Where to See Black Bear in Shenandoah National Park

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Black Bear sightings in Shenandoah

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Where Black Bear has been reported, from 325 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 AM3% of the busiest hour1 AM2% of the busiest hour2 AM2% of the busiest hour3 AM2% of the busiest hour4 AM8% of the busiest hour5 AM58% of the busiest hour6 AMBusiest hour7 AM82% of the busiest hour8 AM55% of the busiest hour9 AM40% of the busiest hour10 AM34% of the busiest hour11 AM29% of the busiest hourNoon27% of the busiest hour1 PM29% of the busiest hour2 PM34% of the busiest hour3 PM40% of the busiest hour4 PM51% of the busiest hour5 PM65% of the busiest hour6 PM82% of the busiest hour7 PM97% of the busiest hour8 PM76% of the busiest hour9 PM34% of the busiest hour10 PM13% of the busiest hour11 PM5% of the busiest hour

Black Bear is most seen 6 AM and 7 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	3%
1 AM	2%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	2%
4 AM	8%
5 AM	58%
6 AM	100%
7 AM	82%
8 AM	55%
9 AM	40%
10 AM	34%
11 AM	29%
Noon	27%
1 PM	29%
2 PM	34%
3 PM	40%
4 PM	51%
5 PM	65%
6 PM	82%
7 PM	97%
8 PM	76%
9 PM	34%
10 PM	13%
11 PM	5%

Audio tour

Hear about Black Bear on the drive.

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

Shenandoah Tour Guide

Bears in the Oak Trees

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“If you spot a black bear high in an oak tree in fall, it may be there for the acorns. Autumn is a busy feeding season, when bears build up fat before spending the winter in a den.”

Plays as you drive near Rockfish Gap Entrance in Parkwolf’s Shenandoah Tour Guide.

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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

Every sighting map, in your pocket.

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

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Shenandoah

All 16 sighting maps

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167 sightingsWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoMost seen 7–9 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

93 sightingsTimber RattlesnakeCrotalus horridusMost seen 9 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

24 sightingsCoyoteCanis latransMost seen 6 AM & 7–9 PMSighting map

12 sightingsRed FoxVulpes vulpesMost seen 6 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

18 sightingsBobcatLynx rufusMost seen 6 AM & 7 PMSighting map

22 sightingsRed-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusMost seen 10 AM–4 PMSighting map

Where to see Black Bear in Shenandoah