When is peak fall color at Bienville National Forest?

Our forecast puts peak color at Bienville National Forest around 15 Nov. The four days to aim for are 14 to 17 Nov. We publish our error rate.

Bienville National Forest Fall Foliage: 2026 Peak Color Forecast

Q: What trees turn color at Bienville National Forest?

Sweetgum, Red Maple, Hickory, Bald Cypress, Tulip Poplar. Sweetgums provide the best color in Mississippi, turning vivid red and purple, while bald cypresses go copper along the rivers and hickories fade to gold in the uplands.

Peak color15 NovAim for 14 to 17 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 Bienville National Forest Scott County holds most of the forest and is still green today. Smith County, to the south, is 1 day behind.

That’s 5 days later than our model alone would say. This September has been running warm, which shifts peak color.

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Saturday 14 November to Sunday 15 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 Mississippi, outside what the canopy read measures here: Hickory, Tulip Poplar.

Sweetgums provide the best color in Mississippi, turning vivid red and purple, while bald cypresses go copper along the rivers and hickories fade to gold in the uplands.

Across Mississippi as a whole: Late October in the northeast hills, mid-November elsewhere.

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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