Puma & Bobcat Sightings Map

Upper fire road of Big Trees trail. Puma spotted grooming self and looking around laying down only 15 feet from trail.

Remote camera at a natural chokepoint for wildlife. Regularly observe bobcat, coyote, skunk, etc, and cougar.

I was running this morning along Wildcat Creek Trail from Tilden into Wildcat Canyon. Rounded a corner and saw what I believe was a mountain lion jump onto the trail about 25 meters ahead, then jump off the trail into the brush on the wooded creek side of the trail (presumably because it spotted me). I'd estimate about 2 feet tall at the shoulder, definitely feline face, and a very long, bushy tail. Not quite as large as I'd expect an adult puma to be, so maybe it was a juvenile. It was a very brief sighting, but jaw-dropping to me and I don't know what else it could have been with a tail like that -- I probably got a better look at the tail than any other part of it.

Driving north on Page Mill Rd at 2am, came up behind what looked like a full grown lion walking in the same direction on the right/east edge of the road. Only visible for a second or two before it turned off the right side of the road and into the woods.

Within the past week we've had a mountain lion active and close to our house on our property in Half Moon Bay.

Bobcat was seen with her kitten on 12/15/2020 at 12:54PM while was hiking Tennessee Valley in Mill Valley

Puma seen on the hillside in back of church located on Moraga Road and Sky Hy Drive. I parked on the side of the road to try and get a better look and take a video with my phone. I need a better camera!

Driving on Canada South saw a mountain lion scurry across the road. Distinctive tail and gaint. Probably about 70 yards away. It went down. Into the ditch as I drove by and didn't get a better look.

On Hutchinson road, southwest of 17 off summit roughly. 2 miles. Cougar about 6 feet nose to tail was Leasurely crossing neighborhood road at dusk. Seemed a little lean?

Puma carcass on the right side of 17 around Reservoir headed toward San Jose :(

on Dec 3rd at about 5.30pm (just after sunset) I've seen a large Mountain Lion near a trail (near Proctor Trail Start Place) in Castro Valley, CA (I wanted to add a location to your map but wasn't able to)...I would have never seen it myself since it made no sound at all, but my little Miniature Pincher spotted the Mountain Lion (usually when he see's a deer or another animal like a raccoon she barks but today she was just looking at the Mountain Lion), the Mountain Lion walked slowly up the hill (maybe just 30 meters away from us), I recognized that it was a Mountain Lion because of it's distinctive hump on it's back and the body was kinda low to the ground with a large long tail, at this moment I knew 100% it wasn't a coyote or a deer. The Mountain Lion appeared calm and relaxed, no aggressive behavior at all. Not to far away I've seen 2 young deer approximately 10minutes before the Mountain Lion Sighting.

~0.5 miles from the NIKE Missile Classroom parking lot in Castro Valley

I live near the top of Blue Ridge Drive in Boulder Creek. I have seen Puma here at least 3 or 4 times in the 6 years I have lived here, including 2 times in the last month (possibly the same cat). I was in a converted garage on my property, and heard a noise outside on or about the end of November 2017/early December. I thought it was my roommate. I went out the door to look around the corner, and a puma halfway around the corner of the garage saw or heard me coming out the door and turned around and ran or trotted back down the hill after I called my roommates name. There is a gate there which is sometimes open which is access to Blue Ridge Dr. Knowing exactly what I had seen (and having encountered a female and three cubs twice (same family, the same week) in the upper (creek) trail in Villa Montalvo near the end of Norton Road about 12-13 years ago at only 20 feet away). I yelled loudly to scare the Puma on my property away (11/30/17). It was a large uncollared 2 to 3 year old male about 160 to 180+ pounds. About a week ago, I was coming home at a similar time of night (8:50PM or so), and I saw what could be the very same male crossing the street in plain view in front of my car (Xenon headlights). He did not appear scared of the vehicle, but picked up the pace a little so as to cross the road before I reached him. I'm almost certain this cat was also a mature young (160 to 180Lbs) male (and possibly the same cat). There is a creek that runs down the side of my property, and a damaged fence. Deer come on my property frequently to feed. A couple years back during winter there were obvious ML tracks on the side of the very same garage in the mud. And some are still there from what I believe to be only a month or two ago. I'm considering putting a game camera up. Definitely all mountain lions, though there are all kinds of other animals up here also (obviously). Have had a raccoon problem and possums and skunks specifically. Wasn't able to take a picture. Encounters far too short time wise.

Northbound 280, just before 92 eastbound turn-off. Very large mountain lion ran in front of my truck. Going towards Ralston Ave. Belmont.

Adult cougar looking for a meal. Third time spotted in this area. old horse arena, frequented by deer for grazing. live camera filming 24/7...

Captured on HPD trail camera

We've been seeing tracks for awhile so we set up a camera and got this picture of the mountain lion. Our cabin is up in the Carmel Valley Mountains and we only stay there on weekends. It is located at 41900 Tassajara Road in Carmel Valley.

Captured on HPD trail camera

Captured on home surveillance

Laurel Wood Trail near Belmont entrance, by the bench sitting in the tree grotto. There were two mountain lions spotted by a group of star gazers. We initially spotted them by seeing their reflective eyes in the darkness. We shined flashlights on them and they were two full grown mountain lions a little off the trail. We were able to safely back away and make it back to the car, the lions made no movements toward us.