Field notes · 2026 estimate
When to see peak color at Lake Willoughby (Northeast Kingdom)
Peak fall color is predicted around October 5. Plan for the strongest viewing window from September 30 to October 10.
Predicted peakOctober 5
Best windowSeptember 30 – October 10
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 Lake Willoughby (Northeast Kingdom)
Driving distance and time by road, not straight-line.
1 to 2 hours
- Green River Reservoir State Park42 mi · 1 hr 20 minPeak around Oct 6Building
- Stowe54 mi · 1 hr 26 minPeak around Oct 9
- Franconia Notch State ParkNew Hampshire69 mi · 1 hr 32 minPeak around Oct 9Building
- Smugglers' Notch (Route 108)57 mi · 1 hr 35 minPeak around Oct 8
- LincolnNew Hampshire72 mi · 1 hr 37 minPeak around Oct 11Just starting
- Great North WoodsNew Hampshire56 mi · 1 hr 41 minPeak around Oct 2
- Kancamagus Highway (Route 112)New Hampshire75 mi · 1 hr 42 minPeak around Oct 11
- Route 10073 mi · 1 hr 42 minPeak around Oct 9
- Mount WillardNew Hampshire71 mi · 1 hr 43 minPeak around Oct 5