Where to see
Tamias striatus
Voyageurs National Park leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Eastern Chipmunk during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voyageurs National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Cape Breton Highlands National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Gros Morne National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Voyageurs National Park
In Voyageurs National Park, United States, about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Chipmunk sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Cape Breton Highlands National Park and more
After Voyageurs National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an Eastern Chipmunk are in Cape Breton Highlands National Park (Canada, about 40%), Acadia National Park (United States, about 30%) and Shenandoah National Park (United States, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July in Voyageurs National Park (about 70%), May to September in Cape Breton Highlands National Park (about 40%) and March, June and August–September in Acadia National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Eastern Chipmunk on a given day. Each park's Eastern Chipmunk page has the full month-by-month chart.
