![]() "For canoeing or kayaking, LeBoeuf Creek also is great. "(You can walk) around Eaton Reservoir (Bull Dam), south of North East on Black Road Six Mile Creek Park in Harborcreek, off Clark Road Union City Dam, off Route 97 and Union City Reservoir, off Route 6. Local dams and reservoirs are great places to see fall leaves. Water can reflect or contrast the autumn colors. "Elk Creek in western Erie County, with the high cliffs on either side of the stream, is just gorgeous, and easy to get in and out of. Struchen Flats at Elk Creek, off Route 832 near Sterrettania, is one of my favorite places. "I kind of gravitate to places with water, and we have some beautiful parks and access areas, at Six-Mile Creek Park in Harborcreek, with a lot of woods there, and at Seven-Mile Creek (Harborcreek) and Sixteen-Mile Creek in North East. Photo gallery: 52 views of fall colors in recent years ![]() "You'd be hard pressed to find anywhere in the world that has a longer color season," Reed said. The color show from north to south can last as long as seven weeks. Farther south, forests of oak, hickory and walnut trees follow from mid-October to early November. Northern forests in Erie County, featuring maple, aspen, ash, birch and cherry trees, generally peak in color in early to mid-October. Reed travels the state each fall and compiles reports from each area to post weekly foliage updates, including peak viewing forecasts, on the DCNR website at dcnr.pa.gov. He expected to begin posting 2021 information Sept. There are not many places on Earth like it," said Ryan Reed, natural resource program specialist for the Bureau of Forestry of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. "We get the best of both worlds and the best colors in the palette."Įarly forecast: ‘Synchronized symphony of colors' expected in Pennsylvania We have the perfect latitude as a meeting ground for northern and southern forests. "Our number-one asset for fall foliage is our diversity of trees.
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