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Fall Foliage in New England
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Hi everyone -
I am in the early stages of planning a little road trip to NE, and could use some help. We would love to go see the beautiful fall foliage, and I was thinking around our anniversary (late September) would be nice. Does that seem like a good time? Too early/late?
We plan to drive from Baltimore, and will be traveling with our daughter, who will be two at the time. So, ideally, we would like to be within about 6-8 hours total of drive time (each way).
I know this is subjective, but can someone give me recs on a place to plan to go. We would love a quaint town with food, shopping, etc. We are open to either a coastal town or inland.
TIA!
Re: Fall Foliage in New England
This year the foliage was good through October. I don't know if that's typical though. Usually by early autumn there are websites with foliage maps so you can get a better idea of when and where to go.
The world is your oyster. You could try Keene or Harrisville, NH. Or Stowe, VT. Or head up to Maine to places like Camden. Heck, parts of MD have gorgeous foliage. You may also want to just google some towns famous for their foliage and see what appeals to you.
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The colors tend to move from north to south, so fall colors in ME will happen earlier than fall colors in MA. IMO late September is still a bit early in the season and you'd likely have to go way north to see anything, which is farther than your limit.
In the Boston area, mid to late October tends to be best.
technically not new england but new york: sleepy hollow/irvington/dobb's ferry are gorgeous in the fall. you're along the hudson river and could easily do a day or two in NYC as well if you wanted (bronx zoo, central park). celebrate your anniversary at the red hat in irvington.
mystic, CT and newport, RI would also be lovely
Keep in mind that you're looking at going after one of the warmest northeast winters on record.
There will be fall foliage in 2012 but it may not be a great year for it overall.
The plants and trees in Pennsylvania are confused, to say the least.
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this is a good thing to consider. i was (am!) too worried for how awful this summer will be in DC to think about the lack of foliage
My foliage experience is with backpacking in the Adirondacks, which are pretty similar in timing to New England, a little ahead at elevation. We've taken a bunch of trips around that time year...
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(Snowed that AM!)
If I were taking a guess, I'd go around the last weekend of September or first weekend of October. My parents took a cruise from Boston to to Montreal the last week of September 2011, and were disappointed at how green it still was. It might have been an exceptional year.
I think Jackson, NH and Stowe, VT are 2 of the most beautiful towns to see in NE but they are more than 6-8 hours from you I think.
I agree with PPs--western MA is pretty-the berkshire area--Lenox,Lee, Williamstown,etc...
Also, Mystic, CT is a very pretty coastal town with an aquarium that you daughter might enjoy, some historic sites, good restuarants,etc..
Newport is also lovely-little shops, mansions to tour, cliff walk (path along the ocean), parks, etc...
The foliage wasn't great this year at all. Even once the leaves finally did start to change, the colors weren't as bright as they usually are.
That said, I live about 50 miles south of Boston and the leaves usually haven't changed much by the end of September. In the last three autumns that we've been in our house, our first big raking/leaf blowing day has been right around Halloween. To get good leaf peeping in September, you definitely need to head to VT or ME, I would think.
This is a great area, but October is usually best for foliage. Unfortunately, this past year the foliage wasn't that great. I was a bit disappointed, because I was hoping to see the vibrant colors from our balloon ride, it was still a fun thing to do though.