{"id":374480,"date":"2026-10-16T03:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374480\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T03:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:28:27","slug":"where-to-go-leaf-peeping-in-upstate-new-york-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374480\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to go leaf peeping in Upstate New York this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you were waiting for the perfect week to go leaf peeping in Upstate New York, this could be it. <\/p>\n

The fifth edition of I LOVE NY<\/a>\u2019s fall foliage prediction map reports near-peak to peak conditions in almost every region of the state. <\/p>\n

\"UpstateThe fifth map from I LOVE NY shows the state tourism bureau’s fall foliage report for New York state for Oct. 14 \u2013 20, 2026. Provided photo | ILOVENYProvided photo | ILOVENY<\/p>\n

While most of the Adirondacks<\/a> are reporting past-peak colors, spotters still say there is plenty of color to see, especially in lower elevations. Tupper Lake reports beautiful average-to-bright autumnal hues of bronze, mahogany, turmeric, pumpkin, cerise, raspberry, cranberry and banana.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re still hoping to catch some near-peak to peak colors up north, head to places like Potsdam, Lake George<\/a>, Queensbury, Croghan, Ticonderoga or Malone.<\/p>\n

\"GreenFall colors pop in Green Lakes State Park, Oct. 7, 2026. Marina’s Photography | @captured_by_marina_ on InstagramMarina’s Photography | @captured_by_marina_ on Instagram<\/p>\n

Places that saw the biggest changes from last week include Forestburgh, south of the Catskills<\/a>; East Aurora in Western New York<\/a>; Syracuse<\/a> and Herkimer in Central New York; and Newburgh in the Hudson Valley.<\/p>\n

There are also just two more weekends to catch the Watkins Glen Gorge Trail<\/a> until 2027, so make sure to catch the waterfalls in their autumnal splendor. <\/p>\n

Here is the full list of color change predictions around Upstate New York for the week of Oct. 14-20:<\/p>\n

AdirondacksWilmington, past-peakSaranac Lake, past-peakLake Placid, past-peakPlattsburgh, 100%Crown Point, 95-100%Queensbury, 80%Ticonderoga, 75%Malone, 50%Lake George, more than 45%\"CohoesFall colors surround Cohoes Falls in the Capital Region, Oct. 2026. JL Photo | @jlphotoofficial on InstagramJL Photo | @jlphotoofficial on InstagramCapital Region<\/a>East Nassau, 90%Saratoga Springs, 85%Cohoes, 75-80%Thacher State Park, 55%Schenectady, 45%\"KaaterskillFall foliage at Kaaterskill Falls in Upstate New York, week of Oct. 11, 2026. Provided photo | @steph_ann_ee on InstagramProvided photo | @steph_ann_ee on InstagramCatskills<\/a>Belleayre Mountain, past peakCornwallville and Round Top, 100%Forestburgh, more than 95%Colchester, Roscoe and Downsville, 90%Haines Falls, Hunter and Hensonville, 85%Durham and Cairo, 85% to near-peakDelhi, 75%Stamford, Bloomville, 75%New Baltimore and Catskill, 60%\"GreenFall colors pop in Green Lakes State Park, Oct. 7, 2026. Marina’s Photography | @captured_by_marina_ on InstagramMarina’s Photography | @captured_by_marina_ on InstagramCentral New York<\/a>Sharon Springs, 95%Norwich, 85%Cooperstown, 80%Cazenovia, 80%Herkimer, 80%Utica, 65%Cherry Valley, more than 60%Oswego, 60%Syracuse, 50-60%Binghamton area, 55%Thousand Islands-SeawayPotsdam, 100%Alexandria Bay, 95%Massena, 90%Pulaski, 75%\"WatkinsWatkins Glen State Park’s Gorge Trail will close for the season on Oct. 25, 2026. Fall scenes from earlier this month. Rachel Sickels | @rachelsickels on InstagramRachel Sickels | @rachelsickels on InstagramFinger Lakes<\/a>Cortland, Marathon and Virgil, 90%Corning, Hammondsport, Bath and Hornell, 60%Ithaca and Trumansburg, 60%Geneseo, 60%Letchworth State Park, 50-60%Auburn, more than 50%Owego, 50%Waterloo, 50%Lyons, 50%Elmira, 50%Penn Yan, 50%Canandaigua, 45%Seneca Falls, 40%Farmington, 40%Watkins Glen, 40%Greece, 30%Chautauqua-AlleghenyLittle Valley, 100%Allegany State Park, 70%Chautauqua Institution, 70%\"LetchworthLetchworth State Park in Western New York, all done up in fall foliage. Rafael Neri | @rsneri on InstagramRafael Neri | @rsneri on InstagramGreater NiagaraSpringville, 90%East Aurora, 75%Albion, 65%Castile, 60% to near-peakNiagara Falls, 50%Buffalo, 50%Warsaw, 60%Batavia, 40%Lewiston, 10%Hudson Valley<\/a>New Paltz, 100%Newburgh, 90%Hudson, 75%Goshen, more than 55%Cornwall-on-Hudson, 50%Greenville, 40%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you were waiting for the perfect week to go leaf peeping in Upstate New York, this could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-374480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}