Where to see
Papilio glaucus
Great Smoky Mountains National Park leads · 4 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Congaree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
In Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States, about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail sighting on a given day, the highest of the 4 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Shenandoah National Park and more
After Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail are in Shenandoah National Park (United States, about 50%), Congaree National Park (United States, about 30%) and Point Pelee National Park (Canada, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are August in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (about 70%), August in Shenandoah National Park (about 80%) and March and July–September in Congaree National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on a given day. Each park's Eastern Tiger Swallowtail page has the full month-by-month chart.
