Sweater weather is approaching, and with it the gorgeous fall foliage that almost makes the decreasing daylight and possible Seasonal Affective Disorder worth it. If you’re trying to plan a trip into the mountains or an autumnal photoshoot, smokymountains.com has you covered.
Their sliding peak foliage tracker predicts when the leaves will be their most colorful in any given area. While it looks like most of eastern West Virginia and western Maryland have already peaked, there’s still plenty to see:
Staunton: October 12
Luray: October 12
Winchester: October 12
Rappahannock County: October 19
Mount Vernon: October 19
Charlottesville: October 19.
Shenandoah National Park: October 19.
Old Rag Mountain: October 19
Harper’s Ferry: October 26
Great Falls Park: October 26
Frederick: October 26
DC Arboretum: October 26.
Rock Creek Park: October 26.
Jane is a Chicago transplant who now calls Cleveland Park her home. Before joining Washingtonian, she wrote for Smithsonian Magazine and the Chicago Sun-Times. She is a graduate of Northwestern University, where she studied journalism and opera.
