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Where to find Turkey Vulture in January
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 Turkey Vulture in January. 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 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 156 209 74.6% 68.3%
2 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 103 141 73.0% 65.2%
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 537 817 65.7% 62.4%
4 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
5 Wendell Park 22.6 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
6 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 43 60 71.7% 59.2%
7 Williamson Preserve 19.2 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
8 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
9 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
10 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 111 197 56.3% 49.4%
11 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 19 28 67.9% 49.3%
12 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
13 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 31 50 62.0% 48.2%
14 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 83 150 55.3% 47.3%
15 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 38 68 55.9% 44.1%
16 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 218 448 48.7% 44.1%
17 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
18 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
19 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
20 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 38 70 54.3% 42.7%
21 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 206 436 47.2% 42.6%
22 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 20 34 58.8% 42.2%
23 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 45 87 51.7% 41.4%
24 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 21 37 56.8% 40.9%
25 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 68 142 47.9% 39.8%
26 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 20 36 55.6% 39.6%
27 Homestead Park 19.3 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
28 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
29 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 52 109 47.7% 38.6%
30 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 26 51 51.0% 37.7%
31 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 154 361 42.7% 37.7%
32 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 30 61 49.2% 37.1%
33 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
34 Higgins Greenway 1.2 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
35 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
36 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
37 Apex Nature Park 8.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
38 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
39 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
40 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
41 Fearrington Village 17.5 21 43 48.8% 34.6%
42 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 71 171 41.5% 34.4%
43 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
44 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
45 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
46 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
47 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
48 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
49 Lake Betz 7.3 133 346 38.4% 33.5%
50 Schenck Forest 3.6 98 250 39.2% 33.4%
51 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
52 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 17 35 48.6% 33.0%
53 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
54 Carrboro High School 18.4 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
55 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
56 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
57 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 24 57 42.1% 30.2%
58 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
59 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
60 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
61 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 24 58 41.4% 29.6%
62 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 29 73 39.7% 29.3%
63 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
64 Lake Lynn 7.7 59 164 36.0% 29.0%
65 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 30 77 39.0% 28.8%
66 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
67 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
68 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 63 184 34.2% 27.8%
69 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 147 462 31.8% 27.7%
70 stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024) 14.9 41 116 35.3% 27.2%
71 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 82 251 32.7% 27.2%
72 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
73 Crowder District Park 6.8 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
74 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
75 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
76 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
77 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
78 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 20 53 37.7% 25.9%
79 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
80 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
81 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
82 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 22 60 36.7% 25.6%
83 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
84 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
85 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
86 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 14 36 38.9% 24.8%
87 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 99 338 29.3% 24.7%
88 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
89 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
90 Raven Rock SP 23.9 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
91 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
92 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 29 87 33.3% 24.3%
93 White Deer Park 11.6 14 37 37.8% 24.1%
94 Shelley Lake 8.1 41 131 31.3% 24.0%
95 Inwood Rd. 7.3 30 92 32.6% 23.9%
96 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 26 78 33.3% 23.9%
97 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
98 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
99 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
100 Little Creek Trail 15.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
101 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 32 103 31.1% 22.9%
102 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
103 Apex Community Park 3.7 69 257 26.8% 21.8%
104 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 34 116 29.3% 21.8%
105 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 38 133 28.6% 21.6%
106 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
107 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
108 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
109 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 15 46 32.6% 20.9%
110 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
111 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
112 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
113 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
114 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
115 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
116 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
117 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
118 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
119 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
120 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 26 91 28.6% 20.3%
124 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 29 104 27.9% 20.2%
125 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 12 37 32.4% 19.6%
126 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 43 169 25.4% 19.5%
127 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
128 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
129 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
130 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
131 Lake Benson 11.9 38 150 25.3% 19.0%
132 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
133 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 27 102 26.5% 18.9%
134 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
135 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
136 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
137 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
138 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
139 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
140 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
141 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
142 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 27 111 24.3% 17.3%
143 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
144 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
145 Town Lake Park 23.4 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
146 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
147 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 12 45 26.7% 16.0%
148 Lake Wheeler 8.2 13 50 26.0% 15.9%
149 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
150 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
151 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
152 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
153 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
154 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 59 302 19.5% 15.5%
155 Lake Raleigh 6.0 29 135 21.5% 15.4%
156 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
157 Beaver Marsh 16.7 67 351 19.1% 15.3%
158 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 107 593 18.0% 15.2%
159 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
160 Valley Springs Park 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
161 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
162 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
163 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
164 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
165 Bond Park 2.7 29 145 20.0% 14.3%
166 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
167 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
168 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 19 89 21.3% 14.1%
169 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 13 56 23.2% 14.1%
170 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 37 196 18.9% 14.0%
171 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 13 57 22.8% 13.8%
172 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
173 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
174 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
175 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
176 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
177 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
178 Carpenter Park 5.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
179 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 30 175 17.1% 12.3%
180 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
181 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
182 Eden Lakes 23.7 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
183 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
184 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
185 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
186 Pullen Park 6.6 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
187 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
188 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
189 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
190 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 28 190 14.7% 10.4%
191 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
192 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
193 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
194 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
195 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
196 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
197 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
198 Strickland Park 8.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
199 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
200 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
201 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
202 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
203 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
204 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
205 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
206 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
207 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
208 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
209 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
210 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
211 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
212 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 Greene Tract 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
215 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
216 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
217 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 8 47 17.0% 8.9%
218 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 11 71 15.5% 8.9%
219 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
220 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 11 73 15.1% 8.6%
221 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
222 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
223 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
224 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
225 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
226 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
227 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
228 Falls Lake 15.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
229 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
230 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
231 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
232 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
233 Ritter Park 4.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
234 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 9 70 12.9% 6.9%
235 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
236 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
237 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
238 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
239 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
240 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
241 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
242 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
243 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
244 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
245 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
246 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
247 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 12 121 9.9% 5.8%
248 17 Acre Woods 18.0 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
249 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
250 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
251 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
252 Morris Green Park 16.0 7 65 10.8% 5.3%
253 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
254 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
255 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
256 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
257 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
258 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
259 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
260 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 8 92 8.7% 4.5%
261 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
262 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
263 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
264 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
265 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
266 Fallon park 8.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
267 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
268 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
269 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
270 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
271 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
272 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
273 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
274 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 82 6.1% 2.6%
275 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
276 Lyon Park 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
277 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
278 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
279 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
280 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
281 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
282 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
283 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
284 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%