Custer sighting maps
993 sightingsBisonBison bisonMost seen 6–8 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map
91 sightingsWapitiCervus canadensisMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map
260 sightingsBighorn SheepOvis canadensisMost seen 6–9 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map
85 sightingsMountain GoatOreamnos americanusMost seen 6–9 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map
259 sightingsBurroEquus asinusMost seen 5–8 PMSighting map
711 sightingsPronghornAntilocapra americanaMost seen 5–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
23 sightingsBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusMost seen 6–9 AM & 6 PMSighting map
48 sightingsCoyoteCanis latransMost seen 6 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
18 sightingsGolden EagleAquila chrysaetosMost seen 10 AM–3 PMSighting map
214 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
72 sightingsMule DeerOdocoileus hemionusMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map
433 sightingsPrairie DogCynomys ludovicianusMost seen 8–11 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
10 sightingsGreat Horned OwlBubo virginianusMost seen 6 AM & 8 PMSighting map
48 sightingsOspreyPandion haliaetusMost seen 10 AM–4 PMSighting map
19 sightingsRed-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisMost seen 9 AM–3 PMSighting map
99 sightingsWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoMost seen 7–9 AM & 5–8 PMSighting mapEach map shows where a species has been reported across Custer. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.

The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Custer Tour Guide
Custer, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Custer State Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Custer audio tourRecorded for this place
Sylvan Lake: Rocks and Water0:00 / 0:34
“You're coming up on Sylvan Lake, where tall granite outcrops rise straight beside the water. I'd stop here for the one-mile shore loop; allow about an hour to see the rocks and little coves up close.”
Plays as you drive up to Sylvan Lake in the Parkwolf Custer Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Sylvan Lake Lodge: A Meal Above the Lake
- Little Devils Tower: The Summit Scramble
- Needle’s Eye: The Rock and the Tunnel
- Why It’s Called Black Elk Peak
- 82 audio storiesacross Custer’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Bison, Wapiti, Bighorn Sheep, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 40 trails, 49 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive

