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 Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
Peak fall color is predicted around October 23. Plan for the strongest viewing window from October 18 to October 28.
- Predicted peak
- October 23
- Best window
- October 18 – October 28
- 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 Christian County and across Kentucky.
Nearby locales
Other places to see color near Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
1 to 2 hours
2 to 3 hours
- Nashville Area (Radnor Lake, Percy Warner Park, Harpeth River)105 mi · 2 hr 8 minTennesseePeak: Oct 31Status: Moderate color
- Harpeth River State Park97 mi · 2 hr 11 minTennesseePeak: Oct 28Status: Moderate color
- Radnor Lake State Park104 mi · 2 hr 11 minTennesseePeak: Nov 7Status: Moderate color
- Montgomery Bell State Park91 mi · 2 hr 18 minTennesseePeak: Nov 1Status: Moderate color
- Long Hunter State Park111 mi · 2 hr 22 minTennesseePeak: Oct 18Status: Peak color
- Shawnee National Forest104 mi · 2 hr 41 minIllinoisPeak: Oct 25Status: High color