California Fall Color has the new fall color reports. Below are highlights. Go to California Fall Color to see photos and older reports.
Western El Dorado County (Near Peak 50 -75%) The brilliant orange-red of exotic Chinese pistache is a show stopper along El Dorado Hills Boulevard and US 50 in Placerville. Newtown Rd between Placerville and Pleasant Valley is a veritable canopy of yellow and lime bigleaf maple with occasional orange flushes of black oak. GO NOW
Lake Camanche (Near Peak 50 – 75%) – Colorful fremont cottonwood and exotic trees are reflected in the Monument Campgrounds trout pond, GO NOW!
Castle Crags State Park (Near Peak 50 – 75%) – Shasta County. GO NOW!
High Sierra (Peak 75 – 100%) –Three inches of snow fell in the High Sierra this weekend. That’s a dusting of snow by Sierra standards. GO NOW!
Owens Valley (Peak – 75 – 100%) where rabbitbrush, willows and black cottonwood are peaking with gorgeous tones of orange, yellow and gold. GO NOW!
Natural History Wanderings 
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