Where to go for Fall foliage

The classic central Vermont foliage drive past farms, bridges and ski towns.

A tight cliff road through peak colour below Mount Mansfield.

A working farm museum in Vermonts prettiest inn town at peak season.

Early northern colour on a fjord like lake in the quiet Northeast Kingdom.

Thirty four miles of river, falls and hardwood with no services and pure colour.

A granite gorge walk in Franconia Notch at early peak colour.

Heritage trains through Mount Washington Valley foliage from North Conway.

Notch lakes and cliffs with the Cannon tramway above the colour.

The highest Atlantic coast point, with colour from summit to sea.

Acadias coast and forest circuit, best at dawn in mid October.

Still water, the Bubbles and maple colour, with popovers after the walk.

The quiet mainland Acadia, with wild shore colour and few visitors.

Massachusetts highest summit, with a five state view over October colour.

Huge contemporary art in a mill complex, the Berkshires rainy day fixture.

A waterfall stair in the Litchfield Hills at mid to late October peak.

A stone castle over the Connecticut River in late autumn colour.

One hundred and five crest miles and 75 overlooks in Shenandoah.

The Parkway wraps Grandfather Mountain through mid October colour.

Gardens and forest in Asheville, peaking a week after the high Parkway.

A tiered waterfall in a gorge of October oak and maple.

The parks highest point, starting the downhill march of colour.

A valley of cabins and meadows ringed by late October colour.

A narrow old growth forest road in colour behind Gatlinburg.

The park services own quieter alternative for fall colour driving.

Shoreline forest, Eagle Tower and a bay view over peninsula colour.

The full harbour town drive to Northport and the famous winding road.

A ferry ride to quieter island colour, a stave church and limestone beach.

The classic Door County fish boil and breakfast in Fish Creek.

The North Shores signature maple hike, inside the canopy then over the lake.

A cliff lighthouse with gold shoreline birch below it.

Waterfalls and river colour a short walk from Highway 61.

A sheer cliff over Superior with autumn birch at its foot.

Lakes and the Diable river in Quebecs oldest national park at peak colour.

A gondola over turning slopes to the Tremblant summit view.

A rail trail through Laurentian villages at the heart of colour season.

An art and bakery village that lives the autumn colour season.

A short climb to a maple canopy view across Algonquin lakes.

The full day ridge walk for maple peak in late September.

A paddle through colour reflected in still park water.

The Highway 60 viewpoint and the context for the whole park.

Fifty six river kilometres of parkway under late October trees.

Old growth gorge hiking among boulders at late peak colour.

A boardwalk beside Class 6 rapids framed by gorge colour.

Escarpment views over the river plain in full autumn colour.

Kyotos most famous maple temple, with a pond garden and night lights.

A valley of maples seen from the Tsutenkyo bridge at peak koyo.

A UNESCO garden in Arashiyama with mountains in colour behind it.

A wooden stage over a maple valley, lit on koyo night openings.

A 97 metre fall below Lake Chuzenji in late October colour.

A caldera lake ringed by the first Nikko koyo of the season.

A cedar forest shrine complex with town maples in November.

Forty eight hairpins descending through bands of changing colour.

A stream walk under maple and beech past falls to Lake Towada.

A ropeway over gold beech forest in early to mid October.

A deep maple gorge by a kokeshi doll onsen town in late October.

Black fenced samurai streets where cherry trees flame red in autumn.

Waterfalls and cliffs in the earliest koyo in Japan, late September.

Sapporos onsen valley in mid October maple colour over the river.

A gold ginkgo avenue in Sapporo at the late city peak.

A caldera lake ringed by mid October colour and onsen.

Granite peaks and maple valleys above the East Sea in October.

A temple walk past the Great Unification Buddha into the colour.

A maple horseshoe around Naejangsa at the November peak.

The classic Naejangsan pavilion reflected in its lake at peak.

The castle in a hillside of turning forest from Marienbrucke.

A fjord like lake boat to St Bartholoma under the Watzmann.

A narrow gorge walk under autumn forest in Garmisch.

A clear lake circuit at the foot of the Zugspitze in colour.

A tarn circuit through woodland planted for autumn colour.

A launch and shore walk in Borrowdale oakwoods at late peak.

Giant firs and a waterfall hall on the Braan in Perthshire colour.

A sound and light show in autumn woodland from October to November.

Croatias tallest waterfall in the lower lakes colour canyon.

A boat across the largest lake between forested autumn shores.

A quieter chain of lakes and falls in beech forest colour.

A watermill village on waterfalls, the villageside Plitvice add on.