Eastern Cottontail

Closest Relatives at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	30–40%
2	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
3	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
4	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
5	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
6	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
7	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	0–10%
8	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
9	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
10	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
11	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	Insufficient data
12	Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Eastern Cottontail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

About 22% of visitor-days record a Eastern Cottontail sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, based on 108 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Eastern Cottontail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Eastern Cottontail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in our monthly data.