This is the fourth 2024 I LOVE NY Fall Foliage Report for New York State. Reports are obtained from volunteer field observers and reflect expected color conditions for the coming weekend.
Gorgeous peak foliage will be arriving throughout most of the Adirondacks this weekend, as well as in many parts of the Catskills, while leaves in other parts of the state will generally range from just changing to midpoint of change. This is according to the field reports from more than 85 volunteer observers for the Empire State Development Division of Tourism’s I LOVE NY program.
In Cayuga County:
· 35% change in Auburn with mostly muted shades of yellow.
In Chemung County:
· 25% in Elmira with some orange-yellow leaves, along with pops of bright red.
In Cortland County:
· 15% in Cortland with mainly red and orange leaves.
In Livingston County:
· 25% transition in Geneseo with primarily yellow leaves.
In Monroe County:
· 15-20% change throughout most of Rochester, with 25% change in the city’s Brighton neighborhood and mostly green-yellow leaves, plus red, dark red and maroon leaves. Dogwoods, alders, and sumac show red color; grape ivy is partially red; and purple and white asters are present. Areas to the east of the city towards the Finger Lakes, and southwest towards Letchworth appear to be bit ahead of the greater Rochester area in foliage change.
In Onondaga County:
· 35% change at Syracuse University with average to bright yellow leaves along with red and orange from sugar maples.
· 25% at Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville with red and yellow leaves.
In Ontario County:
· 10% change in Geneva and Clifton Springs with muted yellow leaves, and 10% to the southwest in South Bristol and Naples.
· 10% in Victor with yellow and red leaves.
· 10% change in Canandaigua and Shortsville with bright yellows and some muted rust-colored leaves.
In Schuyler County:
· 25% change in Watkins Glen, Hector, Montour Falls, and Tyrone.
In Seneca County:
· 45% in Waterloo with mostly red leaves and some golden hues.
In Steuben County:
· 50% change in Corning, Hammondsport, and Hornell with bright shades of gold, yellow and orange.
In Tioga County:
· 30% change in Owego with mostly yellow leaves.
In Tompkins County:
· 20% transition in Ithaca and Trumansburg with orange, gold, and red leaves.
In Wayne County:
· 30% in Lyons with shades of yellow and deep red.
In Yates County:
· 25% foliage change in Penn Yan with fall colors.
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