Puma & Bobcat Sightings Map
While many people are confident they've seen a puma, not all of these sightings are accurate. The map below includes both confirmed and unverified puma sightings in the larger San Francisco Bay region (and beyond) since 2004.
Over time, this will help us evaluate problem areas, movement barriers for wildlife, and potential for human-puma conflict.
Have you seen a puma or bobcat in your neighborhood?
Sightings List
Aug 21, 2026: Puma Sighting
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This is our second sighting in two weeks - once from the backyard and this time in the front. It’s in the middle of the night and not bothering people.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.51300 N, 121.92000 W
Aug 18, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Seen on our wildlife camera
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.80648 N, 122.18245 W
Aug 16, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Our wildlife camera caught the cat once at 1 pm and again at 1:25. Our neighbor up the hill saw the puma just off the side of the road.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.38174 N, 122.14350 W
Aug 15, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Boyfriend saw in church parking lot thru the chain link fence.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.70384 N, 122.12067 W
Aug 13, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat caught on both our TrailCam and our Nest camera at 11:45pm. Walked by the side out house and jumped approx 6' up into an oak tree and climbed higher in the oak tree before camera stopped recording.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.89542 N, 122.14893 W
Aug 11, 2026: Puma Sighting
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A small cougar crossed Shaver as I was riding downhill. Around 8:30 a.m. He stopped in tall grass on downhill side of Shaver. I slowed to see if it was a bobcat or fox or what and it was definitely a mountain lion. Juvenile. I raced off quickly.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.96201 N, 122.59245 W
Aug 11, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat seen in the neighborhood
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.38122 N, 123.07629 W
Aug 10, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Video caught on Ring camera within 50 feet of our home and only a few feet from our outdoor storage barn. High traffic area, had just returned about an hour before and parked our car only a foot or two away from the area seen in the video clip.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 36.96373 N, 121.85047 W
Aug 9, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Ate pet cat at 607am.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 0.00000 N, 0.00000 E
Aug 9, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Puma walking along urban edge near housing.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.35333 N, 122.15615 W
Aug 9, 2026: Puma Sighting
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A dead deer was discovered on the property on Saturday, August 8th, buried under a pile of leaves and debris—a classic indicator of a mountain lion cache. The kill presumably occurred late Friday night, August 7th, or early Saturday morning, August 8th. We deployed a trail/security camera at the cache site on Saturday evening. Just after midnight on Sunday morning, August 9th, the camera recorded footage of a mountain lion returning to feed on the carcass.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.39837 N, 122.23966 W
Aug 8, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcats in backyard
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.87719 N, 122.03791 W
Aug 7, 2026: Puma Sighting
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2 or 3 Puma crossed up and through our drive way.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.39590 N, 122.25760 W
Aug 6, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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I saw a large grey looking cat in my backyard near my chicken coop. I made a loud noise by hitting my deck and it jumped over neighbors fence. I already lost 3 chickens.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.56767 N, 121.97526 W
Aug 5, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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On 08/05/206 , at approximately 0850 hrs, a Bobcat was observed on the second story roof of my residence. The bobcat moved from the roof to the ground level backyard of my residence before I lost sight of it.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.94893 N, 122.52711 W
Aug 5, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat that looks like it has mange walked through backyard at 3pm on 8/5
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.47208 N, 122.25479 W
Aug 5, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat walked through backyard at 3pm. Looks like it has mange
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.47208 N, 122.25479 W
Aug 5, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Small Bobcat caught on creekside TrailCam at 1am.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.89543 N, 122.14904 W
Aug 4, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Puma cub crossed the road in front of me as I was driving. It was heading toward Los Gatos Creek. Had a long tail and reminded me of Simba from The Lion King. Stopped and saw it cross back over the road behind me.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.16747 N, 121.97943 W
Aug 3, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Went across the road in front of my car around 6:11 am. Very long tail!
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.90126 N, 122.20714 W
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