Fall foliage

Fall foliage in Louisiana

Fall 2026 · updated daily

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Louisiana’s fall comes late and is concentrated along waterways and in the northern hills.

A slow brown bayou between wooded banks, with orange and red leaves in the trees and scattered red leaves on the sand and water.
Kisatchie Bayou in the Kisatchie hillsPhoto: finchlake2000 · CC BY 2.0 · source

Bald cypress in the Atchafalaya Basin and around the northern lakes turns rust in November, and red maple, sweetgum and black gum add color in the Kisatchie hills and the Florida parishes through the second half of the month.

The change runs north to south and lingers into December near the coast.

Compared with the states to the north the season is muted.

In a typical year

Bordering states

Color: Fallcast, the same map as the app. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors, Protomaps. Place outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.