Fall colors are peaking in several northeastern and north-central Pennsylvania counties, but wind and rain have stripped leaves from parts of the region, according to the foliage report for Oct. 22-28.<\/p>\n
The report says Luzerne County is at peak color, while Lackawanna, Wyoming, Monroe, Pike, Lycoming, Bradford and Sullivan counties still have attractive color but are beginning to decline. The season is over in Susquehanna and Wayne counties.<\/p>\n
Foresters say oaks and hickories are adding orange, bronze and russet tones as maples lose their leaves. Birch is still providing bright yellow color in some areas.<\/p>\n
Where to see the colors<\/p>\n
– Luzerne, Lackawanna, Wyoming and Wayne counties: The Mocanaqua and Crystal Lake tracts offer hiking opportunities. Foresters say southern parts of Lackawanna and Wyoming counties are still changing, even as the broader regional display fades.<\/p>\n
– Monroe and Pike counties: Look for rusty red oaks and golden larch at the Dixon Miller tract.<\/p>\n
– Lycoming County: Color remains around Bald Eagle Mountain, south of Williamsport, and White Deer Ridge, west of Elimsport. The report says leaves have dropped in the northern district around Slate Run.<\/p>\n
– Clinton County: Color can still be found near the Bucktail Natural Area, especially along the West Branch of the Susquehanna and in nearby hollows.<\/p>\n
– Tioga County: Oak colors are nearing peak along the Route 6 corridor and at the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n
– Sullivan County: Some color remains, particularly in the southern and southwestern parts of the district, though wind has thinned the display.<\/p>\n
County-by-county snapshotPeak :Carbon, Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder and UnionStill nice but declining: Bradford, Lackawanna, Lycoming, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan and WyomingSeason over: Susquehanna and Wayne<\/p>\n
Foresters say this may be the last strong week for fall color in much of northeastern Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fall colors are peaking in several northeastern and north-central Pennsylvania counties, but wind and rain have stripped leaves…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-313905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}