UK leaf peeper seeks ultimate autumn colours
Philip McKiernan
So, next question: -
What are on average the best places in New England to see the best autumn
foliage in the second week of October? At the risk of asking too precise a
question, does anybody have any suggestions?
Cheers.
David
season, the color in most of northern New England has ended.
David
Ron Hathaway
already. I think thats an indication of a shortened season and the
brilliance that is normally there will be lacking. Of course thats only
an opinion.....
King Pineapple
<936219404.3883.0...@news.demon.co.uk>...
|What are on average the best places in New England to see the best autumn
|foliage in the second week of October? At the risk of asking too precise a
|question, does anybody have any suggestions?
By that time, most of the peak has passed in northern New England, the
central and southern parts of New Hampshire and Vermont are probably the
best at that time. If at all possible you should try to arrange your
schedule to go slightly earlier, as the peak foliage in the White Mountains
of New Hampshire and the Green Mtns of Vermont is simply spectacular.
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Elevation 1,000' above sea level
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Carl Raskin
Vermont or New Hampshire for the time of year you are suggesting.
On the other hand, the best place to see the colours is Eastern
Canada, specifically, Quebec, and where I am located in the Ottawa
Valley.
regards
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999 21:56:12 +0100, "Philip McKiernan"
<postm...@fluffedup.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Thanks first to those who responded to my last request.
>So, next question: -
>
>What are on average the best places in New England to see the best autumn
>foliage in the second week of October? At the risk of asking too precise a
>question, does anybody have any suggestions?
>
>Cheers.
>
>
>
Sandyone
I invested in a vacation home in the lakes region of the state of Maine
JUST BECAUSE the foliage is SPECTACULAR there during the first two weeks
of October!
45 mins northwest of the Portland International Jetport, 60 min ride
from the glorious Mt. Washington Hotel in Breton Woods, NH's White
Mountain National Forest.
The views are some of the best in New England - and close by is some of
the best tax-free shopping here in the states [North Conway, NH]! I
spent some 12 years driving the back roads [not highways] of VT and NH -
and I bought my vacation home in Maine!!!!!!
Enjoy these sites:
http://www.destinationmaine.com/
http://www.destinationmaine.com/foliage/ the authority page for leaf
peeping in Maine!
--
Sandyone
Have a 56k day ;)
David Gascon
Fall is a GREAT time to be driving down through New England to Boston!
Take the Autouroute des Cantons de l'Est east from Montreal. Enter USA
at Derby Line, Vermont. Get on route 5A just a bit to the south, &
follow it down through Westmore along the shore of beautiful Lake
Willoughby. It will eventually join US Route 5, from which you can get
onto Interstate 91 in Lyndonville. You might hop off 91 at St. Johnsbury
(the first St. J. exit, with the hospital sign, right onto US 5 at
bottom of hill, bear right onto Alternate 5 when opportunity arises)
just a couple of exits south, & check out the Athenaeum, a 19th-century
public library in the center of town with a beautiful interior & a fine
collection of paintings by American landscape artists; there are also
some attractive Victorian houses in upper St. J.
From St. Johnsbury get on Interstate 93 which will take you down through
New Hampshire to Boston, a highly scenic ride (until you get a bit north
of Concord, IMO) via Franconia Notch State Park. I suggest getting off
93 onto state route 18 just south of Littleton, at the first Franconia
exit, and entering the Notch by this old New England road (sneaking up
on Cannon Mountain from behind) rather than on the Interstate; you will
rejoin the latter soon enough. The scenery is beautiful just south of
the Notch also, particularly the tree-covered hillsides (wonderful fall
foliage) to the right of the highway around North Woodstock.
South of there, if you get tired of driving the Interstate, you can get
off occasionally onto US 3, or even state route 175, which run roughly
parallel to it but are much slower; but I wouldn't suggest this much
south of Plymouth, NH, as the old roads start getting cluttery.
For maximum fall color, you should be doing the northern part of this
route by early October; foliage will still be nice to the south for a
few weeks later.
This route can also be done in reverse order, of course.
Ron Newman
<n.j.beachb...@att.net> wrote:
> Philip -
> I invested in a vacation home in the lakes region of the state of Maine
> JUST BECAUSE the foliage is SPECTACULAR there during the first two weeks
> of October!
>
> 45 mins northwest of the Portland International Jetport,
By car or by plane?
--
Ron Newman rne...@thecia.net
http://www2.thecia.net/users/rnewman/
Sheryl
>
> In article <37D1D0...@hotmail.com>, Sandyone
> <n.j.beachb...@att.net> wrote:
>
> > Philip -
> > I invested in a vacation home in the lakes region of the state of Maine
> > JUST BECAUSE the foliage is SPECTACULAR there during the first two weeks
> > of October!
> >
> > 45 mins northwest of the Portland International Jetport,
>
> By car or by plane?
If you flew 45 mins northwest of the Portland airport, wouldn't you no
longer be in the state of Maine ;)
Kimberly Knox
I think there's a definite chance that foliage peaks will be a bit on
the early side this year, so by the second week of October, New
Hampshire/Vermont/Maine will probably be past peak. Your best bet may be
in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts or along the Connecticut
River in Central Connecticut.
Best wishes as you plan your visit!
Kim Knox
New England Foliage Central
http://gonewengland.about.com/library/blfoliagecentral.htm
Ron Newman
<gonewengl...@about.com> wrote:
> Hi Philip!
>
> I think there's a definite chance that foliage peaks will be a bit on
> the early side this year,
I already saw some leaves changing on a bicycle ride from Somerville
to Lawrence, Massachusetts this morning.