Field notes · 2026 estimate
When to see peak color at Route 2
Peak fall color is predicted around October 16. Plan for the strongest viewing window from October 11 to October 21.
Predicted peakOctober 16
Best windowOctober 11 – October 21
Confidence range±5 days
The prediction is a 24-year climatology built from NASA MODIS MOD13Q1 vegetation-index data, with the definition of peak calibrated against PhenoCam ground cameras. 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.
Nearby locales
Other places to see color near Route 2
Driving distance and time by road, not straight-line.
30 to 60 minutes
1 to 2 hours
- The Berkshires (Western Massachusetts)36 mi · 1 hr 13 minPeak around Oct 15
- Mount Greylock State Reservation33 mi · 1 hr 21 minPeak around Oct 14
- Wachusett Mountain61 mi · 1 hr 32 minPeak around Oct 19
- Stockbridge49 mi · 1 hr 37 minPeak around Oct 17
- North Central Massachusetts65 mi · 1 hr 40 minPeak around Oct 21
- Monument Mountain51 mi · 1 hr 42 minPeak around Oct 19
- Mount SnowVermont40 mi · 1 hr 49 minPeak around Oct 8