The Delaware Valley has reached peak fall color. See Pennsylvania's latest fall foliage report
Trees across Pennsylvania are bursting with fall color, and the landscapes in Delaware Valley and Lehigh Valley are no exception.
Pennsylvania is known as being one of the best places to see fall foliage, and counties across the state – and parts of the country – are seeing their colors pop.
Each week the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources releases an updated Fall Foliage Report to help you find the best spots for a fall hike or trip.
In each report, all of Pennsylvania's 67 counties fall under one of six categories:
- No change
- Starting to change
- Approaching best color
- Best color
- Starting to fade
- Past peak
According to the Week Five report for Oct. 24-30, all of Pennsylvania has either reached its best color, is starting to fade or is past peak.
The Delaware Valley (Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, Bucks) has officially reached its peak color, as has the rest of the Lehigh Valley and much of Central Pennsylvania.
The rest of the state's counties are already seeing their colors fade, with the exception of Susquehanna, Wayne and Somerset counties, which are already past their peak.
🍁 There is still time to see Pennsylvania’s fall foliage (as recently featured on ABC World News Tonight!) 🍁
— PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources (@DCNRnews) October 24, 2024
Cool nights and warm, sunny days have continued to stimulate color changes in Pennsylvania forests. Although most color is fading in the northern third of the… pic.twitter.com/ZQftULlRTu
According to the PA DCNR, some much-needed rain at the end of summer and in the early weeks of fall helped keep leaves from dropping early. In a social media post, the agency said "cold nights, coupled with prevailing dry conditions during late August and early September stimulated noticeable color changes throughout Penn's Woods."