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
Feb 15, 2025: Puma Sighting
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Mountain lion in our front yard
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 36.98800 N, 121.87000 W
Feb 12, 2025: Bobcat Sighting
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Saw this beauty walking along my fence at 3:30pm. I had never seen a bobcat in our neighborhood and I have lived here for 21 years. Was super happy to have my phone in hand. Please excuse the messy garden - we were working on a landscaping project.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.01161 N, 122.54977 W
Feb 10, 2025: Puma Sighting
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Came across the road from the horse pasture down to the lake and made all kinds of strange vocalizations by the water. (I found a YouTube video which confirmed vocalizations of cougar.) It had a fair amount of white fur and appeared more grey than tan but we were quite a distance away. It was definitely a very large cat. Low slung belly, long low tail and softly padding feet.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.81607 N, 122.13269 W
Feb 3, 2025: Puma Sighting
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I was walking on this trail with my dog, and for several minutes I saw my headlamp reflected in two eyes in a nearby tree. I assumed it was a treed raccoon / possum / feral cat, so I didn't pay it much notice. I continued on the trail right by this tree, and as I passed I looked at the eyes and could see they belonged to a mountain lion cub! I've never seen a mountain lion cub before so I am no expert, but I know it was not a possum, raccoon, rodent, feral cat, etc. It was slightly larger than a domestic cat, cream-colored, with large blue-ish eyes, a few stripes, rounded ears, and was quite fuzzy / furry.
I immediately left and did not stop to take a picture, as I did not want me or my dog to aggravate the cub or its mother. The cub was stationary, silent, clearly watching me, and seemed to be solo.
I reported the sighting to Fish & Wildlife. I went back a few days later and no sign of the cub, so hopefully its mom came back and it wasn't orphaned. I was surprised to see how close the cub was to the built environment -- right behind the softball field.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.87121 N, 122.24731 W
Feb 3, 2025: Bobcat Sighting
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bobcat seen walking up our driveway towards our front door
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.33290 N, 122.48774 W
Feb 2, 2025: Puma Sighting
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3rd sighting this month.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.27132 N, 122.14688 W
Feb 1, 2025: Bobcat Sighting
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Family of 3 eating a kill
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.94429 N, 121.98817 W
Jan 31, 2025: Puma Sighting
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Another puma sighting on our property
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.00000 N, 121.87000 W
Jan 30, 2025: Puma Sighting
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Mountain lion spotted along the road and got spooked from my vehicle and ran off
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.00582 N, 122.29433 W
Jan 30, 2025: Bobcat Sighting
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Bob cat spotted in backyard.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.86699 N, 122.10580 W
Jan 30, 2025: Bobcat Sighting
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Bob cat spotted Jan 30, 2025 in our backyard near shell ridge open space. We saw around similar time others or same bob cat very close to our home walking near our deck and steps at night or early morning hours.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.90100 N, 122.04000 W
Jan 28, 2025: Puma Sighting
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3 mountain lions walked through our front yard
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.00000 N, 121.87000 W
Jan 27, 2025: Puma Sighting
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Mountain lion screams at almost 2am on 1/27/2025
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.53143 N, 122.33143 W
Jan 27, 2025: Bobcat Sighting
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Sitting in field hunting
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.50700 N, 121.93000 W
Jan 26, 2025: Bobcat Sighting
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I saw what appeared to be a juvenile bobcat in our backyard—much smaller than a previous sighting last year. It was chasing a crow and proceeded to saunter around the yard, even scratching its claws on a tree at one point. It was awesome.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.97824 N, 122.53781 W
Jan 26, 2025: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat walked across the front of our home and was captured on our security camera.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.81175 N, 121.95342 W
Jan 26, 2025: Bobcat Sighting
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Adult bobcat climbing the hill across from the pasture. Saw me and paused, then went slowly on his way. Biggest I have seen in this area.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.88056 N, 122.21515 W
Jan 25, 2025: Bobcat Sighting
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Multiple recent sightings on Joan Ave:
1. 1/12/25 3:17am mother and two juveniles in backyard
2. 1/17/25 2:21pm one juvenile on driveway
3. 1/25/25 12:10pm one juvenile on driveway
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.10000 N, 122.57000 W
Jan 25, 2025: Puma Sighting
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Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.09400 N, 122.02000 W
Jan 24, 2025: Puma Sighting
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I was hiking on the Briones Mt Diablo trail about 1/2 mile down from the Ridge Top trail. I was heading back to Indian Creek trail and to my car parked near the school. It was about 5 pm. Up on the hillside about 10 feet off the trail I spotted a medium size animal with a long tail and brown color of a mt lion. It seemed to be pouncing on something small and the tail was twitching. It definitely was not a bobcat due to the longer tail. I did not see the front of the animal and it didn't turn toward me. I backed away and cut through Twin Ponds, to Rockspring trailhead.
I hike this park several times a month and have seen many coyotes-this did not look like one. It was a pretty well travelled section of trail with a lot of bikes out-seemed odd for it to be so close to the trail with so many people out.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.90635 N, 122.03488 W
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