Where to See Porcupine in Denali Highway

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Porcupine sightings in Denali Highway

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Where Porcupine has been reported, from 17 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 AM6% of the busiest hour1 AM6% of the busiest hour2 AM9% of the busiest hour3 AM22% of the busiest hour4 AM78% of the busiest hour5 AM67% of the busiest hour6 AM50% of the busiest hour7 AM39% of the busiest hour8 AM33% of the busiest hour9 AM28% of the busiest hour10 AM22% of the busiest hour11 AM22% of the busiest hourNoon28% of the busiest hour1 PM33% of the busiest hour2 PM39% of the busiest hour3 PM44% of the busiest hour4 PM50% of the busiest hour5 PM61% of the busiest hour6 PM67% of the busiest hour7 PM72% of the busiest hour8 PM83% of the busiest hour9 PM94% of the busiest hour10 PMBusiest hour11 PM28% of the busiest hour

Porcupine is most seen 9–11 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Porcupine sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	6%
1 AM	6%
2 AM	9%
3 AM	22%
4 AM	78%
5 AM	67%
6 AM	50%
7 AM	39%
8 AM	33%
9 AM	28%
10 AM	22%
11 AM	22%
Noon	28%
1 PM	33%
2 PM	39%
3 PM	44%
4 PM	50%
5 PM	61%
6 PM	67%
7 PM	72%
8 PM	83%
9 PM	94%
10 PM	100%
11 PM	28%

Audio tour

Hear about Porcupine on the drive.

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

Denali Highway Tour Guide

How a Porcupine Lets Go of a Quill

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“A porcupine's quills are modified hairs, with tiny overlapping barbs near their tips. They aren't fired through the air.”

Plays as you drive near Waterfowl Lakes Viewpoint in Parkwolf’s Denali 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.

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

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Denali Highway

All 13 sighting maps

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

37 sightingsCaribouRangifer tarandusMost seen 6 AM & 6–10 PMSighting map

26 sightingsBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusMost seen 8 AM–5 PMSighting map

33 sightingsTrumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorMost seen 8–10 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

25 sightingsBeaverCastor canadensisMost seen 8–10 PMSighting map

11 sightingsCommon LoonGavia immerMost seen 5–7 AM & 7–10 PMSighting map

17 sightingsWillow PtarmiganLagopus lagopusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

17 sightingsCanada JayPerisoreus canadensisMost seen 7–10 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

Where to see Porcupine in Denali Highway