Where to See Black Bear in Glacier National Park

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Black Bear sightings in Glacier

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Where Black Bear has been reported, from 506 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 AM8% of the busiest hour5 AM63% of the busiest hour6 AM95% of the busiest hour7 AM79% of the busiest hour8 AM58% of the busiest hour9 AM37% of the busiest hour10 AM32% of the busiest hour11 AM26% of the busiest hourNoon26% of the busiest hour1 PM26% of the busiest hour2 PM32% of the busiest hour3 PM37% of the busiest hour4 PM47% of the busiest hour5 PM58% of the busiest hour6 PM74% of the busiest hour7 PM89% of the busiest hour8 PMBusiest hour9 PM68% of the busiest hour10 PM11% of the busiest hour11 PM5% of the busiest hour

Black Bear is most seen 6 AM and 7–9 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	2%
1 AM	2%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	3%
4 AM	8%
5 AM	63%
6 AM	95%
7 AM	79%
8 AM	58%
9 AM	37%
10 AM	32%
11 AM	26%
Noon	26%
1 PM	26%
2 PM	32%
3 PM	37%
4 PM	47%
5 PM	58%
6 PM	74%
7 PM	89%
8 PM	100%
9 PM	68%
10 PM	11%
11 PM	5%

Audio tour

Hear about Black Bear on the drive.

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

Glacier Tour Guide

A Bear's Pregnancy on Pause

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“A black bear cub's first home is a winter den. Although the adults mate in summer, the early embryo waits months before attaching to the mother's uterus and continuing its development. That's called delayed implantation.”

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

One more story about Black Bear in the app

Which Bear Is That?

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Where to look

Glacier spots that mention Black Bear

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

Places

CampgroundMany Glacier CampgroundA shaded base for east-side hikes, with the inn close by.

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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Wildlife

More wildlife in Glacier

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404 sightingsGrizzly BearUrsus arctosMost seen 5–8 AM & 7–10 PMSighting map

11 sightingsWolverineGulo guloMost seen 6 AM & 8–10 PMSighting map

1,173 sightingsMountain GoatOreamnos americanusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

1,000 sightingsBighorn SheepOvis canadensisMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

395 sightingsMooseAlces alcesMost seen 5–7 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

43 sightingsGray WolfCanis lupusMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

44 sightingsWapitiCervus canadensisMost seen 6 AM & 8 PMSighting map

485 sightingsMule DeerOdocoileus hemionusMost seen 5–7 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

Where to see Black Bear in Glacier