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
Jan 31, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Puma walking down driveway
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.43781 N, 122.32455 W
Jan 30, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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I saw a large bobcat dash into the creek area it was hiding in the weeds by some oak trees.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.89415 N, 122.20248 W
Jan 30, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Tool attached picture in afternoon as I came home. Didn’t seem bothered and hung out for about 5 minutes before walking into the bushes
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.33400 N, 122.19000 W
Jan 29, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat frolicking around meadow
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.85078 N, 122.53872 W
Jan 28, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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It ran across the street in front of my car and jumped over trees in the presidio area. Had a more boxy face abd a short stump tail.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.79400 N, 122.45000 W
Jan 26, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Passing through my gate at 9:36pm
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.29819 N, 122.10536 W
Jan 26, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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This cat has been spotted a handful of times over the past year and appears to frequent the thick brush in the middle of our block.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 36.97500 N, 122.04000 W
Jan 26, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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bobcat in backyard
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 36.97500 N, 122.04000 W
Jan 26, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Not sure where the mountain lion entered my property. The direction it’s headed is a concrete wall that serves as a retaining wall and beyond that is the nature preserve that might be a part of the San Pedro Valley County Park…I’m not sure.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.58801 N, 122.46035 W
Jan 25, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Just a stroll through our yard.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.50927 N, 122.46882 W
Jan 24, 2026: Puma Sighting
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At approximately 2:30 pm today, Saturday January 24th, I was walking along the canal trail along 580 in Pleasanton. I turned the corner onto Pleasanton Canal Trail. Instead of staying on the main trail I decided to take a bike path that went between the fence and a raised mound of land covered in tall grass because it looked nicer than the gravel main trail. Halfway past the mound a very large black cat stepped out of the tall grass about 15 feet in front of me. It was pure black, sleek, and muscular. It's fur was super short and shiny. It's cheeks and ears were roundish and eyes large. It's shoulders while standing on all fours were to my knees, and I'm over 6 feet tall. I estimate it's size to be 45-50 pounds. It was clearly not a pet house cat.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.66256 N, 121.90523 W
Jan 24, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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I have seen this bobcat in the same approximate location multiple times over the last five years, I just don't always take a photo.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.16638 N, 122.72679 W
Jan 24, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat in backyard
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 36.97500 N, 122.04000 W
Jan 23, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Seen crossing the parking lot at dusk. Probably sub-adult
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.89994 N, 122.04492 W
Jan 23, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Juve prowling the local animal highway
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.53634 N, 122.50329 W
Jan 23, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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2 personal sightings, neighbors have been seeing it in their yards for 3 weeks
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.74600 N, 122.13000 W
Jan 21, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Probably the biggest bobcat I have ever seen. This now makes 2 bobcats and 1 mountain lion I have reported being killed by a car within a quarter mile of this location.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.59533 N, 121.86711 W
Jan 21, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Large puma caught on security camera crossing the lane.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.84202 N, 122.02722 W
Jan 20, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat sitting on the wall at the Alma campus
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.18173 N, 122.00085 W
Jan 19, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Was walking in front of me in the single lane trail in big canyon park. I thought it was a feral cat but the tail and markings have me believing it’s a bobcat, perhaps with mange?
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.48749 N, 122.28055 W
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