Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Color Report

It’s the middle of October and the mountain foliage is making the striking transitions to the color that brings so much attention here in the fall.

North of Asheville, Craggy Gardens has already passed its peak of color, but the high elevation overlooks are beautiful right now, as you can look out at the changing colors below you. Peak color can be found between 3,500 and 5,000 feet in places like the Craggy Gardens Picnic area and Lane Pinnacle Overlook.

From Asheville to about 3,500 feet, the color change is between 50% and 75%. Driving from Asheville south to the Mount Pisgah area, fall color can be seen in the changing Maple, Dogwood, Sourwood, Sassafras, and Oak trees.

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For color reports on additional locations, please visit Virtual Blue Ridge’s color update blog.

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(Image: “Fall colors from the Blue Ridge Parkway just south of Ashville” by Fran Trudeau – http://www.flickr.com/photos/papa-t/8116823983/. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.)