Roadsides and wetland edges turn first, and the woods behind them run a few days later.
No new reports from the ground here this week.
- 1,250–1,500 ftStill greenpeak Nov 86%
- 1,000–1,250 ftStill greenpeak Nov 914%
- 750–1,000 ftStill greenpeak Nov 1027%
- 500–750 ftStill greenpeak Nov 1015%
- 250–500 ftStill greenpeak Nov 1137%
Height off 3DEP inside the forest’s own boundary; each band carries the date our model gives that elevation, corrections and all. The percentage is how much of the forest stands in it.
That’s 4 days later than our model alone would say. This September has been running warm, which shifts peak color.
Plan this tripIf you can only come on certain days
Set the days you can be here. Everything under them answers for those days, not for peak.
Monday 9 November to Tuesday 10 November
You’ll find it peak color.
That's the day our forecast puts peak color here.
- 1,000–1,250 ftPeak colorpeak Nov 9
- 750–1,000 ftPeak colorpeak Nov 10
- 500–750 ftPeak colorpeak Nov 10
- 250–500 ftPeak colorpeak Nov 11
- What turns
- white oak, northern red oak, red maple, shagbark hickory, blackgum
What turns, and when
- white oak29%
- northern red oak23%
- red maple19%
- shagbark hickory11%
- blackgum5%
- sweetgum5%
Also named across Alabama, outside what the canopy read measures here: Tulip Poplar.
Sweetgums produce a kaleidoscope of purple, red, and orange on individual trees, while hickories and oaks turn the ridges of the Appalachian foothills gold and bronze.
This forecast is built from the species that stand here, their elevation and this September’s weather, and corrected in season by cameras, foresters and our own crew. We score it here against 7 long-running forest cameras: two dates in three land within 13 days of the camera’s own peak. How this map is made