When is peak fall color at Tuskegee National Forest?

Our forecast puts peak color at Tuskegee National Forest around 13 Nov. The four days to aim for are 12 to 15 Nov. We publish our error rate.

Tuskegee National Forest Fall Foliage: 2026 Peak Color Forecast

Q: What trees turn color at Tuskegee National Forest?

Sweetgum, Red Maple, Tulip Poplar, Hickory, White Oak. 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.

Peak color13 NovAim for 12 to 15 Nov

In the forest today, Sep 25Still green

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.

Still greenStartingNearly peakPeakPast peakNo fall canopy we forecast

Around Tuskegee National Forest Nearly all of the forest is in Macon County, which is still green today.

That’s 4 days later than our model alone would say. This September has been running warm, which shifts peak color.

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Thursday 12 November to Friday 13 November

You’ll find it peak color.

That's the day our forecast puts peak color here.

What turns: sweetgum, blackgum, red maple, water oak, bald cypress

What turns, and when

sweetgum17%
blackgum17%
red maple17%
water oak17%
bald cypress16%
willow oak8%

Also named across Alabama, outside what the canopy read measures here: Tulip Poplar, Hickory, White Oak.

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.

Across Alabama as a whole: Late October through mid-November in the north, late November in central Alabama.

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

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