I will be in the Hudson River valley this next week. We were hoping for fall colors, but the person we are staying with says everything is still green, which is obviously not good. Is there a place we can drive to from somewhere around Hyde Park to find color now. Any suggestions would be welcome!!!!
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Where Would Be the Best Place for Fall Colors This Week?
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Catskills? Berkshires? Anything with some elevation should help.
W3PYF
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It’s just turned cold in the NYC area. By next week, it should be at/near peak. These from the past weekend in Lowell Cemetery, MA - at its peak.
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Morris0
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My wife and I were hiking in the Mid Hudson Valley returning home on Sunday. The color was just starting so next week should be better. As mentioned North and Higher Elevations were better. The early color we did find was very nice as you can see in this post:
Have a great time,
Morris
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Have a great time,
Morris
joeletx
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I was in NH driving through HW 112 (Kancamagus HW) two weeks ago and it was near peak color. By now it is probably passing peak time a little bit.
AVS158
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I live in Northern Westchester, only very few trees are turning yellow. Most of the trees are still green. We will have 35 degrees tonight, maybe it will help.
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sabrina81
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I have no idea how reliable this is:
smokymountains.com
2025 Fall Prediction Map
When will the leaves start changing? When will they peak? Our Nationwide 2025 Fall Foliage Map and leaf prediction tool has answers and progressive county-level predictions.
mreynolds767
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That Smokey Mountains chart is junk.
The first tell is the large range that is all considered the same timing on it, Trying to do a map for all of the US like they did is just impractical.
For example they have northern NH and southern MA/RI area the exact same time.
In practice they are 2 weeks apart. Northern NH (White Mountains area) is just a little past peak right now while Southern MA/RI there is very little color yet.
Immediate problem for next 5 days or so is the wind ; very hard to take good foliage shots on a windy day and the winds are going to take off some foliage so a little worried about next week most anywhere in New England.
The first tell is the large range that is all considered the same timing on it, Trying to do a map for all of the US like they did is just impractical.
For example they have northern NH and southern MA/RI area the exact same time.
In practice they are 2 weeks apart. Northern NH (White Mountains area) is just a little past peak right now while Southern MA/RI there is very little color yet.
Immediate problem for next 5 days or so is the wind ; very hard to take good foliage shots on a windy day and the winds are going to take off some foliage so a little worried about next week most anywhere in New England.
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