Fall foliage

Fall foliage in New Hampshire

Fall 2026 · updated daily

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New Hampshire turns from the summits down.

A still reservoir below a rounded green mountain, with the shore trees in red, orange and yellow.
Basin Brook Reservoir, in the White MountainsPhoto: alans1948 · CC BY 2.0 · source
The bare summit of Mount Washington above forested slopes in red, orange and green.
Mount Washington, from the foot of the Auto RoadPhoto: Tony Hisgett · CC BY 2.0 · source

The high slopes of the White Mountains, Mount Washington and the Notches lead at the end of September;

A road winding between trees in scarlet, orange and yellow, with a mountain ahead.
Kancamagus HighwayPhoto: U.S. Department of Transportation, America’s Byways collection (photo courtesy of Ellen Edersheim / White Mountains Attractions), via the National Archives · Public domain · source
A pond in a steep notch between rock-faced mountains, the slopes in orange and green.
Willey Pond, in Crawford NotchPhoto: Tony Hisgett · CC BY 2.0 · source

the Kancamagus and the Franconia and Crawford valleys follow in the first week of October;

Hikers climbing a granite slope past trees in gold, orange and red, with a wide valley below.
White Dot Trail, on Mount MonadnockPhoto: Sdkb · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

the Lakes Region and Monadnock finish in the second and third weeks.

Sugar maple gives the north its reds, with birch and beech for gold; oaks carry the southern hills.

The mountains and the lakes are typically a week or more apart.

In a typical year

Bordering states

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