The predicted color stage on the selected date, modelled from satellite history. 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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Planning Your Trip to East Helena

From East Helena you can reach 7 fall color locations and 1 scenic byways in Montana, for day trips that range from a one-hour hike to a full-day drive.

When to Visit

We do not have enough satellite history at the destinations around East Helena to give a peak window yet, and we would rather say so than guess. The interactive map above shows the live colour status wherever we can measure it.

Highlights around East Helena

Bridger Canyon, near Fort Ellis, Gallatin County, Montana

Bridger Canyon

William Henry Jackson · Public domain

Custer Gallatin National Forest, Hyalite Canyon- Ice climber on Genesis Wall (7)

Hyalite Canyon

Forest Service Northern Region · Public domain

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Bitterroot Valley

Forest Service Northern Region from Missoula, MT, USA · Public domain

How we know when East Helena 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.