Where to See Great Blue Heron in Cuyahoga Valley National Park

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Great Blue Heron sightings in Cuyahoga Valley

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Where Great Blue Heron has been reported, from 1,433 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM2% of the busiest hour1 AM2% of the busiest hour2 AM2% of the busiest hour3 AM3% of the busiest hour4 AM11% of the busiest hour5 AM67% of the busiest hour6 AMBusiest hour7 AM94% of the busiest hour8 AM89% of the busiest hour9 AM78% of the busiest hour10 AM67% of the busiest hour11 AM61% of the busiest hourNoon61% of the busiest hour1 PM61% of the busiest hour2 PM67% of the busiest hour3 PM72% of the busiest hour4 PM83% of the busiest hour5 PM94% of the busiest hour6 PMBusiest hour7 PMBusiest hour8 PM89% of the busiest hour9 PM22% of the busiest hour10 PM9% of the busiest hour11 PM4% of the busiest hour

Great Blue Heron is most seen 6–9 AM and 5–9 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Great Blue Heron sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	2%
1 AM	2%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	3%
4 AM	11%
5 AM	67%
6 AM	100%
7 AM	94%
8 AM	89%
9 AM	78%
10 AM	67%
11 AM	61%
Noon	61%
1 PM	61%
2 PM	67%
3 PM	72%
4 PM	83%
5 PM	94%
6 PM	100%
7 PM	100%
8 PM	89%
9 PM	22%
10 PM	9%
11 PM	4%

Audio tour

Hear about Great Blue Heron on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Cuyahoga Valley, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Cuyahoga Valley Tour Guide

A Heron’s Sudden Strike

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“A great blue heron standing still at the water's edge is worth watching. It may be hunting, waiting for prey to come within reach before snapping its long neck forward.”

Plays as you drive near Lock 35 in Parkwolf’s Cuyahoga Valley Tour Guide.

One more story about Great Blue Heron in the app

Bath Road Heronry

4.7 from 8,600+ ratings

Where to look

Cuyahoga Valley spots that mention Great Blue Heron

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Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Great Blue Heron. A good start, never a guarantee.

Places

SightBath Road HeronryA spring heron nursery watched from a roadside pullout.

Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

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Wildlife

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102 sightingsTrumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorMost seen 7–9 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map

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132 sightingsBarred OwlStrix variaMost seen 5 AM & 8 PMSighting map

Where to see Great Blue Heron in Cuyahoga Valley