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Mono Lake area better and lot emptier IMO
Mono lake? It’s pretty arid there. I imagine lower elevations which get cold would provide better foliage, maybe grass valley area?
The June Lake loop has spectacular aspens.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Mono Lake area better and lot emptier IMO
Mono lake? It’s pretty arid there. I imagine lower elevations which get cold would provide better foliage, maybe grass valley area?
In addition to the mentioned June Lake loop, basically all of the valleys west of highway 395 in Mono County have many kinds of foliage, including Lee Vining Creek (the deep valley east of Tioga pass), Mammoth Lakes, Hilton Creek, and many others.
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#24As a kid growing up, I lived in a very wooded area with a varied mix of trees. The Red Oaks were probably the most color changing out of the mix. Most of those years were considered drought years, and the fall was meh at best. The autumn of the first year with significant rain fall after all of those years was simply stunning. I've always wanted to go up to New England on a leaf peeping trip. Saying peeping makes it…
The oaks I’m familiar with have green leaves which kinda turn brown. I’ll have too look up red oaks...
Maybe a Live Oak? Although, it takes forever for a Live Oak's leaf to turn brown even after falling to the ground (usually around late Jan/early Feb in my area). They are evergreen, so they never do a color change during the fall. Red Oak's leaves turn a brilliant shade of red (unless in a drought). I actually grew up in a town named after the red oak, so they were quite abundant. Not far from a town named after all of the cedars growing on the hills.
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#25Northern Virginia. A few yellow leaves peaking out but not much.
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#26It's pretty beautiful in Brattleboro, Vermont today.
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Mono Lake area better and lot emptier IMO
Mono lake? It’s pretty arid there. I imagine lower elevations which get cold would provide better foliage, maybe grass valley area?
It's not so much Mono lake per se, but the eastern Sierras in general. Aspens grow on the leeward side.
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#28So what do the colors on the map mean? Which color is best?
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#29Where is Alaska?
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#30I am in MA and its Oct 4th. It doesn't feel like by tomorrow it's going to be peak foliage. As per the chart legend I'd say at most it's patchy out there at the moment.
It's still very green out on Cape Cod, but I feel that could change at any moment.
I used to have a view of Central Park, and was amazed how it could literally change almost overnight as if someone exploded a can of paint over the Park.
And it was all the trees, not just some.
It seems like it took one night of good cold to bring it on, but I'm sure that's anecdotal at best.