Where to See Brown Bear in Glacier Bay National Park

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Brown Bear sightings in Glacier Bay

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Where Brown Bear has been reported, from 110 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 AM2% of the busiest hour1 AM2% of the busiest hour2 AM2% of the busiest hour3 AM3% of the busiest hour4 AM10% of the busiest hour5 AM30% of the busiest hour6 AM60% of the busiest hour7 AM85% of the busiest hour8 AM90% of the busiest hour9 AM80% of the busiest hour10 AM65% of the busiest hour11 AM55% of the busiest hourNoon45% of the busiest hour1 PM40% of the busiest hour2 PM45% of the busiest hour3 PM55% of the busiest hour4 PM70% of the busiest hour5 PM85% of the busiest hour6 PM95% of the busiest hour7 PMBusiest hour8 PM90% of the busiest hour9 PM70% of the busiest hour10 PM30% of the busiest hour11 PM10% of the busiest hour

Brown Bear is most seen 7–9 AM and 5–9 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Brown Bear sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	2%
1 AM	2%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	3%
4 AM	10%
5 AM	30%
6 AM	60%
7 AM	85%
8 AM	90%
9 AM	80%
10 AM	65%
11 AM	55%
Noon	45%
1 PM	40%
2 PM	45%
3 PM	55%
4 PM	70%
5 PM	85%
6 PM	95%
7 PM	100%
8 PM	90%
9 PM	70%
10 PM	30%
11 PM	10%

Audio tour

Hear about Brown Bear on the drive.

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

Glacier Bay Tour Guide

Brown Bear Beach Buffet

Listen

“The huge tides here basically open up a seafood buffet for brown bears.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Glacier Bay Tour Guide.

One more story about Brown Bear in the app

A Bear Highway

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Where to look

Glacier Bay spots that mention Brown Bear

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

Places

SightJohns Hopkins GlacierRare advancing tidewater glacier with thunderous calving and rich wildlife

SightLamplugh GlacierBlue-iced tidewater glacier with dramatic landslide scars and wildlife

Ranger stationBartlett Cove Visitor Information Station (VIS)Permit and orientation hub by the Bartlett Cove dock

SightAdams InletRemote fjord arm with big scenery and storied glacial geology

SightLa Perouse GlacierRemote Pacific tidewater glacier with a towering calving ice wall

SightRussell IslandRemote island with glacier views, wildlife, and true wilderness solitude

SightLituya BayRemote fjord famed for the 1958 megatsunami and wild scenery

SightMount Quincy AdamsRemote 13,650-foot border peak for serious mountaineers

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 Glacier Bay, on the same park map as your route
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Wildlife

More wildlife in Glacier Bay

All 16 sighting maps

98 sightingsHumpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliaeMost seen 5–10 AM & 3–9 PMSighting map

48 sightingsOrcaOrcinus orcaMost seen 9 AM–8 PMSighting map

312 sightingsSea OtterEnhydra lutrisMost seen 8 AM–12 PM & 3–6 PMSighting map

106 sightingsMountain GoatOreamnos americanusMost seen 6–8 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

93 sightingsBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusMost seen 7 AM–1 PM & 2–8 PMSighting map

85 sightingsTufted PuffinFratercula cirrhataMost seen 7–11 AM & 2–9 PMSighting map

27 sightingsBlack BearUrsus americanusMost seen 7 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

120 sightingsSteller Sea LionEumetopias jubatusMost seen 8 AM–5 PMSighting map

Where to see Brown Bear in Glacier Bay