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.

Fall foliage near Pope County, Illinois

Explore locations and scenic byways near Pope County, Illinois.

Over 3 hours

Scenic driveCherohala Skyway369 mi · 7 hr 44 minMile-high vistas and brilliant fall foliage in the southern Appalachian National Forests.Scenic driveRussell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway413 mi · 8 hr 29 minA Georgia route for catching the southward shift of fall color in the Chattahoochee National Forest.Reelfoot Lake State Park126 mi · 3 hr 11 minTennesseePeak: Late OctoberHoosier National Forest153 mi · 3 hr 26 minIndianaPeak: Late OctoberStatus: High colorMissouri Botanical Garden156 mi · 3 hr 29 minMissouriPeak: Mid NovemberStatus: Moderate colorForest Park158 mi · 3 hr 31 minMissouriPeak: Early NovemberStatus: Moderate colorTower Grove Park156 mi · 3 hr 31 minMissouriPeak: Mid NovemberStatus: High colorGreat River Road166 mi · 3 hr 44 minMissouriPeak: Late OctoberStatus: High colorBeaman Park174 mi · 3 hr 49 minTennesseePeak: Early NovemberStatus: High colorCreve Coeur Lake Memorial Park173 mi · 3 hr 52 minMissouriPeak: Early NovemberStatus: Moderate colorCastlewood State Park176 mi · 4 hrMissouriPeak: Late OctoberStatus: Moderate colorO’Bannon Woods State Park178 mi · 4 hr 1 minIndianaPeak: Late OctoberShakamak State Park167 mi · 4 hr 2 minIndianaPeak: Late OctoberNashville Area (Radnor Lake, Percy Warner Park, Harpeth River)195 mi · 4 hr 6 minTennesseePeak: Late OctoberStatus: Moderate colorElephant Rocks State Park156 mi · 4 hr 8 minMissouriPeak: Late OctoberStatus: Moderate colorHarpeth River State Park187 mi · 4 hr 9 minTennesseePeak: Late OctoberStatus: Moderate colorRadnor Lake State Park194 mi · 4 hr 9 minTennesseePeak: Early NovemberStatus: Moderate colorOtter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area186 mi · 4 hr 13 minKentuckyPeak: Late OctoberStatus: High colorMontgomery Bell State Park181 mi · 4 hr 16 minTennesseePeak: Early NovemberStatus: Moderate colorLong Hunter State Park200 mi · 4 hr 20 minTennesseePeak: Mid OctoberStatus: Peak colorSpring Mill State Park185 mi · 4 hr 22 minIndianaPeak: Late OctoberStatus: Peak colorTaum Sauk Mountain State Park163 mi · 4 hr 23 minMissouriPeak: Late OctoberStatus: Moderate colorMark Twain National Forest184 mi · 4 hr 50 minMissouriPeak: Late OctoberStatus: Moderate color

Driving distance and time by road from Pope County.

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Planning Your Trip to Pope County

From Pope County you can reach 14 fall color locations and 0 scenic byways in Illinois, for day trips that range from a one-hour hike to a full-day drive.

When to Visit

Across the destinations we track around Pope County, peak color has historically landed in Late October, measured from years of fall color records at those spots.

Highlights around Pope County

Hoosier National Forest panorama 1

Hoosier National Forest

Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domain

Great River Road - Entry Arch at the Arkansas-Missouri Border

Great River Road

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Castlewood State Park

Yinan Chen · Public Domain

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Taum Sauk Mountain State Park

Yinan Chen · Public Domain

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Mark Twain National Forest

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How we know when Pope County peaks

Each date above comes from years of fall color records at that specific spot, checked against what observers on the ground saw — not a regional average wearing a local name. Where a location has no usable observations of its own, we withhold the date and point you somewhere nearby that does.