Comments on: How to View Fall Foliage in New England

on 11/22/2005 Route 5 between Northampton and Route 2 in Greenfield (Exits 18 to 27 off I-91) is the best! Also has the advantage of great shops and restaurants in the Northampton-Amherst area and the tourist attractions of Deerfield (Yankee Candle and Old Deerfield).

on 11/22/2005 We found a wonderful small town called "Bethlehem" in NH. It was the best place to be! Perfect colors all around during the last week of September and first week of October. Lots of B&Bs to check out! Being from NY, it was a perfect escape from the city.

on 11/22/2005 You can also get a taste for fall travelling down Route 3 from Boston to Nashua, NH. It's a nice 30-minute drive full of trees - then you can go shopping in tax-free New Hampshire!

on 11/22/2005 Touted as one of the most scenic routes any time of the year, during the fall you are truly in the heart of the most spectacular color! Try the first full week of October for the best color. And Route 100B takes you through some wonderful little villages.

on 11/22/2005 You can get some spectacular views from the Ossipee Mountains in the "Lakes Region" of central New Hampshire, near Lakes Winnepesaukee, Squam, Winnisquam, Sunapee and Wentworth, as you view the foliage shimmering off the lakes.

on 11/22/2005 I hesitate to mention the Mid-Hudson region south of Albany, because I live there and I like the fact that it remains a well-kept secret.

It is a very beautiful area peppered with amazingly good restaurants and a surprizing wealth of activities.

on 11/22/2005 We were in Boston on a brilliant October weekend - the leaves were changing and the sun was shining. But we rushed up to New Hampshire to find "better" foliage ... too late! The leaves there had already turned and fallen and all was gray and dead.