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
Oct 2, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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The bobcat killed 4 of our chickens.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.56000 N, 122.35000 W
Oct 2, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.84100 N, 122.20000 W
Oct 1, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Saw a fairly long, feline body type scurry into the brushes as I was coming up the trail with my dog on leash. Did not get a clear view of the head, and cannot confirm whether it was a puma, but it was much too big to be any number of other potential animals we occasionally get around these parts. And it moved very quickly, low to the ground. Stayed in the scrub as we ascended. Wish I had been able to get a photo, but not the right circumstances.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.74017 N, 122.45210 W
Sep 30, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Mountain lion in our front lawn at 2am on Sunday 10/2/22
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.31000 N, 122.07000 W
Sep 29, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Camera spotted mountain lion walking slowly in backyard by our shed.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.84075 N, 122.20351 W
Sep 28, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Last night at 2:11am. He/she was walking from south (intersection of Skyline x Tunitas Creek) to NW
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.42494 N, 122.31389 W
Sep 28, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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Kids, wife and myself saw on our fence and then jumped into tree. No pic
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.83477 N, 121.98565 W
Sep 26, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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This bobcat walked next to my house this morning. It was seen on my security camera.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.41260 N, 121.77578 W
Sep 26, 2022: Puma Sighting
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4 videos of Puma in both directions, shortlt after large deer in same area
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.54517 N, 122.48677 W
Sep 23, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Just a little heads up that we had a visitor last night around 3:40AM at the top of Cuesta Real. I've had our wildlife camera pointed at the street for about 6 months and this is the first time I've caught a mountain lion on camera. Our night visitor skunk went by at 3:38AM and I was worried about him, but at 3:44AM, the skunk was captured on film going the other direction. So I guess the mountain lion knows who not to tangle with.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.32258 N, 122.27115 W
Sep 23, 2022: Puma Sighting
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While I was taking out the recycling my friend was in the top carport area looking down in my direction and got my attention and told me to get inside because right below the balcony where my complex’s trash bins are a mountain Lion was laying down in the shade, below the stairs. She said what caught her eye was the long catlike tail movement, but it was very large and clearly not a cat
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.01011 N, 122.53494 W
Sep 23, 2022: Puma Sighting
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In front of our residence
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.31922 N, 122.26335 W
Sep 22, 2022: Puma Sighting
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9/22 at 4:12am. He/she was walking down our driveway from north to south
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.42495 N, 122.31390 W
Sep 21, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Mountain lion strolling between house and shop
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.32300 N, 122.26000 W
Sep 15, 2022: Puma Sighting
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My neighbor Sherry Rufini let everyone know she saw a mountain lion in her back yard and we thought we saw it too. it was about 9am this morning. This is a very hilly area with lots of turkeys and deer to hunt! A Bobcat also lives here and had two kittens a few years ago that we watched grow up.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.84710 N, 122.01120 W
Sep 15, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Big one ! mature male (?)huge back legs .
Hunting deer I suppose .
we have a clearing on our hill with a few chairs . Just mounted my camera there to test it 2 weeks earlier .
a lot of deer gather there
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.22364 N, 121.93564 W
Sep 14, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Three trail cam videos near same location
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.54551 N, 122.48627 W
Sep 13, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Nearly full grown. Laying by a fountain (dry) for quite some time until we scared it off
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.22240 N, 121.90580 W
Sep 13, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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It came through at 10:30pm.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.50927 N, 122.46882 W
Sep 12, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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Chabot to Garin trail, right next to Stonebrae golf course in Hayward.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.65287 N, 122.00723 W
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