Y3K Lab Monarch Waystation Map Data: Monarch Watch · registry as of July 13, 2026

Monarch Butterfly Waystations, mapped.

Every habitat registered with Monarch Watch since 2005 — plotted from the public registry, ZIP by ZIP. Drag the timeline to watch two decades of milkweed take root.

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registered habitats, and counting
countries & territories
U.S. states
21years of planting
Setting the plates — loading 13,000 ZIP-code positions…
2026
cumulative

Twenty-one years of helping monarch butterflies

Registrations per year, with the running total drawn over them. 2026 is a partial year — the registry runs through early July.

Where the milkweed grows

The fifteen U.S. states with the most registered habitats.

    Worldwide

    Every country and territory in the registry.

      Habitat patch size

      Distribution of registered habitats by area class — in landscape ecology, even the smallest patches serve as stepping-stones along the flyway.