Common Raccoon

Where to see

Common Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Celestún Biosphere Reserve leads · 23 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Raccoon during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~80%
2 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~70%
3 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
4 Congaree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
5 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
6 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~30%
7 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
8 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
9 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
10 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
11 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
12 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
13 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
~20%
14 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
15 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
16 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
17 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
18 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
19 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
20 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
21 Padre Island National Seashore 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
22 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
~20%
23 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Common Raccoon?

Celestún Biosphere Reserve

In Celestún Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Common Raccoon sighting on a given day, the highest of the 23 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Common Raccoon?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are March–April, June, September and November–January in Celestún Biosphere Reserve (about 80%), March and December–January in Cahuita National Park (about 80%) and March in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Raccoon on a given day. Each park's Common Raccoon page has the full month-by-month chart.