Where to See Mountain Goat in Mount Rainier National Park

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Mountain Goat sightings in Mount Rainier

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Where Mountain Goat has been reported, from 466 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none. Locations are adjusted to protect the animals, so the pattern is approximate.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM1% of the busiest hour1 AM1% of the busiest hour2 AM1% of the busiest hour3 AM2% of the busiest hour4 AM6% of the busiest hour5 AM78% of the busiest hour6 AMBusiest hour7 AM89% of the busiest hour8 AM67% of the busiest hour9 AM56% of the busiest hour10 AM50% of the busiest hour11 AM44% of the busiest hourNoon39% of the busiest hour1 PM39% of the busiest hour2 PM39% of the busiest hour3 PM44% of the busiest hour4 PM56% of the busiest hour5 PM67% of the busiest hour6 PM83% of the busiest hour7 PMBusiest hour8 PM78% of the busiest hour9 PM6% of the busiest hour10 PM2% of the busiest hour11 PM1% of the busiest hour

Mountain Goat is most seen 6–8 AM and 7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Mountain Goat sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	1%
1 AM	1%
2 AM	1%
3 AM	2%
4 AM	6%
5 AM	78%
6 AM	100%
7 AM	89%
8 AM	67%
9 AM	56%
10 AM	50%
11 AM	44%
Noon	39%
1 PM	39%
2 PM	39%
3 PM	44%
4 PM	56%
5 PM	67%
6 PM	83%
7 PM	100%
8 PM	78%
9 PM	6%
10 PM	2%
11 PM	1%

Audio tour

Hear about Mountain Goat on the drive.

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

Mount Rainier Tour Guide

A Mountain Goat's Grip

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“Mountain goats can make a steep rock face look surprisingly walkable. Their feet help explain it. Each hoof splits into two toes that can spread apart, with soft, rubbery pads inside a hard outer edge.”

Plays as you drive near Sunrise Road Columnar Rock Formation in Parkwolf’s Mount Rainier Tour Guide.

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Where to look

Mount Rainier spots that mention Mountain Goat

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

Places

SightEmmons Vista OverlooksA short meadow walk to Rainier’s biggest glacier.

Trails

ModerateMount Fremont Lookout Trail5.6 mi · 3.5 hrA rocky ridge climb to Rainier’s 1934 fire lookout.

ModerateBurroughs Mountain Trail6.2 mi · 4.5 hrA high ridge walk puts Rainier and its glaciers front and center.

ModerateSummerland Trail8.4 mi · 4 hrWildflower meadows and Rainier views, after a long forest climb.

ChallengingSummerland–Panhandle Gap Trail12 mi · 8 hrRainier falls away as meadow trails rise to a rocky alpine saddle.

ChallengingGlacier Basin–Burroughs Loop11.5 mi · 8 hrA hard loop from glacier basin to open, high alpine tundra.

ModerateGlacier Basin Trail7 mi · 5 hrA former mining road climbs to a glacier-carved basin.

ChallengingCrystal Peak Trail8 mi · 6 hrHard climb, broad views, and a former lookout site above Crystal Lakes.

ChallengingComet Falls and Van Trump Park Trail5.8 mi · 4.5 hrWaterfall spray gives way to open meadows and big Rainier views.

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

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58 sightingsElkCervus canadensisMost seen 6–8 AM & 7 PMSighting map

574 sightingsMule DeerOdocoileus hemionusMost seen 6–8 AM & 7 PMSighting map

1,853 sightingsHoary MarmotMarmota caligataMost seen 6–8 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

654 sightingsPikaOchotona princepsMost seen 7 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

87 sightingsRed FoxVulpes vulpes cascadensisMost seen 5–7 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

200 sightingsNorthwestern SalamanderAmbystoma gracileMost seen 7 AM & 8 PMSighting map

Where to see Mountain Goat in Mount Rainier