Mule Deer

Closest Relatives at Joshua Tree 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	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	80–90%
2	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	80–90%
3	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	70–80%
4	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	70–80%
5	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	70–80%
6	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	60–70%
7	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	60–70%
8	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
9	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
10	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
11	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	40–50%
12	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
13	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	40–50%
14	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
15	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	40–50%
16	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	30–40%
17	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	30–40%
18	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	20–30%
19	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
20	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
21	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	10–20%
22	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
23	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
24	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
25	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Mule Deer in Joshua Tree National Park?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Mule Deer sighting in Joshua Tree National Park, based on 23 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Mule Deer in Joshua Tree National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Mule Deer in Joshua Tree National Park in our monthly data.