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Fall Foliage 2024


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Went out to Monocacy National Battlefield, Greenbrier State Park, and Gambrill State Park yesterday. I was hoping the colors would have been better at Greenbrier as it was in past years (maybe it is still early?). Colors were pretty muted except for the higher elevations at Gambrill State Park. 

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40 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

To the extent we will have fall colors after such a hot and dry summer, I think this is the week they set in for northern Maryland. Canopy is changing and sometime this week should be pretty full colors - albeit probably muted compared to past years. 

 Colors have popped a lot in the last 5 days. I’d expect them to continue changing quickly this week with cool weather. Just seems leaf drop is happening almost as quickly as they change color

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18 hours ago, clskinsfan said:

We are way behind schedule out here in the mountains. My fire bushes are all over half green still. Should be brightly red at this point. 

We haven't had much color yet (normal for us), but I was using a leaf blower on Saturday, and realized we're about 2 weeks ahead on leaf drop. Probably due to dry conditions. The poplars have noticeably lost about half their foliage. I live in a forest, and can hear many neighborhood leaf blowers, so it's not just my imagination.

Had 0.25" rain on October 1, and almost nothing since then.

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There were plenty of dull and/or still green areas but there were pockets of solid color along Skyline drive in some areas (10/15). I am assuming this is a bit late for sure. We decided to head up with western NC being essentially off limits.
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Went to Micheaux State Forest in PA (it's northwest of Gettysburg by about 20-30 miles) for a hike with the pups on Saturday - was looking for foliage - maybe a hair past peak at that spot but the entire drive up was excellent for fall color.  Still waiting on full color to hit in Monkton area but it is close now.  Not gonna be as good as the last few years IMO but wasn't bad on Saturday.  

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Yesterday on the Patuxent River in Southern Anne Arundel.  Muted colors here and there; a few brilliant reds and yellows. Mostly dogwoods and the odd hickory in yellow. Beeches and oaks still almost entirely green as midsummer. Poplars green or yellow/browning from dry conditions at the crowns.

I've found in my 14 years in southern Moco/PGC beltway area that best color is usually around Oct 31-Nov 7.

 

 

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Very colorful on Saturday at Catoctin Mountain Park. Definitely at peak and probably the most vibrant colors I have seen so far this fall. Didn't realize half the park would be closed.

Cunningham Falls was at or close to peak and pretty colorful especially at the upper levels of the park. I will post so more once I edited them. 

 

 

 

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Looks like peak down here is happening above 1500'. Still some work to do below that. This is the west side of smith mtn in penhook today. Top of ridge is 1800-2k'. 

Weather has been insane last 10 days. Reminds of of early fall in CO. Blue skies and dry for days 

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Spent time working on our property in Sandy Level. Young hardwoods under the mature canopy are peaking nicely. Always love the contrast with the pines. There are a lot of native mixed pine forests down here so fall has a lot of deep contrasts. Love it. 

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2 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

Central MD at or near peak this weekend. Colors are very nice this year. Leafdrop just seems also to be going quickly, so colors might not last as long.

Close to peak here. Definitely sooner than normal due mostly to the dryness I guess. Also had a nice stretch with cold nights and warm sunny days. That temp contrast traps the sugars in the leaves. 

A bunch of leaves came down today with the wind. Very dry/crispy and light- easy work for the leaf blower.

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11 hours ago, MillvilleWx said:

Love those shots. That’s a nice camera you got there. 

Thanks!  Yeah, I invested in going to a mirrorless camera and lenses a few years ago (after using traditional DSLRs for years).  Glad I did so, I really like the mirrorless system and it seems everything has been moving in that direction for awhile.  Gradually sold and traded in the previous equipment and eventually got a Canon R5, which is a wonderful camera and the higher resolution allows me to crop a fair bit when needed.

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