Where to See Bighorn Sheep in Canyonlands National Park

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Bighorn Sheep sightings in Canyonlands

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Where Bighorn Sheep has been reported, from 48 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none. Locations are adjusted to protect the animals, so the pattern is approximate.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM2% of the busiest hour1 AM1% of the busiest hour2 AM1% of the busiest hour3 AM2% of the busiest hour4 AM5% of the busiest hour5 AM19% of the busiest hour6 AM84% of the busiest hour7 AMBusiest hour8 AM79% of the busiest hour9 AM53% of the busiest hour10 AM37% of the busiest hour11 AM32% of the busiest hourNoon26% 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 PM47% of the busiest hour9 PM16% of the busiest hour10 PM5% of the busiest hour11 PM3% of the busiest hour

Bighorn Sheep is most seen 7 AM and 5–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Bighorn Sheep sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	2%
1 AM	1%
2 AM	1%
3 AM	2%
4 AM	5%
5 AM	19%
6 AM	84%
7 AM	100%
8 AM	79%
9 AM	53%
10 AM	37%
11 AM	32%
Noon	26%
1 PM	26%
2 PM	32%
3 PM	47%
4 PM	68%
5 PM	89%
6 PM	100%
7 PM	84%
8 PM	47%
9 PM	16%
10 PM	5%
11 PM	3%

Audio tour

Hear about Bighorn Sheep on the drive.

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

Canyonlands Tour Guide

The Sheep That Rebuilt Other Herds

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“Canyonlands' bighorn sheep helped restore herds elsewhere in Utah. When the park was established in nineteen sixty-four, about a hundred sheep remained here, part of one of the region's surviving native populations.”

Plays as you drive near Mesa Arch in Parkwolf’s Canyonlands Tour Guide.

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16 sighting mapsfor Canyonlands, on the same park map as your route
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Wildlife

More wildlife in Canyonlands

All 16 sighting maps

47 sightingsMule DeerOdocoileus hemionusMost seen 6–8 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

12 sightingsCoyoteCanis latransMost seen 6 AM & 7 PMSighting map

30 sightingsWestern RattlesnakeCrotalus oreganusMost seen 7 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

18 sightingsTurkey VultureCathartes auraMost seen 10 AM–5 PMSighting map

18 sightingsWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoMost seen 6–8 AM & 6 PMSighting map

16 sightingsGreat Blue HeronArdea herodiasMost seen 6–9 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

386 sightingsRavenCorvus coraxMost seen 7 AM–12 PM & 3–7 PMSighting map

20 sightingsStriped WhipsnakeMasticophis taeniatusMost seen 9 AM–12 PMSighting map

Where to see Bighorn Sheep in Canyonlands