Northern Elephant Seal

Closest Relatives at Olympic National Park

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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	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
2	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
3	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
4	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
5	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
6	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Northern Elephant Seal in Olympic National Park?

About 12% of visitor-days record a Northern Elephant Seal sighting in Olympic National Park, based on 81 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Northern Elephant Seal in Olympic National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Northern Elephant Seal in Olympic National Park in our monthly data.