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GO NOW! — 75 — 100% — Amador County — Color spotter Dotty Molt forwards these lovely photos taken in the vineyards of Amador County and reports that thanks to Robin Bray of Bray Vineyards, Dotty was allowed to “wander in and around beautiful multi-colored vines.” She adds, “The colors are at peak, and if […]
GO NOW! -75-100% — U.S. 50 (Lincoln Highway) — Color spotter Kimberly Kofala reports she drove U.S. 50 yesterday and “the corridor from Placerville to just below Strawberry was gorgeous with golden oaks, grasses and bushes. The banks of the American River are showing beautifully now. If you are returning in the late afternoon, around 4:30, […]
GO NOW! 75 – 100% – Redwood National & State Parks — Color spotter Grant Roden says that if you don’t get to Redwood National & State Parks in Humboldt County this weekend, you’ll miss the last of its fall display. And, with rain predicted next week, it’ will surely be gone by next weekend. […]
Grace Smith reports from the vast Shasta Cascade region of northeast California that fall color is at full peak across most of the region. GO NOW! 75 — 100% — Trinity County – The show has been beautiful throughout Trinity County for the past two weeks and probably only has one more week before being past peak. […]
Color spotters visiting Yosemite Valley have been reporting black oaks at peak, with cottonwoods, bigleaf maple and dogwoods slightly past peak. The reflections of bright yellow and orange in the near-still Merced River (seen posted on the national park’s Facebook page) have been lovely. Fern spring has been cluttered with fallen bigleaf maple leaves as […]
California Fall Color has observed over the years that species change color according to their own internal clock. That’s certainly occurring at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens in Arcadia, where Frank McDonough reports the color change there “has been sporadic and uneven.” The most reliable species, Ginkgo biloba and Liquidambar, “have yet to reach […]
Following a calm weekend, the first full week in November begins with breezy conditions as fall color continues to descend through the Sierra foothills to California’s urban forests. This red oak is typical of the change happening at 1,000′ in elevation, with red, orange, yellow and Sienna mixed with lime and unchanged green. GO NOW! […]
With this past week’s storm stripping many trees above 5,000′ in elevation, California’s Fall Color has moved down to mid and lower elevations. GO NOW — 75 — 100% — Trinity County — Bordering on being past peak, Trinity County is at full peak along CA-299 near Weaverville with bigleaf maple, dogwood, mountain ash and exotic […]
Color spotter Brian Reilly took these beautiful images at Thornton Winery on the Rancho California Road in Temecula. This Southern California wine growing region is showing about 50% color. 30 — 50% — Temecula Wine Country — The vineyards are getting close to peaking and considering the color now visible, we’d have no problem suggesting you […]
In “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” poet Robert Frost wrote of the paradoxes in life, which seem all the more poignant and apropos as Mammoth Lakes submits its last fall color report of the season. Here’s what Frost wrote… Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only […]