The predicted color stage on the selected date, modelled from years of fall color records. A forecast, not a live observation.When each area's color is predicted to peak this season. The date doesn't change this view.
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Field notes · 2026 estimate
When to see peak color at Pere Marquette State Park
Peak fall color is predicted around November 1. Plan for the strongest viewing window from October 27 to November 6.
- Predicted peak
- November 1
- Best window
- October 27 – November 6
- Confidence range
- ±5 days
The prediction comes from 14 years of fall color records at this spot, checked against what observers on the ground saw. Where state foliage spotters report peak (New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Missouri), it has landed inside our ±5-day window about two years in three. An unusual summer or autumn can still move it further. Explore fall color around Jersey County and across Illinois.
That is 5 days later than usual (October 28): the six weeks to October 23 ran 5.7°F warmer than the 2001–2025 average, and a warmer run before peak delays the color.
Nearby locales
Other places to see color near Pere Marquette State Park
1 to 2 hours
- Great River Road35 mi · 1 hr 5 minMissouriPeak: Oct 28Status: High color
- Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park28 mi · 1 hr 10 minMissouriPeak: Nov 3Status: Moderate color
- Forest Park44 mi · 1 hr 21 minMissouriPeak: Nov 10Status: Moderate color
- Missouri Botanical Garden51 mi · 1 hr 22 minMissouriPeak: Nov 11Status: Moderate color
- Tower Grove Park51 mi · 1 hr 23 minMissouriPeak: Nov 11Status: High color
- Castlewood State Park43 mi · 1 hr 35 minMissouriPeak: Oct 30Status: Moderate color
- Cuivre River State Park41 mi · 1 hr 51 minMissouriPeak: Oct 29Status: Moderate color