The King-Walker Cabin is also at this site. Built in 1882, it was in operation until 1936. Stop: The Little Greenbrier School is a former schoolhouse and church just south of Wears Valley. Bear sightings are not uncommon in the Smokies. An estimated 1,500 black bears live in the park, almost two bears per square mile. You’re almost certain to catch a glimpse of deer, but the real prize would be spotting a black bear (from a distance, of course). Pull off the road at one of the plentiful open areas and see if you can spot some wildlife. Route: Start at the Cades Cove Visitor Center and continue east on Laurel Creek Road toward Wears Valley. The area was home to Native American tribes for hundreds of years, so along with fall leaves, you can see a slice of history, including some rebuilt and preserved buildings from European settlers, who arrived in the 1820s. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee Stone pathways, pools and waterfalls are all part of the setting. Garden Party: Just north of Wenatchee, Ohme Gardens is a nine-acre alpine garden on top of a rocky bluff above the Columbia River with amazing views of the valley’s foliage. Take the Cascade Loop about 60 miles to Lake Chelan, where a casino, waterpark, wineries and hiking trails make the region a great place to stay overnight after a day of leaf peeping. Route: Start in Wenatchee, Wash., and make sure to fuel up at the Pybus Market, similar to Seattle’s Pike Place Market. The route below takes just a day and takes you through the Columbia River region. The road takes you through the Columbia River Valley, past glacier-fed lakes and to Puget Sound. You can spend a day or a week on the Cascade Loop, about an hour-and-a-half north of Seattle. Cascade Loop Scenic Highway, WashingtonĪ landscape shows a band of bright yellow autumn trees growing on the banks of the quiet Columbia River in Washington.
21, 2023, or the Waynesboro Fall Foliage Festival on Oct. Stop: If you want to hop off the parkway and check out the hip town of Asheville, North Carolina, take a stirring hike 2,000 feet down into Linville Gorge in North Carolina or time your visit to coincide with the Haywood County Apple Harvest Festival on Oct. Route: If you’re looking for a long, head-clearing trek, set out from Shenandoah National Park at mile marker zero near Waynesboro, Virginia, and wind your way all the way down to Cherokee, North Carolina, at mile marker 469. Shorter jaunts along the way can be tailor-made.
Pretty much any direction you travel on this ridge-hugging road is going to offer up glorious views, whether it's the rolling farmsteads of Virginia’s majestic Shenandoah Valley or the Appalachian hardwood forests in North Carolina. Peak leaf season along the parkway is a little bit later than in the west and northeast. (Pierre Leclerc Photography via Getty Images) (Pierre Leclerc Photography via Getty Images) Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia And North Carolinaįall foliage is seen at dawn along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. The Rocks Estate, a Christmas tree farm 30 Miles east of Bretton Woods on Route 302 in Bethlehem, offers self-guided tours on The Maple Trail which tells the story of maple sugaring in the region. Sugar Fix: A trip through New Hampshire isn't complete without enjoying the region's famed maple syrup. The reward? Some of the tallest mountains on the East Coast and trees ablaze with color. Follow the Scenic Byway as it snakes along the Connecticut River and heads east, past Bretton Woods and into the heart of the White Mountains, Crawford Notch State Park. From there, take I-91 and turn off on Route 302. Route: Nothing says "fall" more than seeing students flood college campuses, so this trek begins in the Ivy League town of Hanover, New Hampshire, home to Dartmouth College. With its storybook villages, picturesque farms, winding roads and covered bridges, New England is the ideal place for a quintessential fall scene. While you can't go wrong from Massachusetts to the Maine coast, New Hampshire’s White Mountains offer truly incredible vistas for fall color. The tops of trees are just starting to change color in the photo above, along Route 302 in New Hampshire, near Beaver Brook Picnic Area in the White Mountain National Forest.
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