36 43 83.7% 70.0%
44 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 28 33 84.8% 69.1%
45 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 17 19 89.5% 68.6%
46 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 294 403 73.0% 68.4%
47 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 30 36 83.3% 68.1%
48 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 20 23 87.0% 67.9%
49 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
50 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
51 Shelley Lake 8.1 59 78 75.6% 65.1%
52 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 26 32 81.2% 64.7%
53 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
54 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
55 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 20 24 83.3% 64.1%
56 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 17 20 85.0% 64.0%
57 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 32 41 78.0% 63.3%
58 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 34 44 77.3% 63.0%
59 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 36 47 76.6% 62.8%
60 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 16 19 84.2% 62.4%
61 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 21 26 80.8% 62.1%
62 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 50 68 73.5% 62.0%
63 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 71 100 71.0% 61.5%
64 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 25 32 78.1% 61.2%
65 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
66 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
67 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 29 38 76.3% 60.8%
68 Lake Benson 11.9 22 28 78.6% 60.5%
69 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 84 122 68.9% 60.2%
70 Ritter Park 4.3 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
71 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
72 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 26 34 76.5% 60.0%
73 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 19 24 79.2% 59.5%
74 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 47 66 71.2% 59.4%
75 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
76 Lake Betz 7.3 102 153 66.7% 58.9%
77 Williamson Preserve 19.2 16 20 80.0% 58.4%
78 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
79 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
80 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
81 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
82 Wendell Park 22.6 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
83 Lake Raleigh 6.0 42 61 68.9% 56.4%
84 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 61 92 66.3% 56.2%
85 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
86 Homestead Park 19.3 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
87 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 92 146 63.0% 54.9%
88 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 30 43 69.8% 54.9%
89 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 21 29 72.4% 54.3%
90 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 35 52 67.3% 53.8%
91 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
92 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
93 Indian Trail Park 18.1 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
94 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 19 27 70.4% 51.5%
95 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
96 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
97 Eastgate Park 9.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
98 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
99 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
100 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
101 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
102 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 352 647 54.4% 50.6%
103 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
104 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
105 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 61 104 58.7% 49.0%
106 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
107 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
108 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
109 Town Lake Park 23.4 21 32 65.6% 48.3%
110 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
111 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
112 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 21 33 63.6% 46.6%
113 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 38 65 58.5% 46.3%
114 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 25 41 61.0% 45.7%
115 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 78 145 53.8% 45.7%
116 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
117 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
118 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
119 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
120 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
121 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
122 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
123 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
124 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
125 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
126 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
127 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 180 369 48.8% 43.7%
128 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
129 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
130 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
131 Raven Rock SP 23.9 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
132 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 28 60.7% 42.4%
133 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 35 66 53.0% 41.2%
134 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
135 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
136 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
137 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 16 27 59.3% 40.7%
138 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
139 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
140 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
141 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
142 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 18 33 54.5% 38.0%
143 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 27 53 50.9% 37.9%
144 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
145 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
146 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
147 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
148 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
149 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 24 47 51.1% 37.2%
150 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 23 45 51.1% 37.0%
151 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
152 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
153 Crowder District Park 6.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
154 Carrboro High School 18.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
155 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
156 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
157 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
158 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
159 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
160 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
161 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
162 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
163 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
164 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
165 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
166 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
167 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
168 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
169 Cates Creek Park 25.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
170 Lyon Park 15.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
171 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 18 37 48.6% 33.4%
172 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
173 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
174 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
175 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
176 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
177 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
178 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
179 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
180 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
181 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
182 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
183 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
184 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
185 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 30 76 39.5% 29.2%
186 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
187 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
188 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
189 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
190 Beaver Marsh 16.7 51 161 31.7% 25.0%
191 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
192 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
193 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
194 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
195 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
196 Pullen Park 6.6 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
197 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
198 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
199 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
200 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
201 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
202 Action Park 13.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
203 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
204 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
205 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
206 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
207 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
208 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
209 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
210 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
211 Fallon park 8.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
212 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
213 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
214 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
215 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
216 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
217 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
218 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
219 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
220 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
221 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
222 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
223 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
224 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
225 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
226 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
227 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
228 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
229 East End Park 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
230 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
231 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
232 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
233 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
234 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
235 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
236 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 11 35 31.4% 18.6%
237 Parker Preserve 15.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
238 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
239 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
240 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
241 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 17 71 23.9% 15.5%
242 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
243 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
244 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
245 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
246 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
247 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
248 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
249 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 10 44 22.7% 12.8%
250 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
251 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
252 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
253 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
254 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
255 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
256 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
257 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
258 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
259 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
260 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
261 Jaycee Park 6.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
262 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
263 Northgate Park 17.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
264 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
265 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
266 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
267 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
268 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
269 Strickland Park 8.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
270 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
271 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
272 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
273 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
274 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
275 Falls Lake 15.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
276 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
277 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
278 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
279 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
280 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
281 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
282 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%