Track the Migration
Watch the Weekly Migration Progress
JOURNEY NORTH LIVE MONARCH MIGRATION TRACKING
Journey North has been tracking the migration of monarchs and other creatures for a number of years and relies on citizen/community scientists to report their first and ongoing sightings of monarch adults, larvae (caterpillars), and eggs. You can see weekly progress of the monarchs as they move forward in the spring, as well as their migration south or southwest in the fall.
Visit them at journeynorth.org and become a citizen scientist by reporting your own sightings throughout the monarch season.
Along the Wasatch Front area, we typically see our first monarch adults arrive in late May and arriving sooner in southern and central Utah. Our northern population continues to increase in numbers through September when the fall migration occurs.
PLAN A ROAD TRIP TO SEE OVERWINTERING COLONIES
Western (west of the Rocky Mountain range) monarchs migrate primarily to the Pacific coast in California to overwinter. Wintering monarchs are best observed between late November and early February of each year. They form dense clusters for warmth while roosting in eucalyptus, Monterey pine, and Monterey cypress trees in suitable locations.
Pacific Grove, CA
One of the smaller sites where monarchs cluster on Monterey cypress and non-native eucalyptus trees
Pismo Beach, CA
This is the largest site of 200-300 overwintering colonies on the California coast
Santa Cruz, CA
A site located at Lighthouse Beach