Where to See Great Blue Heron in Natchez Trace Parkway

Sighting map

Great Blue Heron sightings in Natchez Trace

Loading the Natchez Trace map

FewerMore sightings

Where Great Blue Heron has been reported, from 28 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

Keep this map with you offline in the Parkwolf app

Timing

When to look

12 AM5% of the busiest hour1 AM4% of the busiest hour2 AM3% of the busiest hour3 AM3% of the busiest hour4 AM5% of the busiest hour5 AM20% of the busiest hour6 AM75% of the busiest hour7 AM95% of the busiest hour8 AM85% of the busiest hour9 AM70% of the busiest hour10 AM65% of the busiest hour11 AM60% of the busiest hourNoon58% of the busiest hour1 PM60% of the busiest hour2 PM65% of the busiest hour3 PM72% of the busiest hour4 PM80% of the busiest hour5 PM90% of the busiest hour6 PMBusiest hour7 PM88% of the busiest hour8 PM45% of the busiest hour9 PM18% of the busiest hour10 PM10% of the busiest hour11 PM7% of the busiest hour

Great Blue Heron is most seen 7–9 AM and 5–8 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	5%
1 AM	4%
2 AM	3%
3 AM	3%
4 AM	5%
5 AM	20%
6 AM	75%
7 AM	95%
8 AM	85%
9 AM	70%
10 AM	65%
11 AM	60%
Noon	58%
1 PM	60%
2 PM	65%
3 PM	72%
4 PM	80%
5 PM	90%
6 PM	100%
7 PM	88%
8 PM	45%
9 PM	18%
10 PM	10%
11 PM	7%

Audio tour

Hear about Great Blue Heron on the drive.

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

Natchez Trace Tour Guide

The Heron's Long Pause

0:00 / 0:24

“At a Parkway water stop, look at the shoreline before the open water. A great blue heron can stand almost motionless in the shallows, then strike suddenly at a fish.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Natchez Trace Tour Guide.

4.7 from 8,600+ ratings

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

Find Wildlife in Parkwolf

Every sighting map, in your pocket.

12 sighting mapsfor Natchez Trace, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
272 audio storiesplay as you drive Natchez Trace, wildlife included

4.7 from 8,600+ ratings

Wildlife

More wildlife in Natchez Trace

All 12 sighting maps

39 sightingsAmerican AlligatorAlligator mississippiensisMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

35 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianusMost seen 6–8 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

53 sightingsWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoMost seen 6–8 AM & 5 PMSighting map

29 sightingsRed-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusMost seen 7–10 AMSighting map

32 sightingsTurkey VultureCathartes auraMost seen 10 AM–3 PMSighting map

15 sightingsEastern CopperheadAgkistrodon contortrixMost seen 7 PMSighting map

51 sightingsFowler's ToadAnaxyrus fowleriMost seen 7 PMSighting map

28 sightingsGreen FrogLithobates clamitansMost seen 6–8 PMSighting map

Where to see Great Blue Heron in Natchez Trace