Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a fine wildlife park. Elk, mule deer, bison, whitetail and pronghorn roam the park's valleys and flats. One of the more popular animals is the black tailed prarie dog. These are easy to see as you drive Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The variety of wildlife to be observed at Theodore Roosevelt National Park is very good and above average for most national parks.Coming form the east, this is the first taste of western wildlife. One of the first things you may notice is the large number of hawks that soar in the sky.

Bison: all over the park, try Skyline Drive
Elk: Buck Hill area
Eagles/hawks: Overlooks, cliff areas
Prarie Dogs: Skyline Drive
Mule deer: anywhere in the park during lowlight hours
Porcupines: small tree clusters
Pronghorn: Boicourt Overlook
Rattlesnakes: paved surfaces on hot evenings
Turkeys: all over park, Cottonwood
Wild horses: Painted Canyon
Whitetail deer: low elevations in lowlight hours



Theodore Roosevelt is a good park for photographing wildlife. If you have a 3x zoom and you want some wildllife shots, hang out around the Skyline Drive area. For those with a DSLR, make sure you bring a standard zoom and a long zoom. On a 1.6x crop body, an 18-40 or 50 standard zoom will work very well for landscapes(28-80 on a 1.6xcrop) , and you will want at least 200mm for wildlife.