White-tailed Deer

Where to see

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Chingaza National Natural Park leads · 30 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~90%
2 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~80%
3 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~70%
4 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~60%
5 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~60%
6 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~60%
7 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
8 Voyageurs National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
9 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
10 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
~50%
11 Padre Island National Seashore 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
12 Isla del Coco National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
13 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
14 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~40%
15 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
16 Congaree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
17 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
18 Elk Island National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~30%
19 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
20 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~30%
21 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
22 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
23 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~20%
24 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
25 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a White-tailed Deer?

Chingaza National Natural Park

In Chingaza National Natural Park, Colombia, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a White-tailed Deer sighting on a given day, the highest of the 30 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a White-tailed Deer?

Shenandoah National Park and more

After Chingaza National Natural Park, the next-best odds of seeing a White-tailed Deer are in Shenandoah National Park (United States, about 80%), Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 70%) and Acadia National Park (United States, about 60%). Outside South America, the best options are Shenandoah National Park in North America (about 80%), Santa Rosa National Park in Central America (about 70%) and Rakiura National Park in Oceania (about 50%).

When is the best time to see a White-tailed Deer?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are May–June, August and October–February in Chingaza National Natural Park (about 90%), November in Shenandoah National Park (about 90%) and January, March–April and July–August in Santa Rosa National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a White-tailed Deer on a given day. Each park's White-tailed Deer page has the full month-by-month chart.