Use This Fall Foliage Map to Plan Your Fall Trip
After everything we’ve been through this year, we deserve to wait. Unfortunately, many of the usual fall activities – such as dressing up the kids who visit every home in your area – may not be possible due to COVID. But one thing we can still count on (although for now, who knows what will happen next in terms of natural disasters) is to enjoy the changing color of the leaves.
Whether you are a serious foliage lover, a fan of fall travel, or still stuck inside (but want to see something new outside the window), you probably want to know when your area or the place you are planning to visit is peaking in color. Fortunately, there is atool that can help you with this . Here’s what you need to know.
How to use the fall foliage map
As in previous years,SmokyMountains.com provided us with a prediction map of when leaves in every part of the United States will be most colorful. Using the map is quite simple: just drag the circle on the timeline below the map to different dates to find the forecast for foliage.
For example, by September 7, leaves are expected to start changing color in New England, the northernmost parts of the upper Midwest, and the Rocky Mountains. In just two weeks, many of these patches will reach their peak color.
Of course,as the website points out , these are just predictions, and “while no tool can be 100% accurate, this tool is designed to help travelers better time their travel times so they can better catch the peak color every year”. So if you book Airbnb in Vermont as per the map, but end up disappearing to peak color after a few days – or if a heavy storm blows all the leaves off the trees before – you can’t blame the map.