tagged w/ fall colors
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Prentice Cooper State Forest is blanketed with bright orange, yellow, red, and violet colors and still some green left as well.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is brimming with fall colors.
At the highest elevations, the colors are now near peak.
At the lower and middle elevations, tuliptree, birch, and sourwood are creating a patchwork of brilliant red, yellow and orange. The color is expected to peak below 4,000 feet near the end of October.
Bears, chipmunks, and squirrels, are busily gathering acorns, walnuts, and other wild foods.
Suggested scenic drives are: Foothills Parkway East and West, Cataloochee Valley,and Lakeview Drive
Every trail in the park is perfect for hiking right now. Fall foliage and abundant late wildflowers await discovery around every bend.
In Southeast Tennessee, touches of color are beginning show in the valleys and lower elevations. The color changes are moving rapidly on the Cherohala Skyway. This week provided a rare occurrence of ice & snow at 4,000 feet with fall colors peeping through the winter blanket.
Middle and West Tennessee are just beginning to see splashes of color across the landscape with predictions of peak color to occur the first and second weeks of November.Prentice Cooper State Forest is blanketed with bright orange, yellow, red, and violet... more
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It is September 18, 2009 and the leaves are beginning to change in the Prentice Cooper State Forest and Wildlife Management Area atop Suck Creek Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I have begun my 2009 fall photo album and have entitled it "Colors of Fall". As fall comes upon us I will continue to add to my photo album and collect all of the beautiful colors that I see.
I am making a request to everyone to begin their fall photo albums and join our group. Display your albums within this group and lets enjoy sharing all of our beautiful "Colors of Fall" to the world.It is September 18, 2009 and the leaves are beginning to change in the Prentice Cooper... more
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