Fall foliage in New England
The classic American leaf-peeping heartland: sugar maples, white-steepled villages, and mountain byways from the Green Mountains to the Berkshires, peaking north to south from late September through mid-October.
68 hand-picked fall stops in New England — leaves & views, farms & harvest, cider & donuts, Halloween haunts, towns & rides. Tap a 🍁 for its peak-color window, drag the date slider to watch the color arrive, or see every destination on the big map.
Vermont
Peak ~October 10
Vermont's sugar maples turn the Green Mountains red and gold, peaking in early-to-mid October along Route 100.
New Hampshire
Peak ~October 16
New Hampshire's White Mountains produce some of New England's most vivid color, with the Kancamagus Highway as the signature drive.
Maine
Peak ~October 12
Maine's mix of maple, birch and coastal spruce gives Acadia National Park and the western mountains an early, crisp foliage season.
Massachusetts
Peak ~October 20
The Berkshires in western Massachusetts turn early with sugar maples and birches, while the Mohawk Trail remains a classic fall drive.
Connecticut
Peak ~October 22
Sugar maples and oaks blaze across the rolling hills of the Litchfield Hills and the Quiet Corner, with Route 169 and Kent Falls State Park drawing leaf-peepers as color peaks in mid-to-late October.
Rhode Island
Peak ~October 25
New England's smallest state still delivers, with sugar maples and oaks coloring the Blackstone River Valley and Arcadia Management Area while stone-walled back roads peak in mid-to-late October.
Cities in New England
Guides & reading for New England
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