Fall foliage

Fall foliage in New Jersey

Fall 2026 · updated daily

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New Jersey runs from the Kittatinny Ridge to the shore over about two weeks.

A calm lake edged with golden grass under a wooded ridge of orange and rust trees.
Lake Marcia, High Point State ParkPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
A steep, rocky mountain covered in orange, yellow and green trees, seen across a gap.
Mount Tammany, at the Delaware Water GapPhoto: Nicholas A. Tonelli · CC BY 2.0 · source

High Point, Stokes and the Delaware Water Gap turn in the third week of October;

A rounded wooded hill in orange and rust seen across a dark reservoir.
Monksville Reservoir, in the HighlandsPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
A leaf-covered trail through beech woods in yellow and orange.
Watchung ReservationPhoto: Bryan Housel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

the Highlands and the Watchungs follow at the end of the month;

Green pines and low oaks with orange and red leaves above rust-colored scrub.
Wharton State Forest, in the Pine BarrensPhoto: Chris M Morris · CC BY 2.0 · source

the Pine Barrens and the coast finish in early November.

Oaks, hickories and maple color the ridges, and red maple and black gum along the Pinelands rivers give the south its reds.

In a typical year

Bordering states

Color: Fallcast, the same map as the app. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors, Protomaps. Place outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.