Fall foliage

Fall foliage in Pennsylvania

Fall 2026 · updated daily

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Pennsylvania runs from the northern plateau to the southeast over about three weeks, and because the elevation range is modest, latitude accounts for most of it.

Pine Creek Gorge seen from above, the creek winding between hillsides of orange, gold and green.
Pine Creek GorgePhoto: Snottywong · CC BY 3.0 · source
Promised Land Lake with a shoreline of red, orange and gold trees reflected in the water.
Promised Land Lake, in Promised Land State ParkPhoto: Nicholas A. Tonelli · CC BY 2.0 · source

Pine Creek Gorge at Leonard Harrison and Colton Point, Wellsboro, and the Poconos around Ricketts Glen and Promised Land lead in the second week of October;

A gravel road winding through yellow and orange hardwoods and green pines.
Rothrock State Forest, in the ridge-and-valley countryPhoto: Nicholas A. Tonelli · CC BY 2.0 · source

the Laurel Highlands and the ridge-and-valley country follow in the third week;

A white covered bridge beside the road at Valley Forge, with hillsides of red and orange trees behind it.
The covered bridge at Valley ForgePhoto: National Park Service · Public domain · source

Lancaster County and the Philadelphia suburbs finish at the end of the month.

Maple, birch and cherry color the north; oaks and hickories carry the south.

In a typical year

Bordering states

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