Mountain Goat

Closest Relatives at Rocky Mountain 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	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	70–80%
2	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
3	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	40–50%
4	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	30–40%
5	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
6	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
7	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
8	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
9	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
10	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
11	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
12	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Goat in Rocky Mountain National Park?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Mountain Goat sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Mountain Goat in Rocky Mountain National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Mountain Goat in Rocky Mountain National Park in our monthly data.