New England Web Sites

DON’T EXPLORE THE region without first exploring the travel departments for each New England state. Find up-to-the-minute foliage conditions on their Web sites. Are you a Yankee Foliage Ambassador yet? Make a foliage report today.. Where is peak color?Yankee editor Mel Allen has the answer!

Maine

• End of September: extreme north and northwest
• First week in October: east and central-western mountains
• Mid-October: south and coastal
• Foliage Web site:Maine

New Hampshire

• Last week in September: far north
• First week in October: White Mountains
• Second week in October: south
• Foliage Web site:New Hampshire

Vermont

• Last week in September: north
• First week in October: north central
• Second week in October: south
• Foliage Web site:Vermont

Massachusetts

• Color changes west to east
• Beginning of October: Berkshires
• Mid-October: Cape and Islands
• Foliage Web site:Massachusetts

Connecticut

• Color changes north to south; best color mid- to late October
• Foliage Web site: Connecticut

Rhode Island

• Color starts mid- to late September and lasts through November, moving east
• Foliage Web site:Rhode Island