| Fall foliage in New England provides a showcase | | | | You'll see beautiful forests ablaze with autumn |
| for Mother Nature. Perhaps nowhere else in | | | | colors and plenty of photo opportunities with |
| America, and maybe even the world, are the fall | | | | walks along gorges and streams, and with |
| colors as stunning and spectacular as October in | | | | breathtaking views of the highest mountains in |
| New England. | | | | the Presidential Range. |
| Fall foliage in New England really begins in August. | | | | FALL FOLIAGE SCENIC DRIVE - CENTRAL |
| The shortening daylight hours trigger the | | | | VERMONT AREA |
| deciduous trees to begin the process of shedding | | | | Vermont is a popular destination state in the fall. |
| their leaves. It happens all around North America, | | | | With many fall foliage scenic drives to choose |
| and all around the world. But in New England it | | | | from, the Central Vermont area, around Killington, |
| results in a display of special landscapes painted | | | | and the towns and highways of Woodstock, |
| with fiery autumn colors. | | | | Rutland and Ludlow, offer up some of the most |
| Why is fall foliage in New England so different and | | | | dazzling. This area is deep in The Green Mountain |
| special? | | | | National Forest area, and not surprisingly offers |
| It's a factor of many things but mostly an | | | | dramatic fall foliage color and scenery. |
| abundance of different types of deciduous trees, | | | | FALL FOLIAGE SCENIC DRIVE - LAKES AND |
| warm autumn days, and cool - but not freezing - | | | | LEAVES MAINE |
| nights. When these and a few other conditions are | | | | Maine is a vast wilderness and given its proximity |
| all mixed in the right proportions, then you get the | | | | is the first New England state to display peak fall |
| world famous stunning shades of reds, yellows, | | | | foliage color. Maine has many unparalleled scenic |
| oranges, and browns on the hills and mountain | | | | drives to choose from, and it's difficult to single |
| sides of New England. | | | | out one. But the Lakes and Leaves drive that |
| Between mid-September to late-October, visitors | | | | skirts the shores of Moosehead Lake on Route 15 |
| flock to New England to see the fall foliage. Many | | | | and then heads south on route 201 provides an |
| take special bus tours or even train rides. But | | | | amazing view of this empty, but beautiful |
| most take to the road and these six scenic drives | | | | backcountry. You'll see incomparable fall foliage |
| offer some of the best autumn views available | | | | views of the tree-lined banks of the Kennebec |
| from anywhere on the planet. | | | | River, and the surrounding mountains on this Maine |
| FALL FOLIAGE SCENIC DRIVE - MOHAWK | | | | Scenic Highway. |
| TRAIL MASSACHUSETTS | | | | FALL FOLIAGE SCENIC DRIVE - RHODE ISLAND |
| In Massachusetts the most popular fall foliage | | | | COAST |
| scenic drives are along the famous Mohawk Trail, | | | | Rhode Island provides open roads and coastal |
| and the area known as The Berkshires. The | | | | drives for fall vacationers and leaf peeping. The |
| Mohawk trail rolls out through the northwestern | | | | 61-mile Rhode Island Coast Scenic Drive follows |
| part of the state on route 2, and winds through | | | | the coastline east from Westerly towards Point |
| the hills and mountains of the Berkshires, touching | | | | Judith passing nature reserves and secluded |
| picturesque towns like Williamstown, Deerfield, | | | | beaches, until turning north along Narragansett |
| Shelbourne, Colrain, Charlemont, and Shelburne | | | | Bay, and eventually over Newport Bridge on |
| Falls. The road follows an ancient foot path used | | | | route 138. The drive finishes over the |
| to move between Massachusetts and New York | | | | breathtaking Ocean Drive in historic Newport. |
| by Native Americans. | | | | Always close to a picnic stop along this short |
| Mount Greylock, the highest point in The | | | | drive it begs to be taken slowly and to stop |
| Berkshires and Massachusetts, offers stunning | | | | occasionally and breathe in the crisp fall salt air. |
| views of the surrounding area and Mohawk Trail. | | | | FALL FOLIAGE SCENIC DRIVE - CONNECTICUT |
| FALL FOLIAGE SCENIC DRIVE - KANCAMAGUS | | | | ROUTE 169 |
| HIGHWAY NEW HAMPSHIRE | | | | Far from being the forgotten step child of the |
| The White Mountain National Forest is home to | | | | other fall foliage scenic drives in New England, |
| many wonderful scenic drives but the most | | | | Connecticut is full of its own collection of scenic |
| popular - and rightly so - has to be the 34-mile | | | | drives. One noteworthy trip to take in autumn is |
| Kancamagus Scenic Highway that runs along route | | | | Route 169 in the eastern "Quiet Corner" region. |
| 112 from Conway to White Mountains Visitor | | | | Here the backdrop is rolling farmland, stone walls, |
| Center in Lincoln. This drive is considered by many | | | | and picturesque towns and villages that line the |
| to be the top fall foliage New England scenic drive. | | | | route. |