Where to See Bison in Beartooth Highway

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Bison sightings in Beartooth Highway

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Where Bison has been reported, from 49 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM5% of the busiest hour1 AM4% of the busiest hour2 AM3% of the busiest hour3 AM5% of the busiest hour4 AM42% of the busiest hour5 AM79% of the busiest hour6 AMBusiest hour7 AM89% of the busiest hour8 AM74% of the busiest hour9 AM58% of the busiest hour10 AM47% of the busiest hour11 AM37% of the busiest hourNoon32% of the busiest hour1 PM26% of the busiest hour2 PM32% of the busiest hour3 PM47% of the busiest hour4 PM68% of the busiest hour5 PM89% of the busiest hour6 PMBusiest hour7 PM84% of the busiest hour8 PM53% of the busiest hour9 PM21% of the busiest hour10 PM11% of the busiest hour11 PM6% of the busiest hour

Bison is most seen 6–8 AM and 5–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Bison sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	5%
1 AM	4%
2 AM	3%
3 AM	5%
4 AM	42%
5 AM	79%
6 AM	100%
7 AM	89%
8 AM	74%
9 AM	58%
10 AM	47%
11 AM	37%
Noon	32%
1 PM	26%
2 PM	32%
3 PM	47%
4 PM	68%
5 PM	89%
6 PM	100%
7 PM	84%
8 PM	53%
9 PM	21%
10 PM	11%
11 PM	6%

Audio tour

Hear about Bison on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Beartooth Highway, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Beartooth Highway Tour Guide

Before the Highway: Bannock Trail

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“The Bannock Trail around Silver Gate carries a much older travel story than the highway. Shoshone and Bannock people crossed the Yellowstone country to reach bison hunting grounds on the Great Plains.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Beartooth Highway Tour Guide.

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Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

Find Wildlife in Parkwolf

Every sighting map, in your pocket.

16 sighting mapsfor Beartooth Highway, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
62 audio storiesplay as you drive Beartooth Highway, wildlife included

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Beartooth Highway

All 16 sighting maps

42 sightingsGrizzly BearUrsus arctosMost seen 7 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

22 sightingsGray WolfCanis lupusMost seen 6 AM & 8–10 PMSighting map

122 sightingsMooseAlces alcesMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

260 sightingsMountain GoatOreamnos americanusMost seen 6–9 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

16 sightingsBighorn SheepOvis canadensisMost seen 7 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

57 sightingsBlack BearUrsus americanusMost seen 6 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

19 sightingsBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusMost seen 7–10 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map

11 sightingsGolden EagleAquila chrysaetosMost seen 10 AM–3 PMSighting map

Where to see Bison in Beartooth Highway