Fall foliage

Fall foliage in Virginia

Fall 2026 · updated daily

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Virginia’s color moves west to east and from higher elevations downward over nearly three weeks.

Skyline Drive curving through maples in red, orange and yellow, with mountains in the haze beyond.
Skyline Drive, in Shenandoah National ParkPhoto: Annette Teng · CC BY 3.0 · source
Trees in yellow, orange and red against a blue sky at the Crescent Rock Overlook on Skyline Drive.
Crescent Rock Overlook, near HawksbillPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

The highest ridges of the George Washington National Forest and Shenandoah, around Hawksbill and Old Rag, turn in the middle of October;

Mabry Mill and its wheel reflected in a still pond, with red and orange trees behind.
Mabry Mill, on the Blue Ridge ParkwayPhoto: ForestWander · CC BY-SA 3.0 US · source

the Shenandoah Valley, Massanutten and the Blue Ridge Parkway follow in the third week;

Quantico Creek running between banks of yellow and orange leaves.
Quantico Creek, in Prince William Forest ParkPhoto: NPS Photo · Public domain · source

the Piedmont, Northern Virginia and the fall line around Prince William Forest close the season at the start of November, with Tidewater fading in mid-November.

Oaks and hickories dominate in bronze and gold, with maple and dogwood for the 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.