Fall, welcome to Iowa. We’re so glad you’re here. Come on in and make yourself comfortable. Sit down. Stay awhile.
We’ve been waiting for you for almost a year now - waiting for crisp mornings, delicious seasonal flavors, the hustle and bustle of harvest, the fall farm event calendar. And of course, we’ve been waiting for … the fall leaf colors.
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Here’s the deal with fall leaf color in Iowa this year, at least according to the folks at smokeymountains.com, who release predicted leaf peaks for the entire United States.
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In Iowa, expect two weeks of peak color. Counties in Northern Iowa will experience a color peak during the week of October 11.
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Southern Iowa counties can expect their fall foliage to peak during the week of October 18.
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Where should you go to see the prettiest fall colors in Iowa? Try any one of Iowa’s pristine state parks, including Backbone State Park (pictured).
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Fall is also a great time to tour Iowa’s capital city of Des Moines. While the gold dome on our capitol building shines year round, here’s the view that the capitol dome sees come fall.
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The area around Lake Red Rock, Iowa’s largest lake, is also stunning in autumn garb. Try climbing Cordova Tower to maximize your view of the area’s fall colors!
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To learn more about when to expect the best fall colors in Iowa and in other parts of the nation, you can find the interactive fall foliage map from Smoky Mountains here. And here’s where you can find more on the Cordova Tower or Backbone State Park.
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Our state parks are always gorgeous and always free!
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What are your favorite spots to go leef-peeping each fall? What time of year, in your experience, do the fall colors peak here in Iowa?
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