Where’s The Color?

Remembering Lake Sabrina at Peak (10/1/14) Jared Smith

Remembering Lake Sabrina at Peak (10/1/14) Jared Smith

CaliforniaFallColor.com has been posting reports since 2009.

To date, hundreds of reports from photographers, local tourism officials, leaf peepers and others who just love beauty and nature have been received.  With so many reports under our belt, we figured they might be useful in showing where most of the fall color has been seen in California. Using the state’s tourism regions as guide, here’s the ranking:

  1. High Sierra – 44%
  2. Shasta Cascade – 15%
  3. Inland Empire – 9%
  4. Los Angeles County – 7%
  5. Gold Country – 6%
  6. San Francisco Bay Area – 6%
  7. North Coast – 4%
  8. San Diego County – 3%
  9. Central Valley – 2%
  10. Central Coast – 2%
  11. The Deserts – 1%
  12. Orange County – 1/2 of 1%
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