The rich displays of fall colors usually start at the highest elevations in late September and early October, while gradually progressing to the lowest elevations by late October and early November. At high-elevation, above 4500 feet, red, crimson and orange colors are displayed among the sugar maples and mountain maples, yellow hues are displayed with beech and yellow birch, and red displayed with serviceberry, red oak and high-bush blueberry leaves as well as mountain ash berries. Fall flowering species at these elevations include yellows from skunk goldenrod and roan goldenrod, blues from wavy-leaved aster and eastern agueweed, and white wood aster. Red spruce, Fraser fir and Catawba rhododendron provide a backdrop of green evergreen foliage within many of the high-elevation areas.
Excellent places to view these colors include:
- Cherohala Skyway in Graham County;
- Wayah Bald and Wine Spring Creek area in Macon County;
- Big Butt trail in the Mount Mitchell area of Yancey County;
- Roan Mountain in Mitchell County.
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Jeff
Hiking Trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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