Best California fall foliage reports and locations.
Updated 9/19/20
Links to California Fall Foliage Reports:
- Natural History Wanderings Foliage Reports fall color reports posted on Natural History Wanderings
- California Fall Color a blog that exclusively covers California fall color.
- California Fall Color Map interactive fall color map by California Fall Color blog
- Parchers Bishop Creek best foliage report for the Bishop Creek Canyon area in the Eastern Sierra including North Lake, South Lake, Aspendell, and Lake Sabrina.
- Mono County Fall Color reports and photos
- Plumas County Awesome Autumn reports and photos
- Calphoto Yahoo Group members post reports; must join to use.
- Sierra Fall Colors Sacramento Bee map rating fall color at many Sierra Nevada locations. updated on Thursdays.
- Sierra Nevada Fall Color Season – Coming Sooner Than You Think! A detailed and informative blog posting on photographing Eastern Sierra Fall Color on the G. Dan Mitchell Photography Blog.
- National Forest Region 5 Fall Colors reports include Inyo, Tahoe and Plumas National Forests
Places to see Fall Foliage
- The Colors of Fall in California State Parks a list of California state parks that have good fall color and contact phone numbers
- Eastern Sierra Fall Color Guide (eastern sierra brochure and map of fall foliage spots)
- Wanderlust: Fall foliage in the Bay Area article in San Jose Mercury News on Bay Area Fall Foliage locations.
- Finding Color in the Sierra Foothills and Beyond Sierra Foothill Magazine article includes Carson Pass, Hope Valley and Monitor Pass; Sonora Pass, Plumas County and Sierra Foothills
- Autumn in Yosemite Michael Frye’s blog about where and when to see fall color in Yosemite
- Back roads with fall color in or near the San Gabriel Mountains posting by San Gabriel Mountains Chapter of the California Native Plants Society
- Scenic Drives for Viewing Fall Colors in Northern California by Amy Beth Beaver
- Total Escape has locations to see fall color including towns with good fall color
A very useful publication
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Hi. I was wondering what the recent foliage reports are like to plan a trip! Thanks!!
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By: Janie on October 6, 2018
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Just check the main page Naturalhistorywanderings.com, which is where I post all the current foliage reports.
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I wrote a mini guide with map on foliage locations around Eastern Sierra. Here is the link: http://weekendtravelersblog.blogspot.com/p/eastern-sierra-fall-color-guide.html
I’ll try to update it for more locations later, also cover some other area as well. I’ll let you know. Hope it’s helpful for someone out there.
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We took a trip in the beginning of October to visit Convict Lake, Rock Creek and Little Lakes Valley, Lundy Canyon and Parker Lake on a mission to find fall foliage. We were not disappointed! I’m sure the color has only improved since then, and reports are popping up with fantastic photos.
Here is a link to our trip
http://www.gooutsideca.com/?p=24
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By: Patrick Wenk on October 27, 2010
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Thanks for the posting. Some of the areas you mentioned now have less foliage from the recent storms. I checked out your detailed posting and blog and found them both impressive.
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By: Sandy Steinman on October 27, 2010
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