Higher ground turns first, so the slopes above the road lead the valley by a few days.
No new reports from the ground here this week.
Still greenStartingNearly peakPeakPast peakNo fall canopy we forecastInside the line, each band of elevation is painted on its own date.
Around Allegheny National Forest Warren County holds most of the forest and is starting to turn today. Forest County, to the southwest, is 1 day behind. McKean County, to the east, is 2 days ahead.By elevation The forest runs from about 1,392 to 2,056 feet. That’s 2 days of season between the top and the bottom: the high stands peak around Oct 15, the low ground holds until about Oct 17, and the color comes downhill in between. The date at the top of this page is the 1,500 to 1,750 foot band.
2,000–2,250 ftStarting to turnpeak Oct 159%
1,750–2,000 ftStarting to turnpeak Oct 1634%
1,500–1,750 ftStarting to turnpeak Oct 1644%
1,250–1,500 ftStill greenpeak Oct 1713%
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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 3 days later than our model alone would say. This September has been running warm, which shifts peak color.
Set the days you can be here. Everything under them answers for those days, not for peak.
Thursday 15 October to Friday 16 October
You’ll find it peak color.
That's the day our forecast puts peak color here.
2,000–2,250 ftPeak colorpeak Oct 15
1,750–2,000 ftPeak colorpeak Oct 16
1,500–1,750 ftPeak colorpeak Oct 16
1,250–1,500 ftPeak colorpeak Oct 17
Where to drive
Route 6 through Allegheny National Forest, about 7 miles · Letchworth Gorge Road (Park Road), about 83 miles
What turns
red maple, northern red oak, sugar maple, shagbark hickory, tulip poplar
What turns, and when
red maple29%
northern red oak21%
sugar maple18%
shagbark hickory11%
tulip poplar9%
blackgum9%
Also named across Pennsylvania, outside what the canopy read measures here: American Beech.
Pennsylvania's vast forests turn every shade from scarlet maple to burgundy oak to bronze beech, and the Allegheny Plateau produces color that rivals the best of New England across a much larger canvas.
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 27 long-running forest cameras: two dates in three land within 10 days of the camera’s own peak. How this map is made
