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Where to find Great Blue Heron 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 Great Blue Heron 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			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	147	152	96.7%	92.5%
2			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	100	114	87.7%	80.4%
3			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	50	55	90.9%	80.4%
4			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	91	104	87.5%	79.8%
5			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	25	27	92.6%	76.6%
6			Lake Lynn	7.7	584	734	79.6%	76.5%
7			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	24	26	92.3%	75.9%
8			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	12	12	100.0%	75.7%
9			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	142	175	81.1%	74.7%
10			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	686	888	77.3%	74.4%
11			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	35	40	87.5%	73.9%
12			Bond Park	2.7	156	195	80.0%	73.8%
13			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	49	59	83.1%	71.5%
14			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	332	443	74.9%	70.7%
15			Apex Community Park	3.7	55	69	79.7%	68.8%
16			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	37	45	82.2%	68.7%
17			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	46	57	80.7%	68.7%
18			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	132	176	75.0%	68.1%
19			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	38	47	80.9%	67.5%
20			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	32	39	82.1%	67.3%
21			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	21	25	84.0%	65.3%
22			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	41	53	77.4%	64.5%
23			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	42	55	76.4%	63.7%
24			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	140	201	69.7%	63.0%
25			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	35	46	76.1%	62.1%
26			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
27			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	35	47	74.5%	60.5%
28			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	9	10	90.0%	59.6%
29			Shelley Lake	8.1	62	90	68.9%	58.7%
30			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	65	97	67.0%	57.2%
31			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	34	48	70.8%	56.8%
32			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
33			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	61	92	66.3%	56.2%
34			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	76	117	65.0%	56.0%
35			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	18	24	75.0%	55.1%
36			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	12	15	80.0%	54.8%
37			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	21	29	72.4%	54.3%
38			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	124	203	61.1%	54.2%
39			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
40			Lake Wheeler	8.2	14	19	73.7%	51.2%
41			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
42			Lake Betz	7.3	100	177	56.5%	49.1%
43			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	233	439	53.1%	48.4%
44			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	11	15	73.3%	48.0%
45			Town Lake Park	23.4	22	35	62.9%	46.3%
46			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	13	19	68.4%	46.0%
47			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	18	28	64.3%	45.8%
48			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	14	21	66.7%	45.4%
49			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	180	358	50.3%	45.1%
50			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	48	88	54.5%	44.2%
51			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
52			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
53			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	22	37	59.5%	43.5%
54			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	12	19	63.2%	41.0%
55			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
56			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
57			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	28	54	51.9%	38.9%
58			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
59			Lake Benson	11.9	16	29	55.2%	37.5%
60			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	19	36	52.8%	37.0%
61			Lake Raleigh	6.0	34	71	47.9%	36.7%
62			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
63			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	17	33	51.5%	35.2%
64			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	70	167	41.9%	34.7%
65			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
66			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
67			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
68			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
69			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	22	46	47.8%	34.1%
70			Schenck Forest	3.6	82	207	39.6%	33.2%
71			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	15	30	50.0%	33.2%
72			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	240	680	35.3%	31.8%
73			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	14	29	48.3%	31.4%
74			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
75			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	15	32	46.9%	30.9%
76			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	24	56	42.9%	30.8%
77			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
78			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
79			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
80			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
81			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
82			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	38	105	36.2%	27.6%
83			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	17	44	38.6%	25.7%
84			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
85			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
86			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
87			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
88			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
89			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
90			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
91			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
92			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
93			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
94			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
95			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
96			Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
97			Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
98			Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
99			Beaver Marsh	16.7	44	165	26.7%	20.5%
100			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	24	84	28.6%	20.0%
101			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
102			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
103			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
104			Carpenter Park	5.1	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
105			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	27	112	24.1%	17.1%
106			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	75	369	20.3%	16.5%
107			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
108			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	7	24	29.2%	14.9%
109			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	76	446	17.0%	13.8%
110			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
111			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
112			Salem Pond Park	4.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
113			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
114			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
115			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
116			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
117			Ritter Park	4.3	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
118			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	6	26	23.1%	11.0%
119			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
120			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
121			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
122			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
123			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
124			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
125			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
126			Leesville Park	7.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
127			Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
128			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
129			Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
130			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	5	24	20.8%	9.2%
131			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	10	64	15.6%	8.7%
132			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
133			Eastgate Park	9.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
134			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
135			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	7	44	15.9%	7.9%
136			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	6	36	16.7%	7.9%
137			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
138			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
139			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	6	41	14.6%	6.9%
140			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
141			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
142			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
143			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
144			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
145			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
146			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
147			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
148			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	4	29	13.8%	5.5%
149			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	5	42	11.9%	5.2%
150			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	6	54	11.1%	5.2%
151			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	6	54	11.1%	5.2%
152			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	5	43	11.6%	5.1%
153			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	5	46	10.9%	4.7%
154			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
155			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
156			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
157			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
158			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
159			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
160			Strickland Park	8.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
161			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
162			17 Acre Woods	18.0	9	108	8.3%	4.4%
163			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
164			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	9	111	8.1%	4.3%
165			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	12	162	7.4%	4.3%
166			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
167			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
168			Falls Lake	15.1	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
169			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
170			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
171			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
172			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
173			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
174			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
175			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	15	294	5.1%	3.1%
176			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
177			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
178			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	4	55	7.3%	2.9%
179			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
180			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
181			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
182			Northgate Park	17.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
183			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
184			Williamson Preserve	19.2	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
185			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
186			Carrboro High School	18.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
187			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
188			Pullen Park	6.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
189			Raven Rock SP	23.9	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
190			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
191			Indian Trail Park	18.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
192			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
193			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
194			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
195			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
196			Fearrington Village	17.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
197			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	2	52	3.8%	1.1%
198			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
199			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
200			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
201			White Deer Park	11.6	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
202			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	2	88	2.3%	0.6%
203			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
204			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
205			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
206			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
207			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
208			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
209			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	1	63	1.6%	0.3%
210			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	1	105	1.0%	0.2%