Cascade Loop

At a glance

400 miles of road between -7 and 5,469 ft; the high point is near mile 294.

Color is earliest near mile 65 (about 3,600 ft), around Oct 7, and latest near mile 328 (about 1,100 ft), around Nov 4.

About 51% of the road has no trees that turn color and carries no date.

Dated places within 3 miles of the road

Peak color 2026 (Estimate)

Each area's predicted peak window. The date doesn't change this view.

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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Peak Timing Along the Route

Each date is the median peak of the trees that turn colour within 1,640 ft of the road, over about 2.5 miles of it. Hover for elevation and predicted peak date.

Oct 5 (earliest)
Nov 15 (latest)

No trees that turn colour along this stretch

Elevation -7–5,469 ft over 400 miles · 262 of 537 sample points dated

A long loop from harvest-season apple orchards to autumn color in the Cascades.

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Mountain Loop Highway

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