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
Feb 23, 2017: Puma Sighting
Camera Trap or Security Camera
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Mountain Lion roaming on driveway and front porch:
https://youtu.be/Ju0E5dOxb_I
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.41164 N, 121.85255 W
Feb 23, 2017: Puma Sighting
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In Linda Mar, Pacifica...behind our fence the puma came down mountain after a deer, killed it 10 feet from our back fence. It growled for sometime...very frightening to hear. Next morning, no sign of deer or cat. Cat now spotted a few blocks away last nite behind another house. I am on 1400 block of Rosita Rd.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.53822 N, 122.48839 W
Feb 20, 2017: Puma Sighting
Prey Carcass
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Deer Carcass (female), fang marks on neck, disemboweled liver gone. Found this AM. Dog barked excitedly last night about 10PM for no apparent reason. We surmise this was likely the time of the kill. Best guess from tracker info. cat could be female 10F
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.06485 N, 122.08145 W
Feb 20, 2017: Puma Sighting
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This animal has a radio collar. A 2nd photo is also available. Another mountain lion without a collar also seen at 5am on 2/19/17.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.21664 N, 122.34758 W
Feb 19, 2017: Puma Sighting
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2nd photo also available
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.21677 N, 122.34762 W
Feb 19, 2017: Puma Sighting
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Captured on HPD trail camera
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.53550 N, 122.34887 W
Feb 9, 2017: Puma Sighting
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Captured on a police department trail camera
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.57096 N, 122.37971 W
Feb 6, 2017: Puma Sighting
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Mountain lion came up onto retaining wall and through our property. This is the same path one took the week before, but in the opposite direction, and in the afternoon instead of the morning.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.51767 N, 122.33920 W
Feb 1, 2017: Puma Sighting
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We found three large prints (4 1/2" x 4") in our back yard. We noticed them mid week last week. They showed up sometime between Sunday 1/29 and Wed 2/1
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.26141 N, 121.97564 W
Feb 1, 2017: Puma Sighting
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We found three large prints (4 1/2" x 4") in our back yard. We noticed them mid week last week. They showed up sometime between Sunday 1/29 and Wed 2/1
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.26141 N, 121.97565 W
Jan 31, 2017: Puma Sighting
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Camera trap sighting in a yard in the San Mateo Highlands
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.51867 N, 122.33872 W
Jan 30, 2017: Puma Sighting
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This cat was caught on our security camera, about 10:50 p.m., 1/30/17...
the address is 415 Deer Run Road, Felton, CA 95018... i have a 10 second video, which i'm happy to share...your system here will not take the file...let me know...
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.04019 N, 122.07721 W
Jan 28, 2017: Puma Sighting
Live Sighting
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Date of sighting is 1/28/17. I was driving east on Sand Hill Road. At 6:50a a lion dashed across the road from west to east (my left to my right) about 100 ft in front of me. It looked a bit larger than my 105 lb Rhosdesian Ridgeback dog. It looked youthful and healthy.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.40832 N, 122.24515 W
Jan 28, 2017: Puma Sighting
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Adult lion and three cubs
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.03343 N, 121.99328 W
Jan 27, 2017: Puma Sighting
Killed
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Young puma found on Interstate 280. Vehicle strike.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.47271 N, 122.29596 W
Jan 25, 2017: Puma Sighting
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Ran across the road, from Big Canyon Park to Eaton Park. Very big and very fast. I was driving and wasnt able to get a picture.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.48432 N, 122.28157 W
Dec 31, 2016: Puma Sighting
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We just came up around the corner on the Dipsea trail after the first good vista of the ocean, and so we were looking back toward the City. Across the downslope, maybe 500-1000 feet away, there was a mountain lion - first on our side of a small washed out patch of hill, and then it traversed that and moved on. Long tail, and definitely not a smaller cat. We watched it for about ten minutes as it moved south, and then over a grassy hill top and out of sight. Awe-inspiring, and totally unexpected. 35+ years hiking these hills. Wow.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.89424 N, 122.60042 W
Dec 31, 2016: Puma Sighting
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event occurred on 1/7/2017 no option for 2017 in drop down menu so I entered Dec 31st 2016 .a La Hondan captured this video of a mt lion at the bottom of Fernwood Drive on or close to the Swing trail 1/7/2017 at 1130pm. A pet dog was recently reported taken /killed by a mountain lion at 5am 6feet from the house and another resident reports a mountain lion charging her window , her cat was inside the window. no collar on this one. any chance you could collar and track it? push pin is not the exact location as I do not know exact location where neighbor placed Bushnell camera
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.31430 N, 122.26654 W
Dec 31, 2016: Puma Sighting
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Actual date: 1/7/2017. (Sighting form doesn't support 2017 dates yet) Lone collared puma capture by trail camera.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.10712 N, 121.88202 W
Dec 28, 2016: Puma Sighting
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Noticed deer kill on our property morning of 12/27. Partially covered. Placed critter camera to see activity. Recorded numerous videos over several hours of a pair of pumas who returned to eat the deer. see attached video
Appears the pair moved and fully covered the remaining carcass to return later.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.41231 N, 122.25105 W
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