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Fall Foliage Cameras — Live Autumn Colour, Region by Region
Eight great foliage regions on live public cameras — from Aspen's gold in September to the last Smokies valleys in November. Free, no signup.
Autumn colour is a travelling wave. It breaks first where the continent is high or far north — the aspen stands above Aspen, the maples of northern Vermont — in the second half of September, and then it walks: down the Green Mountains and the Whites, across Acadia's granite shore, and south along the Blue Ridge until, six weeks later, the last of it drains into the valleys of the Smokies. No single week is 'peak foliage' in America; there is only ever a place where it is peaking now. This page is built around that fact.
Each region below carries its own wall of live public cameras — 191 in all — and its typical peak window, taken from the run of most years. The windows are history, not prophecy: weather writes the real schedule, a warm spell can hold a hillside green for an extra fortnight, and the honest way to know is to look. That is what the cameras are for. Check a region weekly through its window and you will watch the colour arrive, crest and blow off the trees.
The deepest coverage sits in the southern Appalachians — Asheville & the Blue Ridge, North Carolina leads the page — where resort and parkway cameras lace the ridges. New England's walls are smaller and their counts are stated plainly where they stand; the White Mountains, for all their fame, keep the sparsest wall here. What every region shares is the scale: these are landscape cameras, and foliage is a landscape event.
Aspen & the Colorado high country
Colorado goes first: the aspen stands above Aspen and along the high passes turn gold while most of the country is still green, and the resort and highway cameras of the Elk Range catch the whole short season. Typical peak: mid-September to early October — a range from most years, not a forecast; the real peak moves with weather and elevation. 18 public cameras within 40 km, nearest first.
Stowe & northern Vermont
Northern Vermont is where New England's colour starts — the maples around Stowe and Smugglers' Notch turn first, and the Green Mountain valleys follow over the following fortnight. Typical peak: late September to mid-October — a range from most years, not a forecast; the real peak moves with weather and elevation. 19 public cameras within 40 km, nearest first.
The White Mountains, New Hampshire
The Kancamagus country: colour rolls down from the Presidential Range into the North Conway valley. The directory's wall here is small — the White Mountains keep their cameras sparse — and it is stated as it is. Typical peak: late September to mid-October — a range from most years, not a forecast; the real peak moves with weather and elevation. 8 public cameras within 40 km, nearest first.
Woodstock & central Vermont
Central Vermont's farm valleys and covered-bridge country, a few days behind the north — the classic second act of the Vermont season. Typical peak: early to mid-October — a range from most years, not a forecast; the real peak moves with weather and elevation. 12 public cameras within 30 km, nearest first.
Acadia & the Maine coast
Colour against granite and salt water: Acadia's maples and birches over Frenchman Bay, with the harbour town of Bar Harbor in the foreground. Typical peak: early to mid-October — a range from most years, not a forecast; the real peak moves with weather and elevation. 12 public cameras within 40 km, nearest first.
Shenandoah & Skyline Drive, Virginia
The Blue Ridge's northern end: Skyline Drive runs the crest above Front Royal, and the valley and gap cameras watch the colour climb down from the ridgeline through October. Typical peak: mid-to-late October — a range from most years, not a forecast; the real peak moves with weather and elevation. 47 public cameras within 40 km, nearest first.
Asheville & the Blue Ridge, North Carolina
The deepest wall on this page. The Blue Ridge around Asheville stacks a mile of elevation into one view, so the season here is a slow wave — the high balds turn in mid-October and the valley floor is still colouring into November. Typical peak: mid-October to early November, highest ground first — a range from most years, not a forecast; the real peak moves with weather and elevation. 57 public cameras within 30 km, nearest first.
Gatlinburg & the Smokies, Tennessee
The Great Smoky Mountains run the longest foliage season in the East — a month of colour descending from the spruce-fir summits to the Gatlinburg valley floor. Typical peak: mid-October at the summits to early November in the valleys — a range from most years, not a forecast; the real peak moves with weather and elevation. 18 public cameras within 40 km, nearest first.
The regions — typical peak windows and camera counts
| Area | Cameras |
|---|---|
| Aspen & the Colorado high country — peak typically mid-September to early October | 18 |
| Stowe & northern Vermont — peak typically late September to mid-October | 19 |
| The White Mountains, New Hampshire — peak typically late September to mid-October | 8 |
| Woodstock & central Vermont — peak typically early to mid-October | 12 |
| Acadia & the Maine coast — peak typically early to mid-October | 12 |
| Shenandoah & Skyline Drive, Virginia — peak typically mid-to-late October | 47 |
| Asheville & the Blue Ridge, North Carolina — peak typically mid-October to early November, highest ground first | 57 |
| Gatlinburg & the Smokies, Tennessee — peak typically mid-October at the summits to early November in the valleys | 18 |
Windows are the typical range from most years, labelled as such — the real peak moves with weather and elevation. Counts are public cameras in the WorldEye directory within each region's stated radius; neighbouring Vermont walls can share a camera, and the page total counts each camera once.
How to follow the colour on the cameras
- 1Start at the top of the page in September: Aspen and northern Vermont turn first, and their walls show the season's opening frame.
- 2Work south as the weeks pass — Acadia and central Vermont in early October, Shenandoah and Asheville from mid-October, the Smokies last and longest.
- 3Check a region two or three times a week inside its window; colour can crest and blow off within days once it turns.
- 4Watch at midday local time for the truest colour, and after a clear cold night for the sharpest light.
- 5When the last valley wall goes bare, the season hands off: the same ski-country cameras turn to first snow — the first-snow page linked below picks the story up.
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