Fall foliage

Fall foliage in Maryland

Fall 2026 · updated daily

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Maryland runs from the Allegheny Plateau to the Chesapeake over nearly three weeks.

A wooden stairway down through trees dropping yellow and orange leaves.
The stairway at Swallow Falls State ParkPhoto: Nicolas Raymond · CC BY 2.0 · source
Deep Creek Lake under a gray sky, its far shore a band of orange and rust trees.
Deep Creek LakePhoto: Nicolas Raymond · CC BY 2.0 · source

Garrett County, around Swallow Falls and Deep Creek Lake, turns in the second and third weeks of October;

Forested hills at Green Ridge in red, orange and green under a pale sky.
Green Ridge State ForestPhoto: subgirl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

the ridges of Green Ridge and Catoctin follow at the end of the month;

The rapids at Great Falls of the Potomac, with trees on the far bank in autumn color.
Great Falls of the Potomac, along the C&O CanalPhoto: Andrew Parlette · CC BY 2.0 · source

the Piedmont, the C&O Canal and Sugarloaf Mountain close the season at the start of November, and the Eastern Shore fades in mid-November.

Maple and cherry carry the west, with oaks, hickories and tulip poplar east of the mountains.

In a typical year

Bordering states

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