Leafpile #5 - Oct. 16, 2009

The fourth round of weekly foliage reports (for northern New England) are in. The last update will be next week.

Raking it all in: At this point, northern New England is pretty much past peak in terms of foliage. Coastal areas are an exception, and the day before yesterday I still found some nice autumn colors in the mountains of western Maine. The dusting of snow really did add something extra to the autumn colors this past week.

I'm going stick around coastal Maine next week (for the most part). I haven't visited any of the blueberry barrens yet, many of which are crimson, and the barrens almost always make for interesting landscape images.

After that I have to put down the camera and pick up a rake! : (

Maine - Baxter State Park is well past prime with lots of leaf drop. Downeast Maine, central Maine and southern Maine are the places to be right now for autumn colors in the Pine Tree State, and by next week most of these areas will be past prime, too.
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New Hampshire - Northern and western parts of the state are also past peak, but as with Maine, the southern and coastal areas are still very nice. And also as with Maine, "...mountain summits are dusted with snow, and look spectacular over the colorful fall foliage."
Note: By coincidence, autumnal water reflections are going to be my next photo tip.
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Vermont - "Vibrant foliage can be found in the valleys and lower western slopes of the Green Mountains, particularly near Lake Champlain and in southern Vermont."
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