# Where are the best fall leaves?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-best-fall-leaves/130244
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 30, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-best-fall-leaves/130244 "2002-09-30T13:50:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2002, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-best-fall-leaves/130244/21 "2002-10-02T11:25:06Z")
If you want to look at the leaves, all the places talked about will work, but to answer the first question. The best fall leaves are in my compost pile. Let it rot.
I live in Upstate NY and yes we do have beautiful Falls. The apples and grapes are in season also. Feast you eyes and mouth.
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### Author:  [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-best-fall-leaves/130244/22 "2002-10-02T14:26:17Z")
MSN has a nice selection of Fall Colors:
[Fall Colors](http://local.msn.com/special/fall/foliage.asp)
Red Wing Minnesota would be a nice trip as well, in fact from Hastings all the way down Highway 61 along the Missisippi is pretty spectacular
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### Author:  [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-best-fall-leaves/130244/23 "2002-10-02T14:50:12Z")
IMO the best autumn leaves can be found in climates where they remain green and stay on the trees.🆒
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### Author:  [@mandielise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandielise)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-best-fall-leaves/130244/24 "2002-10-02T15:54:04Z")
Where you at Booker?
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### Author:  [@Shah\_Jehan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shah_Jehan)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-best-fall-leaves/130244/25 "2002-10-02T17:15:26Z")
Try the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. The locals joke that the foliage season peaks on October 8th at 7am. Vermont and New Hampshie are also New English favorites
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### Author:  [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-best-fall-leaves/130244/26 "2002-10-02T17:20:15Z")
Eonwe\*\* is right on this one. Vermont has the best foliage in the States, and I think New Hampshire is second. Maine is OK, but the foliage season is really short-lived up there. If you decide to go to Vermont, check out the Warren Inn in Warren VT off Rte. 93. That is, if it’s still there. On a ski trip to Killington back in the early 90’s we stopped there for Breakfast - best Breakfast I EVER had.
Upon reflection, I guess I should include Massachusetts. Western MA to be exact. The Berkshires are beautiful any time of year, but spectacular in autumn.
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### Author:  [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-best-fall-leaves/130244/27 "2002-10-02T17:32:25Z")
If you’d like to visit the South, Pilot Mountain in NC is neat any time of year, and quite spectacular in the fall. The pictures here:
[http://home.att.net/~mavica.lady/pilot.htm](http://home.att.net/~mavica.lady/pilot.htm)
really don’t do it justice, but they were the best I could find.
The drought will probably affect this fall’s display, though.
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### Author:  [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-best-fall-leaves/130244/28 "2002-10-03T00:27:48Z")
The best\*\* fall leaves?
Door County, Wisconsin.
No other locations need apply.
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