Where to See Coyote in Yellowstone National Park

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Coyote sightings in Yellowstone

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Where Coyote has been reported, from 1,059 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 AM2% of the busiest hour1 AM2% of the busiest hour2 AM3% of the busiest hour3 AM5% of the busiest hour4 AM16% of the busiest hour5 AM63% of the busiest hour6 AM89% of the busiest hour7 AM95% of the busiest hour8 AM74% of the busiest hour9 AM53% of the busiest hour10 AM42% of the busiest hour11 AM37% of the busiest hourNoon32% of the busiest hour1 PM32% of the busiest hour2 PM37% of the busiest hour3 PM47% of the busiest hour4 PM58% of the busiest hour5 PM74% of the busiest hour6 PM89% of the busiest hour7 PMBusiest hour8 PM89% of the busiest hour9 PM58% of the busiest hour10 PM26% of the busiest hour11 PM11% of the busiest hour

Coyote is most seen 6–8 AM and 6–9 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Coyote sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	2%
1 AM	2%
2 AM	3%
3 AM	5%
4 AM	16%
5 AM	63%
6 AM	89%
7 AM	95%
8 AM	74%
9 AM	53%
10 AM	42%
11 AM	37%
Noon	32%
1 PM	32%
2 PM	37%
3 PM	47%
4 PM	58%
5 PM	74%
6 PM	89%
7 PM	100%
8 PM	89%
9 PM	58%
10 PM	26%
11 PM	11%

Audio tour

Hear about Coyote on the drive.

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

Yellowstone Tour Guide

A Coyote Listening for Lunch

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“If you spot a coyote standing still in a meadow, keep watching. It may be listening for its next meal. Voles, mice and rabbits make up much of a coyote's diet, and a hunt can end with a sudden pounce.”

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

One more story about Coyote in the app

One Hunts Above, One Below

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Where to look

Yellowstone spots that mention Coyote

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

Places

SightOld Faithful GeyserThe eruption is brief; the basin boardwalk makes a longer stop worthwhile.

SightLamar Valley Wildlife WatchingScan open grasslands for bison, wolves, and the northern range.

Trails

ChallengingCoyote Creek Trail14.3 mi · 8.5 hrA long meadow climb to a remote northern boundary.

EasyOld Faithful to Morning Glory Pool Trail2.7 mi · 2 hrA level geyser walk ends at a spring changed by its visitors.

ChallengingBuffalo Plateau Trail18.8 mi · 11 hrCross the river, climb through sagebrush to two wide valleys.

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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397 sightingsMooseAlces alcesMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

1,494 sightingsBlack BearUrsus americanusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

1,327 sightingsPronghornAntilocapra americanaMost seen 7–9 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

648 sightingsMule DeerOdocoileus hemionusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

Where to see Coyote in Yellowstone