US fall foliage map 2025
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·September 23, 2025mauvehaus
Loudergood
Indeed, I just drove across the state on Saturday and things are just starting to change in the higher valleys. Stressed trees are starting in the lower valleys as well.
mindslight
It feels like it's going to be a pretty lackluster leaf season, with everything going at different times. Note to tourists: if you'd like to bring some leaves home, take as many as you'd like.
JumpCrisscross
Strongly recommend for Clockwork's The Incredible Biology Powering Autumn Colors｜Leaf Senescence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOjkeyjJ364.
The biochemistry of photosynthesis is wild. The fact that these are mobile power stations that plants remove from the frontline for winter is mind blowing. (The closest I can think of would be your eyes shipping all of their retinal into your liver or whatever while you sleep.)
DietaryNonsense
Can I please just take a moment to talk about the Fall foliage? Autumn crimsons and browns, and golds, and buttery golds, and buttery browns.
wewtyflakes
We decided to drive down to see the seasons change... Was a long trip through Virginia... Kentucky... Tennessee... Georgia... but its just so magical to me to come from the north... where it is cold... to the south... where it is warm... To see the tremendous differences from region to region... in this incredible country ours. Mmmm.
(Birdcage)
mrdependable
Wow, those pictures look gorgeous. I'm guessing they depict the North East US somewhere? Really want to get out of Southern California so I can experience seasons again.
cde-v
Both are from Virginia according to the alt text. I had the same thought though, the first one looked like somewhere between Vermont and New Hampshire along the Connecticut River.
pwarner
I want real time updates from satellite imagery!
s0rce
I've used satellite imagery to plan trips to see fall colors, you can see big stands of aspen changing colors but usually there are enough people out taking photos that you dont need it and the high enough resolution photos lack sufficient frequency.
tinyhouse
Thanks! Looks much better than those sites with all the ads.
echelon
Is it just me, or are the leaves changing color earlier than normal this year?
I could have sworn this was a biochemical incident sunlight, and yet the leaves are changing over a month earlier than every other year in recent memory.
Am I crazy?
This tracks for us in Vermont. It's barely rained since early July, and of the trees in our yard, the birch is damn near bare, the oak is starting to drop, and the maple is just holding on to its leaves. In the wider area I drive in, the trees are starting to show some color.
We're looking forward to some rain this week, but we're a ways behind[0]. If you have New England fall foliage plans, you might want to move them up if you can.
[0]https://www.drought.gov/states/vermont