How the Wildlife Planner Works
Want some help deciding where to go? Answer a few questions and let the planner suggest a route. Already know what you want? Choose your park and wildlife, open the full map, and shape the day yourself.
Either way, you stay in control. Wildlife sightings are never guaranteed.
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Help Me Choose
This path mirrors what you actually see in the planner. You do not choose a route first. Tell it where your day begins, which wildlife matters most, and about your timing. Then the planner suggests the route that best fits those choices.
Choose the available starting area that matches where you will begin the day, such as Jackson. This gives the planner a real starting point to build around.
Choose the wildlife you most want to focus on. Your priorities help determine which route makes the most sense for the day.
The final screen groups the rest of the timing information together.
The planner suggests the route. Wildlife still moves, road conditions change, and sightings are never guaranteed.
Build My Own Route
This path skips the suggested-route questions. You do not choose Jackson, another starting area, or a suggested route first. Pick the park and wildlife you care about, then go straight into the full-map experience.
Once the full map opens, use the same field information and planning tools to decide where you want to go and what you want to explore.
Help Me Choose suggests the route for you. Build My Own Route gives you the full map and lets you decide how to shape the day.
Once You’re in the Map
Help Me Choose gets you started with a suggested route. Build My Own Route drops you into the full map. Once you are there, the useful part is the same: field observations, context, directions, safety information, and places worth exploring along the way.
Open dated wildlife observations to understand where animals have recently been seen and what was happening in that area.
Read the field context behind an area, including habitat, animal behavior, what mattered during the observation, and planning tips.
Turn wildlife on or off so the map stays focused on the species and information that matter to the day you are planning.
Use the route directions and open the starting point in Google Maps when you are ready to begin driving.
Turn scenic, historic, and geothermal stops on or off so you can add worthwhile places that make sense along the wildlife route.
Use the safety guidance and field context to understand how to behave around wildlife, when to stay back, and when it is time to move on.
Take the Plan With You
Build your wildlife route while you have a connection. Before you drive, save the finished plan as a PDF to your phone. Once it is saved, the important route information stays with you even when cell service gets weak or disappears completely.
The saved PDF works without cell service once it is downloaded to your device. Live road conditions, closures, alerts, and navigation can still change, so check official park information before every drive.
See It for Yourself
You have seen how the two planning paths work. Now try the guided experience with a real sample route. See how your starting point, wildlife priorities, and timing turn into a clearer first move before deciding whether the full planner belongs in your trip.
Sample field entries only. Full access opens the complete wildlife map with field observations added after fieldwork.
These entries are examples only. They are not current sightings.
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Free Quick-Start Field Guide
Get the free Where Do I Start? field guide for Yellowstone and Grand Teton. Pick your park, know which road to start on, and have a backup plan before you head out.
I’ll also send occasional field notes, photography tips, and practical park updates.
Know which park to start in, which road to take first, and what to do if wildlife isn’t moving.
Practical planning help, not live wildlife tracking or a promise of sightings.