Fall foliage

Fall foliage in New York

Fall 2026 · updated daily

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New York has one of the longest progressions in the East.

A rock ledge above a hillside of red, orange and yellow trees, with blue ridges beyond.
Fall color in the AdirondacksPhoto: Amy Sabattis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

The High Peaks of the Adirondacks around Tupper and Saranac lakes and Gore Mountain turn at the very end of September;

A wide blue lake behind a stone jetty and a hillside of orange and red trees, seen between two tree trunks.
Lake Champlain at Port HenryPhoto: Ascrodin · CC0 · source

the Champlain and Lake George country follows in the first two weeks of October;

A hiker sitting on a rock ledge above a steep valley covered in red, orange and yellow trees.
A ridge at Kaaterskill High PeakPhoto: Jess Mann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
A red-leaved tree leaning over a still lake below a wooded green slope.
Bear Mountain State Park, on the HudsonPhoto: William J Sisti · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

the Catskills, Kaaterskill Clove and the Hudson Valley peak in the third week;

A pale iron bridge arching over a lake, with orange, yellow and red trees behind it.
Bow Bridge, Central ParkPhoto: Bryan Schorn · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Long Island and the city finish in early November.

Sugar maple, birch and beech carry the north; oaks and hickories extend the season southward.

In a typical year

Bordering states

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