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
Sep 2, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Female Bobcat with Kitten behind our house that backs up to Pinole Creek.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.97899 N, 122.26105 W
Aug 30, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Is this a bobcat
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.88613 N, 122.04872 W
Aug 29, 2026: Puma Sighting
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My mom got up last night at 1am ish cause the horses were banging around in the barn and you could hear it. She put on the security lights, heard a weird sound like a sprinkler, and when she looked outside it was crossing our lawn! Our dog has been acting really scared and strange outside the past two days, so that makes sense now. He has been barking a lot after sniffing the air.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 36.98300 N, 121.81400 W
Aug 29, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Large bobcat with striking black markings on its legs, paws, tail, and back.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.00606 N, 122.58132 W
Aug 29, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Not sure if Puma or Mountain Lion. Security camera caught it on video and it appears to be wearing a collar.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.44742 N, 122.17651 W
Aug 26, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Robust feline with distinct striped body/barred legs. Wheat-colored with sable spots and stripes. Approx 1.5 times size of large housecat. Legs proportionally longer than domestic cat. VERY short tail. Was in neighborhood hunting in shrubbery.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.10926 N, 122.51007 W
Aug 26, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Caught on Ring Camera headed from residential area towards back gate that leads into Hidden Valley Park.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.98206 N, 122.09376 W
Aug 23, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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This is our third sighting of this spectacular bobcat in my backyard since the fire on July 21 that came very close to our neighborhood burning over 900 acres of open space. It is extremely beautiful, and looks very healthy. I’m thinking it is a young male since it is larger than other bobcats I have seen in the past.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.63000 N, 121.81000 W
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 15, 2026: Puma Sighting
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uncollared puma, likely male.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.53390 N, 123.06520 W
Aug 15, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Upper part of the backyard. Two separate days.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.58800 N, 122.46000 W
Aug 14, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Seen by San Rafael civic center dog park.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.00000 N, 122.52906 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
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