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.

Upper Peninsula (U.P.)

Typical peak
Oct 12
Mid October
Best Viewing Window
Oct 7 – Oct 17
Early October to Mid October
Latest color reading
Peak color
The newest satellite reading was 4 days old at the latest update.
20 sample points · about 6 clear looks per point.
The most recent reading we have, not a forecast; color may have moved since.

Forest Composition

Maple Beech Birch dominant
Maple / Beech / Birch48%
Aspen / Birch12%
64% deciduous canopy (forest survey)

Conditions & 5-Day Forecast

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Nearby Towns

Burt Township62 mi1 hr 32 minHoughton95 mi2 hr 11 minParadise128 mi2 hr 43 min
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Field notes · 2026 estimate

When to see peak color at Upper Peninsula (U.P.)

Peak fall color is predicted around October 12. Plan for the strongest viewing window from October 7 to October 17.

Predicted peakOctober 12
Best windowOctober 7 – October 17
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 Marquette and across Michigan.

This year's weather here has run close to normal, so the date is the usual October 12.

Nearby locales

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