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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Field notes · 2026 estimate
When to see peak color at Coopers Rock State Forest
Peak fall color is predicted around October 26. Plan for the strongest viewing window from October 21 to October 31.
- Predicted peak
- October 26
- Best window
- October 21 – October 31
- 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 Monongalia County and across West Virginia.
That is 3 days later than usual (October 24): the six weeks to October 17 ran 2.2°F warmer than the 2001–2025 average, and a warmer run before peak delays the color.
Nearby locales
Other places to see color near Coopers Rock State Forest
1 to 2 hours
- Great Allegheny Passage64 mi · 1 hr 16 minMarylandPeak: Oct 24Status: Peak color
- Great Allegheny Passage62 mi · 1 hr 20 minPennsylvaniaPeak: Oct 25Status: Peak color
- Laurel Highlands66 mi · 1 hr 20 minPennsylvaniaPeak: Oct 17Status: Fading
- Blackwater Falls State Park70 mi · 1 hr 37 minPeak: Oct 10Status: Fading
- Pittsburgh (Frick Park)69 mi · 1 hr 38 minPennsylvaniaPeak: Oct 26Status: High color
- Route 3081 mi · 1 hr 39 minPennsylvaniaPeak: Oct 20Status: Fading
- Schenley Park70 mi · 1 hr 47 minPennsylvaniaPeak: Oct 27Status: High color
- Green Ridge State Forest86 mi · 1 hr 55 minMarylandPeak: Oct 25Status: Moderate color