Where to See Beaver in Isle Royale National Park

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Beaver sightings in Isle Royale

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Where Beaver has been reported, from 71 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 AM5% of the busiest hour1 AM3% of the busiest hour2 AM2% of the busiest hour3 AM2% of the busiest hour4 AM3% of the busiest hour5 AM37% of the busiest hour6 AM79% of the busiest hour7 AM58% of the busiest hour8 AM26% of the busiest hour9 AM16% of the busiest hour10 AM11% of the busiest hour11 AM8% of the busiest hourNoon7% of the busiest hour1 PM7% of the busiest hour2 PM8% of the busiest hour3 PM11% of the busiest hour4 PM16% of the busiest hour5 PM26% of the busiest hour6 PM47% of the busiest hour7 PM74% of the busiest hour8 PMBusiest hour9 PM84% of the busiest hour10 PM37% of the busiest hour11 PM13% of the busiest hour

Beaver is most seen 8 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Beaver sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	5%
1 AM	3%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	2%
4 AM	3%
5 AM	37%
6 AM	79%
7 AM	58%
8 AM	26%
9 AM	16%
10 AM	11%
11 AM	8%
Noon	7%
1 PM	7%
2 PM	8%
3 PM	11%
4 PM	16%
5 PM	26%
6 PM	47%
7 PM	74%
8 PM	100%
9 PM	84%
10 PM	37%
11 PM	13%

Audio tour

Hear about Beaver on the drive.

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

Isle Royale Tour Guide

A Moose's Underwater Lunch

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“If you spot a moose with its head underwater, it may be having lunch. In summer, moose feed on aquatic plants in inland lakes and beaver ponds.”

Plays as you drive near Washington Creek Campground in Parkwolf’s Isle Royale Tour Guide.

One more story about Beaver in the app

A Lodge with an Underwater Door

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Where to look

Isle Royale spots that mention Beaver

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

Places

CampgroundBeaver Island CampgroundThree water-facing shelters make this a small harbor base.

CampgroundDaisy Farm CampgroundA Lake Superior base camp where three trails meet.

CampgroundMalone Bay CampgroundFive shelters on Isle Royale's rocky shore, reached by trail or boat.

Trails

ModerateDaisy Farm Trail1.7 mi · 1.3 hrBoardwalks cross beaver wetlands on the climb to the ridge.

ChallengingMinong Ridge Trail28 mi · 1.3 daysA tough, remote ridge traverse with views over Superior and Canada.

ChallengingFeldtmann Loop30.1 mi · 1.3 daysFour to five days of ridge, shore, and old mine history.

ModerateDaisy Farm Triangle5.1 mi · 3.5 hrBoardwalks, ridge climbs, and a historic tower above the island.

ChallengingMinong Ridge Overlook Trail6 mi · 4 hrA rocky ridge opens onto Pie Island and the Canadian shore.

ModerateFeldtmann Lake Trail8.5 mi · 6 hrAn 8.5-mile traverse from Windigo to Feldtmann Lake.

ModerateIsland Mine Trail4.9 mi · 3.5 hrA rocky one-way link from Siskiwit Bay to the Island Mine junction.

ModerateEast Chickenbone Trail1.6 mi · 1.3 hrA forested connector with glimpses of Chickenbone Lake.

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

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16 sighting mapsfor Isle Royale, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
17 audio storiesplay as you drive Isle Royale, wildlife included

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Isle Royale

All 16 sighting maps

308 sightingsMooseAlces alcesMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

93 sightingsWolfCanis lupusMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

77 sightingsBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusMost seen 9–11 AM & 2–7 PMSighting map

150 sightingsLoonGavia immerMost seen 6–9 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

24 sightingsTrumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorMost seen 6–8 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

29 sightingsRiver OtterLontra canadensisMost seen 7 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

25 sightingsOspreyPandion haliaetusMost seen 7–11 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map

29 sightingsSandhill CraneAntigone canadensisMost seen 7–9 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

Where to see Beaver in Isle Royale