Mule Deer

Where to see

Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus

Zion National Park leads · 21 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~90%
2 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
~90%
3 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
4 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
5 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
6 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
7 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~60%
8 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~60%
9 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
~60%
10 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~60%
11 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
12 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~50%
13 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
14 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
15 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~40%
16 Elk Island National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~30%
17 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
~30%
18 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
19 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
20 Saguaro National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
21 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Mule Deer?

Zion National Park

In Zion National Park, United States, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Mule Deer sighting on a given day, the highest of the 21 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Mule Deer?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are December and January in Zion National Park (over 90%), July–August and October–December in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (about 90%) and October to March in Badlands National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Mule Deer on a given day. Each park's Mule Deer page has the full month-by-month chart.