Brilliant foliage surrounds a gingerbread trim home in Brandon, Vermont.
Photo Credit : Sara Gray
Every year in September and October, Vermont attracts visitors from all over the world looking to experience its legendary fall foliage. The changing colors are everywhere, from the hills and mountains to the shores of lakes and ponds, and in both bigger towns and sleepy villages.
Dawn on Amherst Lake in Plymouth, Vermont. Photo Credit : Sara Gray
Planning a trip to Vermont this autumn? Be sure to visit NewEnglandFoliage.com for weekly fall foliage forecasts and reports, as well as our live peak-foliage map and everything else you need to get the most out of your fall adventure.
For Yankee’s September/October 2017 feature “Hidden Gold,” longtime contributing photographer Sara Gray spent two years capturing Vermont fall colors in some of the state’s lesser-known (though no less beautiful) autumn towns. We’ve put together a bonus collection of her images below, spotlighting the small-town beauty of the Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth Notch, the rolling landscape of the Kingdom Trails, the quirky Dog Chapel in St. Johnsbury, and more.
VERMONT FALL COLORS | HIDDEN GOLD
Interior at the Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, which preserves the boyhood home and village of the 30th U.S. president. Photo Credit : Sara GrayClassic architecture and rich autumn color in Plymouth Notch. Photo Credit : Sara GrayA vintage gas pump outside the Florence Cilley General Store in Plymouth Notch. Photo Credit : Sara GraySunset views from atop Mount Ascutney in Windsor County, Vermont. Photo Credit : Sara GrayA country road along Darling Hill in Lyndonville, Vermont. Photo Credit : Sara GrayMountain biking on the Kingdom Trails network in Lyndonville. Photo Credit : Sara GrayA barn and silo at the Wildflower Inn in Lyndonville. Photo Credit : Sara GrayA covered bridge over the Trout River in Montgomery, Vermont. Photo Credit : Sara GrayThe funky Café Provence truck in front of its namesake French bakery in downtown Brandon, Vermont. Photo Credit : Sara GrayBrilliant foliage frames a gingerbread-trimmed home in Brandon. Photo Credit : Sara GrayHandcarved pews by the late artist Stephen Huneck inside the Dog Chapel at Dog Mountain in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Photo Credit : Sara GrayA carpet of autumn color across the Green Mountains in Stowe, Vermont. Photo Credit : Sara Gray
Do you look forward to the Vermont fall colors every year?
Heather Marcus is the senior photo editor for Yankee Magazine. She works closely with the art director and a large group of contributing photographers to tell our stories about people and place in a compelling way. Living and growing up in New England, she continues to be inspired by the communities, the landscape, and the wonderful visual opportunities the region affords.
