Plan Your Adventure with My New England Fall Foliage Guide
Stop guessing and start driving. This New England Fall Foliage Guide is backed by 20+ years of leaf-peeping experience to help you find ‘peak’ color, hidden covered bridges, and the most scenic routes. Join me in chasing the colors across the Northeast
Foliage Reports & Forecasts
Scenic Drives to Explore
To see which routes are currently showing the brightest colors, I recommend checking the Official Vermont Fall Foliage Reports updated weekly by state foresters.
Hit the road with hand-picked routes, scenic itineraries, and the best places to stay along the way
Planning Your Trip: The Essentials for Using This New England Fall Foliage Guide
The Timeline: Meaningful color typically begins in late September in the North (VT/NH/ME) and moves south through mid-November.
The Strategy: The “When” is tied to the “Where.” If you arrive early, head north; if you arrive late, stay south.
The Secret: There is no “perfect” map because every year is different—that’s why I provide Live Foliage Reports.
Are you looking for a Map to gauge the Fall Colors?
Static maps can’t capture the reality of the current season. Instead of a guess, I give you real-time insights. Read: Finding “Peak” Fall Foliage | See the Best (and Worst) Maps
Jeff’s Pro Tips
Finding the perfect color is a mystical art, not a science. While I can’t guarantee a specific date (nature is unpredictable!), I always recommend checking the National Weather Service forecasts and using the resources below:
- Fall Foliage 101: A Primer for Leaf-Peepers
- The Search for Peak Fall Foliage
- What if you miss the peak?
I’ve spent years perfecting this New England Fall Foliage Guide to help you avoid the crowds. You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel and watch my video updates.
Stress-Free Fall Foliage Trip Planning
This is an exerpt from my article on Stress Free planning. To me, a stress-free trip means NOT spending the whole day on the road driving, and normally, this is exactly what I do. Of course, my mission is to scout out the fall foliage and broadcast what I find through this blog and social media posts. This causes me to head out and do this to help you. But! How many of you have heard a friend come back from their vacation and say”I need a vacation from my vacation”?
There is NO sure-fire way to beat this one. But you can minimize it in a couple of ways. First, followmy fall foliage blog, where you will find the resources from links to the sites I research, to my posts on real-time reports from photographer friends around New England, and my own observations. Use this information to make good decisions.
Next don’t try to cover all of New England in one trip. Look at your dates and pick one or two locations to visit. There are no dates that I can guarantee success. I can say if you arrive around Columbus Day or just after, you will have the greatest latitude for selecting locations to pick from.
