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 5, 2022: Puma Sighting
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out for a stroll
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.09337 N, 121.94192 W
Sep 5, 2022: Puma Sighting
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The cat was captured on a trail cam at midnight on either 9/3/2022 or 9/5/2022. (I remember that the timestamp was off by one day, but not which direction.) Trail cam was on a fireroad, over the hills from Wildcat Canyon.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.94621 N, 122.27101 W
Sep 3, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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5:45am.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.50927 N, 122.46882 W
Sep 3, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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I saw it with two cubs coming by to drink from our pool and later during the day it was wandering around in my backyard. I tried scaring it but it was pretty stubborn and even though I threw objects at it, it went and sat in the shade for a while.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.88800 N, 122.02000 W
Aug 30, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Caught on my security cameras. Mounted 2’ and 1’ high
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.29740 N, 122.10470 W
Aug 29, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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Darn critter missed all my other cameras.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.50927 N, 122.46882 W
Aug 28, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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Spotted a bobcat thru my kitchen window. It was patiently waiting for some squirrels to come out from their underground burrow.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.21943 N, 121.90497 W
Aug 28, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Puma emerged from park and walked down our driveway. Just living their best life. I have a video that is only 14MB but this site says it's too large to upload.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.51904 N, 122.31668 W
Aug 27, 2022: Puma Sighting
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camera trap
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.08066 N, 122.02704 W
Aug 26, 2022: Puma Sighting
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The animal was crossing the road in front of me (I was driving) heading for the water.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.16266 N, 121.84084 W
Aug 25, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.53932 N, 122.49018 W
Aug 25, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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I was on our deck and talking to friends about how o recently saw a bobcat a few weeks ago, and my friend said “Hey, look!”
I have a short video. Not less than 2 minutes later we saw a blacktail deer come out in the same spot! Pretty cool.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.85890 N, 122.15530 W
Aug 24, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Live puma caught on camera, walking around at 4am. Uncollared - maybe young? I think she was a female.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.35850 N, 122.52397 W
Aug 22, 2022: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat jumped from the open space into my backyard and then back over the fence. He was not afraid of me.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.94594 N, 121.98980 W
Aug 20, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Puma sighted on a home security camera walking towards La Honda Creek around 5:00 in the morning. Puma was carrying a house cat that it had apparently just caught.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.31461 N, 122.29321 W
Aug 18, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Personally witnessed jumping 25-30 feet down from a tree.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.95738 N, 122.54370 W
Aug 17, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Came through our yard at 2:40am.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.50927 N, 122.46882 W
Aug 16, 2022: Puma Sighting
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Running across the road. Big cat
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.01126 N, 121.93678 W
Aug 14, 2022: Puma Sighting
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At my house last night 10 pm, Top of Overlook Road, Los Gatos.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.22599 N, 122.00889 W
Aug 14, 2022: Puma Sighting
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I saw it at dusk from my deck, which backs to a field. It was quite large but didn't look full grown. It was stalking my pet cat and wasn't fearful of me yelling, banging pots or shining a flashlight at it. It stayed until after the sun went down.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.92300 N, 122.09000 W
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