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Rock Creek Park

Forecast issued Nov 10, 7:57am ET

Peak color, most of the standOct 25Aim for Oct 24 to 27
In the area today, Nov 10Fading

white oak and northern red oak

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red maple and shagbark hickory, peak Oct 19

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Peak color should arrive around Oct 19 for the red maple and shagbark hickory, and around Oct 28 for the white oak and northern red oak.

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.

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Still greenStartingNearly peakPeakPast peakNo fall canopy we forecast
Around Rock Creek Park District of Columbia County holds most of the area and is fading today. Montgomery County, to the northwest, is 3 days behind.
Rock Creek Park fall foliage map 2026: the place and the counties around it painted by how far along their color is on Nov 10. Peak forecast around Oct 25, oak Oct 28, best Oct 24 to 27.
Save or share this mapToday’s Rock Creek Park fall foliage map as a picture, redrawn every morning. Free to reuse with credit to More Than Just Parks and a link back; the terms.Save the mapPin itFacebookXEmail

When is peak fall foliage at Rock Creek Park in 2026?

Our forecast puts peak color at Rock Creek Park around Oct 25, and the four days to aim for are Oct 24 to 27. red maple and shagbark hickory peak later, around Oct 19.

Rock Creek Park, fall color week by week, 2026
WeekIn the area
Oct 5 to Oct 11Starting to turn
Oct 12 to Oct 18Nearly peak
Oct 19 to Oct 25Peak color
Oct 26 to Nov 1Peak color
Nov 2 to Nov 8Just past peak
Today from the NEON.D02.SERC.DP1.00033 camera, 31 km from Rock Creek Park
See it now PhenoCam Network, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center camera, 31 km away, captured Nov 9.
Plan this trip

If you can only come on certain days

Set the days you can be here. Everything under them answers for those days, not for peak.

Saturday, October 24 to Sunday, October 25

You’ll find it peak color.

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

Where to drive
Skyline Drive, about 78 miles · Route 39 (Goshen Pass), about 149 miles
What turns
white oak, northern red oak, red maple, shagbark hickory

Questions people ask about Rock Creek Park

When is peak fall foliage at Rock Creek Park?

Our forecast puts peak color at Rock Creek Park around Oct 25, and the four days to aim for are Oct 24 to 27. red maple and shagbark hickory peak later, around Oct 19.

Where is the best fall color at Rock Creek Park right now?

On Nov 10 the area is fading.

How long does peak last at Rock Creek Park?

About four days at the top, Oct 24 to 27, with a week or so either side that's still worth the drive.

Is Rock Creek Park past peak?

Yes. Peak was around Oct 25, and on Nov 10 it's fading.

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

Every state we forecast

Nearby, and when they turn

  1. Prince William Forest ParkVA · about 32 miles
    Peak Oct 29 best Oct 28 to 31
  2. Catoctin Mountain ParkMD · about 53 miles
    Peak Nov 4 best Nov 3 to 6
  3. Shenandoah National ParkVA · about 83 miles
    Peak Oct 11 best Oct 10 to 13
  4. Assateague Island National SeashoreMD, VA · about 116 miles
    Peak Nov 3 best Nov 2 to 5
  5. Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation AreaWV · about 124 miles
    Peak Oct 16 best Oct 15 to 18
  6. Petersburg National Battlefield ParkVA · about 131 miles
    Peak Nov 2 best Nov 1 to 4

Fall color roads near Rock Creek Park

Nearest first. Distances are straight-line from the area, so allow more by road.

  • Skyline Drive · about 78 miles, VA · 105 miles of road

    The full length of Shenandoah National Park from Front Royal to Rockfish Gap. 75 overlooks in 105 miles. Best in mid-to-late October.

  • Route 39 (Goshen Pass) · about 149 miles, VA · 18 miles of road

    A quiet Valley of Virginia gem that follows the Maury River through a gorge of red oaks and hemlocks.