#fall-foliage

#fall-foliage

The first report lands September 10 and will drop every Wednesday through November, courtesy of more than 90 volunteer "leaf peepers" stationed across New York's 11 vacation regions. Their job is to obsessively monitor tree lines and send in dispatches on everything from the percentage of color change to the best viewing spots for the upcoming weekend. In other words, you'll know exactly when it's worth leaving your couch for a road trip.

If fall had an official runway, the Hudson Valley would be strutting down it in full foliage couture. Priceline just dropped its list of the top 10 leaf-peeping destinations for 2025 and Hudson Valley snagged the crown as the most searched autumn getaway. Move over Bucks County, Pennsylvania (last year's champ): New York's backyard just stole the spotlight. So why does Hudson Valley have travelers swooning like it's the pumpkin spice latte of destinations?

Two excellent interactive map tools can help reveal when the leaves are likely to change in your area. However, it should be noted that no tool is entirely accurate when predicting fall colors, and several factors, including local temperatures and rainfall, can affect when the leaves will change. Still, as September progresses into October and October into November, the leaves will continue to change through their cascade of seasonal colors, progressing from north to south.

Garner State Park, located in Concan, Texas, about three hours southwest of the Live Music Capital of the World. It's a popular destination for tubers who like to float the Frio River, but come fall, the park dazzles as trees turn from green to golden, orange, and red. Founded in 1941, Garner State Park is one of many parks built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, a program created by President Franklin Roosevelt to combat the unemployment crisis of the Great Depression.

there should still be plenty of time to enjoy outdoor activities without the need to bundle up. That's because meteorologists are now predicting that the Boston area will see an autumn that is warmer than average. Forecasters with the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center recently released a temperature outlook for September, October, and November. It shows that most of New England has a high chance of experiencing temperatures that are warmer than what is normally seen during the fall months.