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
Apr 30, 2020: Bobcat Sighting
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Caught on cameras late at night following two deer.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.87483 N, 122.08844 W
Apr 26, 2020: Bobcat Sighting
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Blurry picture but 100% was a bobcat. On the trail from Bear Creek Rd. that goes along the Briones Resevoir.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.92373 N, 122.17423 W
Apr 22, 2020: Puma Sighting
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Large Puma walking down my road caught on security camera.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.08665 N, 122.04579 W
Apr 21, 2020: Puma Sighting
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I was walking, chatting with my boyfriend when he yelled at me to move away from the bush. I then realized that the noise I had been hearing was a mountain lion growling at us. It was right beside us. We did not see it. At home we checked the growl of a puma on YouTube and it sounded the same.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.49948 N, 122.29219 W
Apr 17, 2020: Puma Sighting
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I was hiking on the Coastal Trail above the valley trail to Tennessee Beach. At first I thought it was a large dog but when I looked through my binoculars, it was clearly a mountain lion, and not a bobcat. Long and sleek with what looked to be a damaged tail.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.83275 N, 122.52135 W
Apr 16, 2020: Puma Sighting
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Medium size mountain lion sitting on road as I rounded the corner of Madrone Trail; Las Trampas Regional Park . Upon seeing me some 40 yards away cat ran off into the brush.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.83102 N, 122.04990 W
Apr 14, 2020: Puma Sighting
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Droppings covered in hair and unusual big cat like trail
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.10152 N, 121.56856 W
Apr 10, 2020: Puma Sighting
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Was seen walking through driveway at 2100 Wharf Road, Santa Cruz around 7:30.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 36.98116 N, 121.95879 W
Apr 7, 2020: Puma Sighting
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While walking on a Sequoias Senior Living trail, I saw a tan, lean, (100 lb?) mountain lion ~200' ahead, running downhill to the left, apparently fleeing our approach. As we walked another 150' we saw a pair of turkeys walking uphill to the right of the trail. We suspected that the lion had been stalking the turkeys until we interrupted.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.37024 N, 122.21947 W
Apr 5, 2020: Puma Sighting
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Came right up to our back porch and stared at our dog through the sliding glass door. No collar.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.50056 N, 122.60795 W
Apr 3, 2020: Puma Sighting
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Paw prints in dry mud on McCosker Loop Trail close to Canyon homes on southern part of trail. In Sibley RP, Wilcox Staging area.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.84078 N, 122.17586 W
Mar 30, 2020: Puma Sighting
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I saw the puma sitting on the hill close to the 280 exit, I was on my bike, I was going to stop and take a picture of the poppies but when I saw the cat I realized it was not a good idea
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.40928 N, 122.19391 W
Mar 28, 2020: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat feeding on a kill
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.02221 N, 122.21649 W
Mar 24, 2020: Bobcat Sighting
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Backyard camera capture.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.43105 N, 122.28593 W
Mar 18, 2020: Bobcat Sighting
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bobcat walking through property.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.08971 N, 122.02168 W
Mar 13, 2020: Puma Sighting
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It was 5 pm on Friday, March 13, 2020 at 260 McGivern Way in Bonny Doon. The juvenile lion walked out of the woods, across my yard and went under my house. It had a long tail and appeared healthy yet lean and had faint spots on his fur/back. It did not see me at the window.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.05207 N, 122.10593 W
Mar 12, 2020: Puma Sighting
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video of uncollared mtn lion crossing driveway
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.22513 N, 121.95935 W
Mar 11, 2020: Puma Sighting
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camera trap
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.08066 N, 122.02704 W
Mar 1, 2020: Puma Sighting
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3:03 AM casually walking by video camera (have video)
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 34.50462 N, 119.79154 W
Mar 1, 2020: Puma Sighting
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Seen on Montara Mountain.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.56490 N, 122.48547 W
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