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.
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Sightings List
Nov 4, 2018: Puma Sighting
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Spotted what looked like a small puma on the Tree Farm Trail in Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.31356 N, 122.17253 W
Oct 31, 2018: Puma Sighting
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Image credit: Miklos Salgo through Friends of Edgewood Natural Preserve Camera Trap program.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.47002 N, 122.28141 W
Oct 31, 2018: Puma Sighting
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Along Bay Laurel Trail - captured on video visible at https://photos.app.goo.gl/vQARw3FmmqkVikdn6
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.36138 N, 122.21018 W
Oct 28, 2018: Puma Sighting
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I was in my vehicle driving into the residential area at the Links at Bodega Harbour. While it is my first sighting of a mountain lion, there is no mistake about what I saw. It was a good sized adult and was in a trot as my headlights swept it's path.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.31679 N, 123.02788 W
Oct 25, 2018: Puma Sighting
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I was running in Laurelwood park on the Poison Oak Alley trail (along the salson trail) and spotted a mountain lion rustling amongst the fallen oak leaves
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.51824 N, 122.32738 W
Oct 22, 2018: Puma Sighting
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Mountain lion spotted from 100 yards away briskly moving from north to south accross the community park at dusk
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 32.98262 N, 117.19989 W
Oct 21, 2018: Puma Sighting
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3 mountain lions crossing driveway, cutting down beside house and down back yard hill.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.03077 N, 121.99338 W
Oct 15, 2018: Puma Sighting
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Was hiking the Viral O Norton trail and barely 20 feet from the trail was this big cat. It stopped and stared at me for a while before I backed off(Not before taking a pic though :-)
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.19103 N, 121.82792 W
Oct 12, 2018: Puma Sighting
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Ran across the road in front of car on Happy Valley Rd near Bear Creek Rd. Very large cougar
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.91323 N, 122.16409 W
Oct 7, 2018: Puma Sighting
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The Mountain Lion was on the Ginzton trail, near the end where there is a small bridge over a dried up stream. He was on the bridge and I ran into him by mistake. I waved my arms and shouted and he ran off. He was large and healthy looking.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.35646 N, 122.15593 W
Oct 7, 2018: Puma Sighting
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Neighbor driving down Wilshire near Fry at 8:45pm when mountain lion ran across the street in front of her. She had to hit her brakes to miss it and it ran into a backyard on Wilshire. I did not see it, but thought I'd share, as another neighbor saw a lion nearby on the 4th and caught it on camera (same one???). I can't share the link to the photos because it's on Nextdoor and you have to be in the neighborhood, but it is clearly a mountain lion.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.80452 N, 122.19955 W
Oct 6, 2018: Puma Sighting
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Mountain lion was spotted walking up Stonebrook Drive and turned onto the front yard of a house on the corner of Stonebrook drive and Prospect Ave. The mountain lion was also sighted wearing a collar.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.35415 N, 122.12170 W
Oct 5, 2018: Puma Sighting
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spotted an 80-85 lb mountain lion on my road today. It ran off into forest a few seconds after it saw my vehicle
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.03470 N, 121.99493 W
Oct 4, 2018: Puma Sighting
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Two photos on a remote camera on the sidewalk in front of our neighbor's house.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.80229 N, 122.17899 W
Oct 4, 2018: Puma Sighting
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This was shared by my neighbor. Not sure if she saw it live or not, but she posted stills from her home security camera and, unfortunately, I can't share the link to the photos because it's on Nextdoor. In the stills it is clearly a mountain lion, with that typical lion tail. It was just walking down the sidewalk.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.80267 N, 122.17979 W
Oct 3, 2018: Puma Sighting
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from Cathy Keyes
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.80053 N, 122.17542 W
Oct 1, 2018: Puma Sighting
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above fence line is Water shed area, pic was taken
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.59190 N, 122.46144 W
Sep 28, 2018: Puma Sighting
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Me and wife seen running up side of hill from hwy 16.. Gorgeous big cat!!!
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 39.00378 N, 122.35449 W
Sep 24, 2018: Puma Sighting
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Spotted by Angelica Schablaske, eating a deer carcass on the north side of highway 162, 1/2 mile east of Gold Country Casino.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 39.47348 N, 121.52983 W
Sep 24, 2018: Puma Sighting
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Presumed deer kill, abandoned after partial disembowlment. On quiet cul-de-sac, no reports of collision with automobile.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.86839 N, 122.16579 W
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