Where to See Black Bear in Franconia Notch State Park

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Black Bear sightings in Franconia Notch

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Where Black Bear has been reported, from 66 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

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12 AM3% of the busiest hour1 AM2% of the busiest hour2 AM2% of the busiest hour3 AM3% of the busiest hour4 AM14% of the busiest hour5 AM40% of the busiest hour6 AM68% of the busiest hour7 AM63% of the busiest hour8 AM51% of the busiest hour9 AM40% of the busiest hour10 AM32% of the busiest hour11 AM23% of the busiest hourNoon17% of the busiest hour1 PM17% of the busiest hour2 PM23% of the busiest hour3 PM34% of the busiest hour4 PM51% of the busiest hour5 PM68% of the busiest hour6 PM89% of the busiest hour7 PMBusiest hour8 PM74% of the busiest hour9 PM40% of the busiest hour10 PM11% of the busiest hour11 PM6% of the busiest hour

Black Bear is most seen 6–8 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Black Bear sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	3%
1 AM	2%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	3%
4 AM	14%
5 AM	40%
6 AM	68%
7 AM	63%
8 AM	51%
9 AM	40%
10 AM	32%
11 AM	23%
Noon	17%
1 PM	17%
2 PM	23%
3 PM	34%
4 PM	51%
5 PM	68%
6 PM	89%
7 PM	100%
8 PM	74%
9 PM	40%
10 PM	11%
11 PM	6%

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Where to see Black Bear in Franconia Notch

Black Bear sightings in Franconia Notch

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