Uzungöl
Lake · Pontic Mountains — Northern Turkey
A landslide-dammed lake at 1,100m in Trabzon's Çaykara district, formed when the Haldizen Stream was blocked and now ringed by spruce forest and chestnut-farmed slopes descending toward the Black Sea coast. Forest around the shoreline turns through September and October ahead of highland snow.
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Kaçkar Mountains National Park
National parkTypically October 8–October 21
Turkey's Black Sea range crests at Mount Kaçkar, 3,937m, its lower slopes holding Colchic forest of oriental beech, sweet chestnut and alder that runs down toward the coast. Color climbs the mountainside through October, with the second and third weeks typically showing the most vivid red and gold.
Don’t miss: Colchic beech-chestnut forest belt · Mount Kaçkar (3,937m) · Black Sea coastal approach
Yedigöller (Seven Lakes) National Park
National parkTypically October 15–November 15
Seven small lakes formed by ancient landslides sit inside a beech and hornbeam forest at 900m in Bolu Province, the westernmost reach of Turkey's Black Sea forest belt. The trees color from mid-October into November, ringing Büyükgöl and the other lakes in red, yellow and rust doubled in still water.
Don’t miss: seven landslide-dammed lakes · beech-hornbeam forest at 900m · reflective lake-shore color
Frequently asked
- What is Uzungöl best for?
- A calm lakeside walk.
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