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I love the weather and constant sunshine in the Bay Area, but every year for a few weeks I really miss the fall foliage in the South near Asheville and the Smok
by Xcelerate 7y ago
I love the weather and constant sunshine in the Bay Area, but every year for a few weeks I really miss the fall foliage in the South near Asheville and the Smoky Mountains. There are some areas within a few hours drive of the Bay Area that have foliage, but there’s nothing like seeing an entire mountain range quilted in colorful leaves.
(See for instance the Tennessee River Gorge: http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/8ba1595e-fe54-11df-af79-037dfdb176f9/mm7741_081109_06556_uxga.jpg http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/8ba1595e-fe54-11df-af79...)
- avocado4 7y agoWhat's the best spot around SF to view foliage? Tahoe?
- ImamBayildi 7y agoMono Lake area better and lot emptier IMO
- mc32 7y agoMono lake? It’s pretty arid there. I imagine lower elevations which get cold would provide better foliage, maybe grass valley area?
- CarVac 7y agoThe June Lake loop has spectacular aspens.
- mc32 7y agoYes that’s true. It’s got some quaint places too.
- Diederich 7y agoIn addition to the mentioned June Lake loop, basically all of the valleys west of highway 395 in Mono County have many kinds of foliage, including Lee Vining Creek (the deep valley east of Tioga pass), Mammoth Lakes, Hilton Creek, and many others.
- lambdasquirrel 7y agoIt's not so much Mono lake per se, but the eastern Sierras in general. Aspens grow on the leeward side.
- s0rce 7y agohttps://www.californiafallcolor.com/ https://www.californiafallcolor.com/
- cabaalis 7y agoI hope to get back to Sevierville within the next few weeks. Glad to see it represented on HN (in the main article.) As Kid Rock says, there ain't nothing like a Tennessee mountaintop.