Brown Bear

Closest Relatives at Kenai Fjords 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	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	90–100%
2	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	60–70%
3	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	60–70%
4	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
5	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
6	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
7	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
8	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	40–50%
9	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	30–40%
10	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
11	Gates of the Arctic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
12	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	30–40%
13	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
14	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	10–20%
15	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	10–20%
16	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	0–10%
17	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	0–10%
18	Nahanni National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
19	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown Bear in Kenai Fjords National Park?

About 34% of visitor-days record a Brown Bear sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 47 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Brown Bear in Kenai Fjords National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Brown Bear in Kenai Fjords National Park in our monthly data.