Where to See Porcupine in Katmai National Park

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Porcupine sightings in Katmai

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Where Porcupine has been reported, from 16 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 AM11% of the busiest hour1 AM8% of the busiest hour2 AM7% of the busiest hour3 AM13% of the busiest hour4 AM36% of the busiest hour5 AM76% of the busiest hour6 AM91% of the busiest hour7 AM68% of the busiest hour8 AM42% of the busiest hour9 AM27% of the busiest hour10 AM20% of the busiest hour11 AM16% of the busiest hourNoon13% of the busiest hour1 PM13% of the busiest hour2 PM16% of the busiest hour3 PM20% of the busiest hour4 PM27% of the busiest hour5 PM36% of the busiest hour6 PM49% of the busiest hour7 PM64% of the busiest hour8 PM82% of the busiest hour9 PMBusiest hour10 PM84% of the busiest hour11 PM47% of the busiest hour

Porcupine is most seen 6 AM and 9 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Porcupine sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	11%
1 AM	8%
2 AM	7%
3 AM	13%
4 AM	36%
5 AM	76%
6 AM	91%
7 AM	68%
8 AM	42%
9 AM	27%
10 AM	20%
11 AM	16%
Noon	13%
1 PM	13%
2 PM	16%
3 PM	20%
4 PM	27%
5 PM	36%
6 PM	49%
7 PM	64%
8 PM	82%
9 PM	100%
10 PM	84%
11 PM	47%

Audio tour

Hear about Porcupine on the drive.

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

Katmai Tour Guide

Quills in the Willows: Spotting Porcupines

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“The willow and spruce thickets around here are prime porcupine territory.”

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

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Katmai

All 16 sighting maps

752 sightingsBrown BearUrsus arctosMost seen 7–11 AM & 6–10 PMSighting map

55 sightingsSockeye SalmonOncorhynchus nerkaMost seen 9 AM–7 PMSighting map

15 sightingsWolfCanis lupusMost seen 6 AM & 7–10 PMSighting map

68 sightingsBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusMost seen 9–11 AM & 3–8 PMSighting map

17 sightingsMooseAlces alcesMost seen 6–8 AM & 8–11 PMSighting map

19 sightingsBelted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonMost seen 6–9 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

82 sightingsMerganserMergus merganserMost seen 7–10 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map

57 sightingsGlaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescensMost seen 8 AM–8 PMSighting map

Where to see Porcupine in Katmai