Fall color near Las Vegas
The Strip stays green and the desert stays tan, but Las Vegas hides a real foliage escape: less than an hour up Kyle Canyon, Mount Charleston's aspens turn brilliant gold against limestone cliffs. Push a little farther and Zion's cottonwoods glow beneath red rock walls well into late fall.
Fall activities in Las Vegas
Little classic fall color reaches Las Vegas itself, so these are the closest real shows, ranked by distance.
Drag the date slider to see when color moves through the country around Las Vegas, or tap a pin for that stop’s own peak window.
Nevada
239 miPeak October 19
Aspen groves turn gold across the Great Basin's mountain ranges, most famously Lamoille Canyon in the Ruby Mountains and Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park. Peak color typically runs late September into mid-October.
Utah
290 miPeak October 14
Quaking aspen turns the Wasatch and high plateaus gold along the Alpine Loop Scenic Byway, while Fishlake National Forest hosts Pando, the massive aspen clone. Peak color typically falls in late September to early October.
Arizona
233 miPeak November 3
Aspens gild the San Francisco Peaks and White Mountains by late September, while bigtooth maples set Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona ablaze in red and orange through mid-to-late October at lower elevation.
California
252 miPeak November 16
Eastern Sierra aspens turn gold along the June Lake Loop, Bishop Creek Canyon, and Lundy Canyon, often paired with turning black oak in the foothills. Peak color generally arrives in early-to-mid October at elevation.
In Las Vegas itself
Peak: November 2–November 14
Color builds from October 26 · mostly bare by December 1
Sampled at Las Vegas’s own coordinates rather than a regional average. Dates are computed for Las Vegas at 620 m, about 2.2 days later than the surrounding terrain. Street trees vary block to block, so check locally before you plan a weekend around it.
Nevada is sampled at 53 weather points, and that answer already agrees with 1 published peak date from smokymountains.com, so nothing is added to it. This year's weather has the peak running 1 day later than a normal year. Across Nevada the first place to turn and the last sit about 12 days apart. How the forecast works
Where locals go
Things to do in fall in Las Vegas
Orchards, cider, haunts, and harvest season. These are the iconic fall stops within a day trip of Las Vegas.
Haunted Harvest at Springs Preserve
Fall festivalColor nearby peaks November 7
The lights-on, kid-scale alternative to Vegas haunts: four evenings of trick-or-treat stations, crafts and food trucks scattered through…
The Gilcrease Orchard
OrchardColor nearby peaks November 5
Sixty acres of you-pick orchard in northwest Las Vegas, run since 1997 by the non-profit Gilcrease Orchard Foundation on land the Gilcrease…
Halloween Town Pumpkin Patch (Silverado Ranch)
Pumpkin patchColor nearby peaks November 8
Halloween Town sets up several pumpkin patches around the Las Vegas valley every October, this one off Silverado Ranch Boulevard on the…
Boulder City
22 miHistoric town
Color nearby peaks November 10
Boulder City was built from scratch in 1931 to house the workers who raised Hoover Dam, and it remains one of only two towns in Nevada with…
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Corn maze
Color nearby peaks November 17
An hour northeast of Las Vegas in the farm country around Logandale, the Moapa Valley Cornmaze turns into a haunted corn maze after dark…
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Guides
Frequently asked
- Does Las Vegas get fall colors?
- Some, but it stays understated. Expect scattered street trees rather than a hillside, with the color worth planning around out toward Nevada and Utah.
- Where's the closest good foliage to Las Vegas?
- Nevada, about 239 mi away, peaking around October 19. Aspen groves turn gold across the Great Basin's mountain ranges, most famously Lamoille Canyon in the Ruby Mountains and Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park. Peak color typically runs late September into mid-October.
- When does Las Vegas see what color it gets?
- The model predicts the area's late-season change around November 2–November 14. It stays subtle in town, and it is no match for a trip toward Nevada and Utah.
- What are the best things to do in fall in Las Vegas?
- Beyond the leaves: Haunted Harvest at Springs Preserve (3 mi); The Gilcrease Orchard (11 mi); Halloween Town Pumpkin Patch (Silverado Ranch) (11 mi); Boulder City (22 mi); Moapa Valley Cornmaze (47 mi). All of them are mapped on this page.