Great Basin sighting maps
22 sightingsElkCervus canadensisMost seen 7–9 PMSighting map
237 sightingsMule DeerOdocoileus hemionusMost seen 6 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
186 sightingsWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoMost seen 6–9 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map
22 sightingsRattlesnakeCrotalus oreganus lutosusMost seen 6 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map
23 sightingsDusky GrouseDendragapus obscurusMost seen 6–8 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map
18 sightingsThree-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisMost seen 7–10 AMSighting map
33 sightingsHairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosusMost seen 7–11 AM & 5 PMSighting map
34 sightingsYellow-bellied MarmotMarmota flaviventrisMost seen 9 AM–3 PMSighting map
33 sightingsBlack-tailed JackrabbitLepus californicusMost seen 7–9 PMSighting map
78 sightingsGopher SnakePituophis cateniferMost seen 9 AM–1 PM & 3–6 PMSighting map
55 sightingsGarter SnakeThamnophis elegansMost seen 8–11 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map
20 sightingsStriped WhipsnakeMasticophis taeniatusMost seen 9 AM–12 PM & 4–7 PMSighting map
126 sightingsSagebrush LizardSceloporus graciosusMost seen 9 AM–12 PM & 4–6 PMSighting map
127 sightingsFence LizardSceloporus occidentalisMost seen 10 AM–2 PMSighting map
11 sightingsSkinkPlestiodon skiltonianusMost seen 8–11 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map
13 sightingsMountain CottontailSylvilagus nuttalliiMost seen 6 AM & 6–8 PMSighting mapEach map shows where a species has been reported across Great Basin. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.

The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Great Basin Tour Guide
Great Basin, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Great Basin National 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 Great Basin audio tourRecorded for this place
Lehman Caves: Look for the Shields0:00 / 0:39
“You're approaching Lehman Caves and its visitor center. I'd stop for the cave's unusual shields: more than three hundred formations made of two thin calcite plates with a narrow gap between them.”
Plays as you drive up to Lehman Caves in the Parkwolf Great Basin Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Astronomy Amphitheater: An Evening at the Telescopes
- Packrats Keep a Climate Record
- A Jackrabbit’s Cooling Ears
- Grey Cliffs and Pole Canyon: A Shaded Lunch Stop
- 36 audio storiesacross Great Basin’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Elk, Mule Deer, Wild Turkey, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 29 trails, 29 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive

