Pennsylvania counties are approaching their best fall color. See the latest fall foliage report
There's still some green on the trees in the Delaware Valley, but across the state leaves are already turning shades of shades of red, orange and yellow.
Pennsylvania is known as being one of the best places to see fall foliage, and a counties across the state – and parts of the country – are already seeing their colors pop.
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources released its first Fall Foliage Report of the season earlier this month and will continue to release weekly updated maps and reports throughout the season.
In each report, all of Pennsylvania's 67 counties fall under one of six categories:
- No change
- Starting to change
- Approaching best color
- Best color
- Starting to fade
- Past peak
Planning a leaf peeping trip? Here's a look at which counties are starting to see a widespread change, according to the updated Week Three fall foliage report (Oct. 10-16):
Best Color:
- Bradford
- Clearfield
- Clinton
- Lackawanna
- Pike
- Somerset
- Susquehanna
- Tioga
- Wayne
- Wyoming
Approaching Best Color:
- Erie
- Crawford
- Mercer
- Lawrence
- Beaver
- Warren
- Forest
- Venango
- Butler
- Clarion
- Armstrong
- Westmoreland
- Fayette
- McKean
- Elk
- Jefferson
- Indiana
- Cambria
- Potter
- Cameron
- Centre
- Mifflin
- Juniata
- Perry
- Lycoming
- Union
- Snyder
- Sullivan
- Montour
- Columbia
- Northumberland
- Schuylkill
- Luzerne
- Carbon
- Lehigh
- Northampton
- Monroe
Starting to Change
- The state's remaining counties, including Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery, Chester and Bucks
The Week Four report is expected to be released on Thursday, Oct. 17.
According to the PA DCNR, some much-needed rain at the end of summer and in the early weeks of fall helped keep leaves from dropping early. In a social media post, the agency said "cold nights, coupled with prevailing dry conditions during late August and early September stimulated noticeable color changes throughout Penn's Woods."
