Where to see
Marmota marmota
Vanoise National Park leads · 9 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Alpine Marmot during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 3 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 9 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia |
Vanoise National Park
In Vanoise National Park, France, about 90% of wildlife watchers report an Alpine Marmot sighting on a given day, the highest of the 9 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Hohe Tauern National Park and more
After Vanoise National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an Alpine Marmot are in Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria, about 90%), Mercantour National Park (France, about 80%) and Ecrins National Park (France, about 80%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are May to September in Vanoise National Park (about 90%), June to September in Hohe Tauern National Park (about 90%) and June to September in Mercantour National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Alpine Marmot on a given day. Each park's Alpine Marmot page has the full month-by-month chart.
