Early November Foliage is Brightest in Coastal New England
A large flock of geese caught my ear earlier this week, flying south in perfect formation against a slate gray sky. Just north, the clouds were producing some early snowflakes, and the wind that pushed them south brought a bitter bite. In northern New England, it isn’t uncommon to see hints of the long season ahead, […]
By Jim Salge|Oct 27 2016|
More color, especially in oak trees will fill in again in southern New England, but northern New England now sees autumn in their rear view.
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More color, especially in oak trees will fill in again in southern New England, but northern New England now sees autumn in their rear view.
Credit: Jim SalgeCredit: Jim Salge In the mountains of New Hampshire and hills of Vermont, the parting gift was particularly sweet this year. Dense, locally heavy snow covered late leaves in the higher terrain, yielding picturesque scenes seen only seen a couple times a decade. The local media dubbed it ‘snowliage,’ and our social media feeds were filled layers of foliage with snowcapped peaks and people skiing over recently fallen foliage.
“Snowliage” made for beautiful scenes in Northern New England this past week!
Credit: Chris WhitonCredit: Chris Whiton With more snow in the forecast, and little color remaining, all attention for the remaining November foliage turns southward and towards the shorelines. Coastal Maine, New Hampshire and the North Shore of Massachusetts should all see the oaks peaking this week, along with some late maples in town centers and cemeteries. Oaks tend not to develop the brightness of color that maples do, with rusty red, orange and brown tones more the norm, but a forest of oak trees backlit by the sun on a crisp autumn day is still a beautiful sight!
Coastlines from Massachusetts to Maine should see oaks peaking during the next week or so!
Credit: Jim SalgeCredit: Jim Salge One of the best places to see these late oak trees this weekend will be Salem, Massachusetts, home of the famous witch trials. Halloween is their biggest weekend of the year. The historical trails around Boston proper also hold a lot of late color and make a worthwhile pairing for leaf peeping. Around the rest of Massachusetts, oaks and late maples will still hold color, but overall have moved past peak. Past peak doesn’t mean no color, and in fact, some of the oaks are still green. But the storm stripped a lot of the early color, and the color to come will be more muted and sporadic. For the best color, try large river valleys.
River valleys in Southern New England hold on to color later than the rest of the surrounding region.
Credit: John Burk
