Fall foliage trips from your city
Fall foliage from your city: the airports closest to the best leaf drives, priced for October 16 to 19, 2026 and the Columbus Day and Canadian Thanksgiving weekend of October 8 to 11, 2027, with the usual peak window for each.
Dates: Mid-October 2026, Oct 16 – Oct 19, 2026.
Choose your departure city
Each city page shows real round-trip fares from that city, with the cheapest one for each destination.
United States: Seattle · New York · San Francisco Bay Area · Los Angeles · Miami or Fort Lauderdale · Chicago · Denver · Minneapolis · Houston · Washington, DC · Dallas-Fort Worth · Atlanta · Orlando · Las Vegas · Charlotte · Phoenix · Boston · Detroit · Philadelphia · Salt Lake City · San Diego · Nashville · Tampa · Austin · Honolulu · Portland · Raleigh/Durham · Saint Louis · Sacramento · San Juan · New Orleans · Kansas City · Fort Myers · San Antonio · Indianapolis · Cleveland · Pittsburgh · Columbus · Cincinnati · West Palm Beach · Jacksonville · Maui · Hartford · Charleston · Milwaukee · Anchorage · Boise · Omaha · Albuquerque · Buffalo · Richmond · Norfolk
Canada: Toronto · Vancouver · Montreal · Calgary · Edmonton · Ottawa · Winnipeg · Halifax · Quebec · Victoria
Where to go and why
- Boston: Boston for the Kancamagus Highway and the White Mountains, usually at peak in early October
- Burlington: Burlington for Stowe and Smugglers' Notch, usually at peak from late September into early October
- Portland: Portland for Acadia National Park and the Maine coast, usually at peak in mid-October
- Bangor: Bangor, an hour from Acadia's Park Loop Road and Cadillac Mountain, with coastal color in mid-October
- Albany: Albany for the Adirondacks, usually at peak in early October, and the Catskills a week or two later
- Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh for the Laurel Highlands, Ohiopyle and Fallingwater, usually at peak in mid-October
- Aspen: Aspen for the Maroon Bells, where the aspens usually peak in the second half of September
- Denver: Denver for the Peak to Peak Highway's aspens, usually at peak in the second half of September
- Quebec: Quebec City for Charlevoix and Jacques-Cartier National Park, usually at peak in early October
- Montreal: Montreal for the Laurentians and Mont-Tremblant, usually at peak from late September to early October
- Halifax: Halifax for Cape Breton's Cabot Trail, usually at peak in early to mid-October
- Asheville: Asheville for the Blue Ridge Parkway: peak runs from the high ridges in mid-October to the valleys late in the month
- Knoxville: Knoxville for the Great Smoky Mountains, Cades Cove and Newfound Gap Road, from mid-October into early November
- Salt Lake City: Salt Lake City for the Alpine Loop and Big Cottonwood Canyon, usually at peak in late September
- Bozeman: Bozeman for the Gallatin Canyon's cottonwoods and aspens, usually at peak in late September
- Jackson: Jackson for Grand Teton's aspens along the Moose-Wilson Road and at Oxbow Bend, usually at peak in late September
- Minneapolis: Minneapolis for Lake Superior's North Shore, Duluth to Grand Marais, usually at peak late September to early October
Peak color moves with the weather, so check a state or park foliage report before you book. Rockies aspens usually turn in the second half of September, ahead of both weekends here.
Facts checked October 8, 2026. Sources: Aspen Chamber: Maroon Bells (peak foliage often the third week of September) · The Gazette (Colorado Springs): fall drives and hikes, mid-late September for Aspen and Estes Park · Blue Ridge Parkway Association: fall color, mid to late October by elevation · GO Laurel Highlands: foliage typically peaks in the middle of October · Tourism Nova Scotia: top places to see fall colours (Cabot Trail early to mid-October) · Yankee / New England: fall foliage reports and peak map · I Love NY: fall foliage report (Adirondacks at peak the week of October 7 to 13, 2026) · Maine Forest Service: fall foliage report · OPM: federal holidays 2026 and 2027 · Alberta.ca: general holidays (Thanksgiving Day, October 11, 2027)