Planning Your Trip to Bethel
From Bethel you can reach 12 fall color locations and 2 scenic byways in Maine, for day trips that range from a one-hour hike to a full-day drive.
When to Visit
Across the destinations we track around Bethel, peak colour has historically landed in Mid October, measured from NASA MODIS satellite records at those spots.
Highlights around Bethel
How we know when Bethel peaks
Each date above is a multi-year climatology built from NASA satellite observations at that specific spot, with the definition of peak calibrated against ground cameras — 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.