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 Lyon County, Kentucky

Explore locations and scenic byways near Lyon County, Kentucky.

2 to 3 hours

John James Audubon State Park105 mi · 2 hr 1 minPeak: Late OctoberShawnee National Forest78 mi · 2 hr 2 minIllinoisPeak: Late OctoberStatus: High colorReelfoot Lake State Park96 mi · 2 hr 4 minTennesseePeak: Late OctoberBeaman Park108 mi · 2 hr 9 minTennesseePeak: Early NovemberStatus: High colorNashville Area (Radnor Lake, Percy Warner Park, Harpeth River)128 mi · 2 hr 26 minTennesseePeak: Late OctoberStatus: Moderate colorHarpeth River State Park121 mi · 2 hr 29 minTennesseePeak: Late OctoberStatus: Moderate colorRadnor Lake State Park127 mi · 2 hr 29 minTennesseePeak: Early NovemberStatus: Moderate colorMontgomery Bell State Park115 mi · 2 hr 36 minTennesseePeak: Early NovemberStatus: Moderate colorLong Hunter State Park134 mi · 2 hr 40 minTennesseePeak: Mid OctoberStatus: Peak color

Over 3 hours

Scenic driveCherohala Skyway303 mi · 6 hr 4 minMile-high vistas and brilliant fall foliage in the southern Appalachian National Forests.Scenic driveRussell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway347 mi · 6 hr 50 minA Georgia route for catching the southward shift of fall color in the Chattahoochee National Forest.Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area179 mi · 3 hr 30 minPeak: Late OctoberStatus: High colorHoosier National Forest165 mi · 3 hr 34 minIndianaPeak: Late OctoberStatus: High colorElephant Rocks State Park178 mi · 4 hr 9 minMissouriPeak: Late OctoberStatus: Moderate colorO’Bannon Woods State Park193 mi · 4 hr 9 minIndianaPeak: Late OctoberNatchez Trace Parkway194 mi · 4 hr 12 minAlabamaPeak: Early NovemberStatus: Moderate colorTaum Sauk Mountain State Park185 mi · 4 hr 24 minMissouriPeak: Late OctoberStatus: Moderate color

Driving distance and time by road from Lyon County.

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Planning Your Trip to Lyon County

From Lyon County you can reach 20 fall color locations and 1 scenic byways in Kentucky, for day trips that range from a one-hour hike to a full-day drive.

When to Visit

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

Highlights around Lyon County

Hoosier National Forest panorama 1

Hoosier National Forest

Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domain

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Natchez Trace Parkway

Carol M. Highsmith (1946–) · Public domain

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Taum Sauk Mountain State Park

Yinan Chen · Public Domain

How we know when Lyon 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.