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Bayard Cutting Arboretum is a NY state park located on the Connetquot River in Great River, NY. The land was gifted in 1936 to Long Island State Parks Commission to develop an arboretum which opened in 1954. Today the park is almost 700 acres featuring the Cutting Mansion, relaxing walking paths, and a farm.
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Much of the Northeast is past peak and trees are losing their leaves fast. For this week, southern parts of Connecticut, Long Island, northern to central New Jersey, and Central Pennsylvania are prime for peak foliage.
Considering where the foliage is at, recommend locations for this weekend are:
Northern and highest elevations in Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York are past peak color and quickly losing foliage. Southern New York and Connecticut are prime for color this weekend. Long Island and Pennsylvania are estimated to peak in color next week.
Considering where the foliage is at, recommend locations for this weekend are:
Worth a try, but likely too early to get good color
Northern parts and highest elevations in Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York are quickly going to Past Peak conditions. The beauty of fall colors is largely visible from about NY state and further north. Next week will be good for Northern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut.
As of this week, areas of higher elevation and further north are showing color in Adirondacks of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Michigan.
New to this week are Michigan and Pennsylvania. If you know of foliage map location for additional state(s), please let me know with a comment below to add it to the tracker. Thank you!
Acadia National Park, located on the United States’ East Coast, is the 7th most popular national park in 2019 with around 3.4 million visitors. It became a National Park in 1919 under the name of Lafayette National Park and renamed to Acadia National Park in 1929. The majority of Acadia is located within Mount Desert Island and spans across many nearby islands and Schoodic Penninsula.
On our trip in 2020, the bus service within Acadia National Park was suspended. While the park gets crowded from 10AM to 2 PM, finding parking was fairly easy before 9 AM.
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As of this week, Vermont is getting close to peak color at many of the popular hiking destinations going into higher elevation. NY state is not far behind in the Adirondacks region. New Hampshire and Maine official maps are not showing much color in their reports and considered suspicious. I would expect Katahdin and coastal areas of Maine to start showing color as well as the White Mountains area of New Hampshire.
If you know of foliage map location for additional state(s), please let me know with a comment below to add it to the tracker. Thank you!
Will try to keep regular updates on the fall foliage reports for the North East Region and expand the reports as I find new data streams. Hope everyone finds this useful to track down parks and hikes with the best color of the week!
If you know of foliage map location for additional state(s), please let me know with a comment below to add it to the tracker. Thank you!
No worries, the blog has not been forgotten. Over the past week and a half, I have been busy exploring Acadia National Park in Maine and surrounding areas such as Bar Harbor and Portland. With the foliage season around the corner, I wanted to give folks a jump start on what is coming up, and … Read more
Minnewaska State Park Preserve’s unique landscape was formed when glaciers were retreating from North America leaving stunning views behind. The park is open for all guests who want to enjoy the Awosting Falls, take a stroll or have a picnic by Lake Minnewaska, go swimming or get adventurous by choosing among multiple hiking and biking trails.
Many may be surprised but the park does not end at Lake Minnewaska. Lake Awosting is accessible by hiking or biking and allows swimming when a lifeguard is on duty. Additionally, there is another entrance at Sam’s Point where one can enjoy the Ice Caves hike.
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