This is the first 2025 I LOVE NY Fall Foliage Report for New York State. Reports are obtained from more than 90 volunteer field observers and reflect expected color conditions for the coming weekend. Reports are issued every Wednesday afternoon. I LOVE NY defines "peak" as the best overall appearance the foliage will have during the season, taking into account color transition, brilliance, and leaf droppage.
New York State’s 2025 fall foliage season is underway, with the first signs of the spectacular seasonal colors to come appearing in all Upstate New York regions. The most significant changes are expected in The Adirondacks and Catskills, according to the field reports from volunteer observers for the Empire State Development Division of Tourism’s I LOVE NY program.
Locations with the most significant foliage change this weekend will include Wilmington, Saranac Lake and Old Forge (Adirondacks); Windham, Delhi and Liberty (Catskills); Corning (Finger Lakes); and Salamanca (Chautauqua-Allegheny).
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Adirondacks
In Essex County:
More than 20% change at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington with orange and yellow leaves.
10% change in the Whiteface Mountain area with intermittent spots of muted yellow, orange and red.
10% foliage change in Crown Point with large patches of rusty brown leaves.
10% change in Newcomb with touches of red and orange.
10% change in Ticonderoga with a few muted fall colors.
10% change in Lake Placid with scattered hints of average to bright seasonal colors.
5% change in Plattsburgh with muted mostly yellow leaves.
In Franklin County:
15% change with some yellow leaves in Saranac Lake.
5-15% change in Tupper Lake as the summer’s subtle greens commence the advance to autumn splendor with traces of mustard, goldenrod and bronze. Soft maples are supplying sporadic splashes of scarlet and merlot.
5% change in Malone with some bright red and orange leaves.
In Hamilton County:
10% change in Lake Pleasant with some red leaves and a tinge of yellow.
10% change in Long Lake with bright touches of red, yellow and orange beginning to pop out.
5% change in Benson at Lapland Lake Nordic Vacation Resort.
In Herkimer County:
20% change in Old Forge with pops of orange leaves.
In Lewis County:
More than 10% change in Lowville with moderately bright shades of yellow and a few splashes of red.
In St. Lawrence County:
15-20% change in Wanakena with muted to average red and purple leaves.
In Warren County:
5% change in Lake George and Queensbury, with mostly green leaves and some emerging yellows.
Capital-Saratoga
In Albany County:
Up to 5% change with some emerging yellow leaves in Cohoes at Cohoes Falls.
In Fulton County:
5% change in Stratford with emerging yellows and reds.
In Rensselaer County:
Up to 10% change in East Nassau with subtle pops of muted yellow and orange leaves starting to break through.
In Saratoga County:
10% change in Saratoga Springs with muted shades of yellow and rust.
In Schenectady County:
5% change in Central Park in Schenectady with some gold and red leaves, particularly in treetops.
Catskills
In Delaware County
15% change in Colchester with bright pops of yellow.
15% change in Delhi with muted gold leaves along roadways, and orange and red on the hilltops.
In Greene County:
15% change along The Windham Path in Windham with hints of red and yellow leaves.
10% change in Windham with patches of orange and red leaves of average brilliance.
In Sullivan County:
15% change in Liberty with some bright shades of red, yellow, and orange.
5% change in Forestburgh with average to bright tinges of red and orange.
In Ulster County:
10% change in Highmount at Belleayre Mountain with slightly muted red and orange leaves.
Central New York
In Broome County:
Less than 5% change along the Greenway Walking Trail in Binghamton.
In Chenango County:
Less than 10% change in Bainbridge, Norwich and Preston with slightly muted touches of orange and brown leaves.
In Herkimer County:
Less than 5% change with mostly green leaves in Herkimer.
In Madison County:
No significant foliage change expected in Cazenovia.
In Montgomery County:
5% or less change in Fonda.
In Oneida County:
5-10% change in Utica.
In Otsego County:
10-15% change in Cherry Valley with muted to average shades of yellow.
Less than 10% change with mostly muted yellows in Cooperstown.
In Schoharie County:
Less than 5% change with mostly green leaves in Gilboa.
Finger Lakes
In Cayuga County:
No significant change expected in Auburn.
In Chemung County:
Up to 5% change in Elmira with some yellow among mostly green leaves.
In Cortland County:
No significant change expected in Cortland.
In Livingston County:
Less than 5% change in Geneseo with mostly green leaves.
In Monroe County:
5% or less change in Rochester.
In Onondaga County:
5% change at Beaver Lake in Baldwinsville with red on some treetops.
In Ontario County:
Up to 10% transition in Canandaigua with hints of red and orange, but less than 5% change expected in Farmington.
In Schuyler County:
No significant change anticipated in Watkins Glen.
In Seneca County:
No significant change expected in Waterloo.
In Steuben County:
15% change in Bath, Corning, Hammondsport, and Hornell with some emerging fall colors of average brilliance.
In Tompkins County:
5% change in Ithaca and Trumansburg with some fall colors just beginning to appear on the mostly green hillsides.
In Wayne County:
Less than 5% change in Lyons with predominantly green leaves.
In Yates County:
More than 5% change in Penn Yan with bright pops of red leaves.
Chautauqua-Allegheny
In Cattaraugus County:
20% change with some muted yellow and red maple leaves at Allegany State Park in Salamanca.
5% or less change in Little Valley with mostly green leaves.
In Chautauqua County:
5% change in Chautauqua with mostly green leaves.
Greater Niagara
In Erie County:
5% change in East Aurora with mostly green leaves.
Less than 5% change in Buffalo.
In Niagara County:
No significant change expected in Lewiston or Niagara Falls.
In Orleans County:
5% change in Albion with average to bright orange and red leaves.
In Wyoming County:
10% change at Letchworth State Park in Warsaw with some emerging orange and yellow leaves.
Thousand Islands-Seaway
In Jefferson County:
5% change in Alexandria Bay with a touch of yellow and orange leaves.
In Oswego County:
10% change in the Town of Parish with some pops of red and orange.
Less than 5% change in Oswego with mostly green leaves.
In St. Lawrence County:
10% change in Massena with some touches of yellow.
Hudson Valley
In Columbia County:
Up to 5% change in Hudson.
In Dutchess County:
No significant foliage change expected in Beacon.
Less than 5% change in Poughkeepsie.
In Orange County:
5% or less change in Washingtonville.
Less than 5% change in Westtown.
No significant transition expected in Cornwall or Newburgh.
In Putnam County:
No significant foliage change expected in Cold Spring.
In Rockland County:
Less than 5% change in Orangeburg and Nyack.
No significant foliage change at Bear Mountain State Park.
In Ulster County:
5% change in Kingston with a few emerging yellow and gold hues.
In Westchester County:
No significant transition expected in White Plains.
Long Island
In Nassau County:
No significant foliage change expected at Hempstead Lake State Park in West Hempstead, or in East Meadow.
In Suffolk County:
No significant foliage change is expected on the North Shore at Sunken Meadow State Park, or at The Nature Conservancy at Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island.
New York City
In The Bronx:
Less than 5% change expected in Pelham Bay.
In Manhattan:
Less than 5% change in Central Park and on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
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