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
Apr 26, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat seen near house, looking skinny
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.86400 N, 122.18000 W
Apr 25, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Crossed the Wild Cat Canyon trail heading east.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.93399 N, 122.28876 W
Apr 25, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat was spotted wandering through our yard around 2 am. Our automatic lights turned on as it wandered around and it was observed moving from our backyard toward our front yard. We tried to get a good picture but it's just a blurry blob (it was 2 am after all). It had the bobbed tail and trademark eyespots on the back of its ears. Hard to tell the age or gender but it was not particularly large.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.84779 N, 122.21459 W
Apr 24, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat in backyard (seen before)
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.90874 N, 122.18150 W
Apr 23, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Trotting across the driveway
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.97500 N, 122.55000 W
Apr 22, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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This was a very large bobcat. Spotted at 12pm. I saw it from approximately 30-40 feet away and would estimate its height at the back at roughly 24”s. Biggest one I’ve ever seen.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.92196 N, 122.52816 W
Apr 22, 2026: Puma Sighting
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has a collar
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.45140 N, 122.26632 W
Apr 20, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Puma walking past house, through neighborhood
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.43511 N, 122.32169 W
Apr 18, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Around 10am, 4/18 while on hike, spotted a live mountain lion on the other side of the pond on east Sutton trail. It wasn’t trying to hide, she looked right at us. We think we may have come upon her getting a drink of water. Much too big to be a bobcat, and definitively spotted her face and a long tail. Movement was also very “slinky.” And we got a good look right at her face dead on. What a wild encounter. We swiftly made our way back to the parking lot!
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.36035 N, 122.51366 W
Apr 18, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Small bobcat ambling down Green Point Lane at 7 PM. I tried to get a photo, but by the time I got up to the street from inside my house, the animal was too far away. I got a good view from my window. Bobbed tail, spotted under chin, stripes at tops of legs. Cinnamon/tawny color. Not large. Maybe 20-25 lbs? Much more rangey than a domestic cat (legs much longer than a housecat). Not plump, but ribs were not prominent. Seemed to be in no rush, but headed in a specific direction.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 38.10932 N, 122.51005 W
Apr 18, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat caught on TrailCam by creek.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.89557 N, 122.14909 W
Apr 17, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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We saw a male bobcat resting in our backyard grass around 6:30 in the morning and took a couple pictures from our deck. When it saw us, it moseyed through the garden, then lay down in some bark. Seemed to be watching a squirrel off at some distance on the fence -- but it did not seem that interested in hunting it. The bobcat watched me taking pictures of him, then he ambled up the length of the yard, went over the 4-foot-high fence, crossed the street and walked up the sidewalk. It looked young and very healthy. Also very nonchalant.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.50900 N, 122.47000 W
Apr 16, 2026: Puma Sighting
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A violent deer kill, dogs going crazy at night, and a large animal caught on a camera last night that looks like a Puma.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.95056 N, 122.51658 W
Apr 14, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Medium to large sized bobcat walking up the trail. Calmly dipped into the bushes
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 36.95496 N, 122.09178 W
Apr 14, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Spotted bobcat in my backyard at 7pm on April 14, 2026.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.90200 N, 122.53000 W
Apr 14, 2026: Puma Sighting
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Neighbor shared a picture from their security cam.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.97600 N, 122.56000 W
Apr 13, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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I noticed the bobcat on the Tassajara Creek paved trail. It also noticed me but did not run. I followed it up the trail for a while. It eventually stopped on the trail in front of me. I kept my distance (15 feet) and watched for a few minutes as it focussed on a squirrel. It was not skittish about me at all. It eventually very casually walked off the side of the trail into the bushes where the squirrel went. I unfortunately did not have my phone with me to take a picture.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.72096 N, 121.87390 W
Apr 9, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Was star gazing at my truck when I heard something in the brush. I ignored it and when I saw something at the corner of my eye turned and saw a large Bobcat the size of a Medium sized dog.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 36.13361 N, 86.91304 W
Apr 9, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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Bobcat caught on TrailCam at 2:50am by creek next to our home
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.89546 N, 122.14917 W
Apr 8, 2026: Bobcat Sighting
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A Bobcat jumped the fence and heads down the hill towards the brush and stream below.
Lat / Lon: Latitude and Longitude 37.88486 N, 122.17165 W
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