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Color Report
updated Nov 4, 2007
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| Upper Peninsula. |
Colors in the U.P. are at peak or past peak at this time, Report colors in your area using the form below.
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| Northern Lower Peninsula. |
Expect to see 100% to past peak color at this time as you traverse from central areas towards the North. Remaining areas of color thorughout the aea are muted or leaves are off the trees. There is still some color in isolated pockets and it may not be as bright. Most areas of the NLP are past prime viewing conditions now. Visit our Michigan Fall Color Tours page for a drive route. See user reports below.Report colors in your area using the form below.
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| Southern Lower Peninsula |
In the Southwest and Southeast, colors have peaked in most areas. Stay South to see the peaking colors this week. Oakland County, St. Joseph, and other Southern counties will have the last fall viewing this week. e Park and up to 70% throughout the rest of the area. Colors here are also muted this year (like the Michigan economy). See viewer reports below and plan your trip using our Michigan Fall Color Tours page for a drive route. Report colors in your area using the form below.
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See Viewer Reports below. Reports from observers (including YOU) may be added any time below. Please contribute. It's as easy as looking out your window or making observations on your next road trip. We would all like to know what's going on in YOUR neck of the woods. Our compiled report comes from user feedback and from AAA Michigan.
------------- VIEWER REPORTS for 2007 -------------
Dates shown were viewing dates.
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Sept 25, 2007 - jeanbeen - Just back from U.P. - Unseasonably warm weather! Colors still not fully there yet - M-77 had about 50% color, should be really good by next week in Central to Eastern area. On 9/22 was in Marquette area on 533 and near Big Bay - colors were in full regalia there but this was prior to the hard rains and winds that hit, so may be all gone now.
Sept 29, 2007 - LIN - Royal Oak, MI S/E : The colors are just starting with a few trees at full color, but just a few and far between
Oct 3, 2007 - SLD - Flint, MI : The colors have started to change and they all have at least a little orange and yellow, but they still have a lot of green on them.
Oct 4, 2007 - 4WD Greg - Charlotte, MI : I have been seeing a lot of reds along M50 south and east of Charlotte. Still probably no more than 5% turned, but the early reds seem especially colorful.
Oct 5, 2007 - Michman - Oscoda, MI : We were at Oscoda, the colors have started to change,some yellow and orange with a little red.Still about 25%.Lots of green.
Oct 5, 2007 - Bruce - I-75 corridor, MI : Along the I-75 corridor, south of West branch is spotty with some showing reds and yellows. Just north of West Branch - localized color is brilliant in some areas with reds, oranges, and yellows is full swing. As you proceed north, the colors are again subdued until past grayling approaching Gaylord. Colors, in my opinion are at full peak and maybe browning out north of Gaylord. Color falls off in the Mackinaw City area with only slight color showing and may yet be a week off. The best area is by far in the Gaylord area as of this report. Bay City and South are just spotty.
Oct 6, 2007 - 2bitz - U.P., MI : U.P. From Newbeery east to Whitefish Point very nice very close to peak. Heavy rain at times may have knocked leaves down. Below the bridge to Mt. Pleasant at 75% peak, couple of good weeks left yet..
Oct 12, 2007 - jlr48507 - We headed from Grand Blanc to Traverse City for the weekend and ended up driving all over the place. Best color was in West Branch along 75, Gaylord, Boyne Falls, and south of Traverse City. I think the peninsula's need another week at least.Charlevoix and Petoskey wasn't bad either.I rwally am startinmg to favor the Petoskey area over T.C.
Oct 13/14, 2007 - Rich in Ohio - Spent the weekend in Mackinaw. Not a lot of color turn. If leaves stay on the trees, color is still a week or two away. Drove down M-119 Tunnel of Trees, mostly green. Some good color from Gaylord to Grayling but spotty.
Oct 21, 2007 -Sue in Michigan - Went through Tunnel of Trees yesterday on over to gaylord and down. Just past peak by a day or so. Still very pretty but mostly orange, no vibrant yellows or reds. Locals say it hit peak just before the storms came through last week and that it didn't last.
Oct 26, 2007 - Rich in Ohio - Did Traverse City on the week end. Still pockets of good color on M-72 west of TC where trees are protected from wind, but alot have lost leaves elsewhere. Glen Arbor, Empire, had some spotty color, but once again, alot of leaves gone already. Did that on Friday and Saturday was miserable with wind so I would guess not a lot left. Nice spots of color from Grayling south to 10 on 127.
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Also see Michigan Fall Color Tours and Michigan Events - Your source for Autumn hiking and driving tours covering all of the state from Detroit to Lansing, Kalamazoo to Traverse City, and North to Mackinac and the Upper Peninsula. We also have information on apple cider mills and festivals. Contribute and ask questions in our user forum.
Usually fall colors begin in mid-September and run through the end of October, peaking at varying times throughout the state depending on frost conditions. Except for the far western quarter of the Michigan Upper Peninsula which peaks from mid-September to early October, all other areas in the U.P. peak from late-September to mid-October. The expected peak color for the Lower Peninsula is from late September to late October. Of course, this is an "expected" time-frame. The actual timing is up to Mother Nature!
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