Where to See Moose in Beartooth Highway

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Moose sightings in Beartooth Highway

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Where Moose has been reported, from 122 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 AM8% of the busiest hour1 AM5% of the busiest hour2 AM3% of the busiest hour3 AM3% of the busiest hour4 AM8% of the busiest hour5 AM79% of the busiest hour6 AMBusiest hour7 AM89% of the busiest hour8 AM63% of the busiest hour9 AM42% of the busiest hour10 AM29% of the busiest hour11 AM23% of the busiest hourNoon21% of the busiest hour1 PM21% of the busiest hour2 PM26% of the busiest hour3 PM34% of the busiest hour4 PM47% of the busiest hour5 PM68% of the busiest hour6 PM89% of the busiest hour7 PMBusiest hour8 PM84% of the busiest hour9 PM53% of the busiest hour10 PM26% of the busiest hour11 PM13% of the busiest hour

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

Moose sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	8%
1 AM	5%
2 AM	3%
3 AM	3%
4 AM	8%
5 AM	79%
6 AM	100%
7 AM	89%
8 AM	63%
9 AM	42%
10 AM	29%
11 AM	23%
Noon	21%
1 PM	21%
2 PM	26%
3 PM	34%
4 PM	47%
5 PM	68%
6 PM	89%
7 PM	100%
8 PM	84%
9 PM	53%
10 PM	26%
11 PM	13%

Audio tour

Hear about Moose 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

A Moose's Underwater Meal

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“If you see a moose lower its whole muzzle into a pond, watch when it comes up. It may be pulling up aquatic plants. Moose can feed beneath the surface, and their broad noses have nostrils that close to keep water out.”

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

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Where to look

Beartooth Highway spots that mention Moose

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Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Moose. A good start, never a guarantee.

Trails

ModerateBig Moose Lake Trail6 mi · 4 hrA high-country lake at the end of a three-mile mountain trail.

ModerateRock Island Lake Trail6.8 mi · 3.5 hrMarsh bridges, a Kersey overlook, and a high alpine lake.

ModerateBroadwater River to Curl Lake Trail6.5 mi · 4.5 hrMarshy meadows and a rough final approach to Curl Lake

ModeratePalisades Trail #1097 mi · 4 hrA 7-mile out-and-back with a Fox Road turnaround

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

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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

49 sightingsBisonBison bisonMost seen 6–8 AM & 5–7 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 Moose in Beartooth Highway