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Fall Photo Guide

Georgia Fall Foliage 2026

No change 0–10% Typical peak in 36 days

In a typical 2026 season, high ground around 4,800 feet peaks around October 16, with the broader peak window running October 19–27 and a typical peak date of October 23. The Blue Ridge corner generally peaks in late October, valleys around 1,450 feet follow around October 28, and Atlanta and south are typically early to mid-November.

Seasonal model estimate. Timing remains uncertain; check recent reports before traveling. Source: seasonal timing model. Calculated .

When Georgia peaks

Oct 19 – Oct 27

Centered on Oct 23. The Blue Ridge corner peaks late October; Atlanta and south are early-to-mid November.

low confidence. Long range. Treat as a planning estimate only.

Where peak usually lands. Drought or an early freeze moves it by a few days. Method

What turns here

  • sourwood
  • red maple
  • hickory
  • oak
  • sassafras

Yellows show up every year. Reds need sunny days and cool, frost-free nights. A bad year takes those first.

Color progression

Typical peak Oct 23

Typical color progression for Georgia. No change from Sep 15 to Oct 2. First color from Oct 2 to Oct 11. Approaching peak from Oct 11 to Oct 19. Peak from Oct 19 to Oct 27. Past peak from Oct 27 to Nov 6. Bare from Nov 6 to Nov 20.

typical peak today

Georgia is typically at no change on this date.

Georgia by county

19 days from Union County to Echols County.

Typical fall foliage stage by county in Georgia on September 17 Each county is shaded by its typical foliage stage. Peak runs from Oct 24 in Union County to Nov 12 in Echols County. Every county, its stage and its typical peak date are listed as text below the map. Appling County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Atkinson County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 10 Bacon County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Baker County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 10 Baldwin County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 5 Banks County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 31 Barrow County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Bartow County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Ben Hill County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Berrien County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 10 Bibb County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 6 Bleckley County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Brantley County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 11 Brooks County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 11 Bryan County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Bulloch County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Burke County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 5 Butts County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 4 Calhoun County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Camden County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 12 Candler County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Carroll County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Catoosa County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 30 Charlton County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 12 Chatham County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Chattahoochee County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Chattooga County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 31 Cherokee County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 31 Clarke County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 2 Clay County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Clayton County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 2 Clinch County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 11 Cobb County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Coffee County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Colquitt County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 10 Columbia County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 4 Cook County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 10 Coweta County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 3 Crawford County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 5 Crisp County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 Dade County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 29 Dawson County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 29 Decatur County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 11 DeKalb County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Dodge County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 Dooly County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Dougherty County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 10 Douglas County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Early County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 10 Echols County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 12 Effingham County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 Elbert County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 2 Emanuel County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Evans County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 Fannin County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 26 Fayette County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 2 Floyd County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Forsyth County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 31 Franklin County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Fulton County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Gilmer County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 28 Glascock County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 5 Glynn County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 11 Gordon County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 31 Grady County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 11 Greene County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 3 Gwinnett County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Habersham County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 28 Hall County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 30 Hancock County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 4 Haralson County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 31 Harris County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 5 Hart County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 31 Heard County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 3 Henry County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 3 Houston County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Irwin County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Jackson County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Jasper County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 4 Jeff Davis County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Jefferson County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 5 Jenkins County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 6 Johnson County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 6 Jones County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 5 Lamar County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 4 Lanier County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 11 Laurens County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Lee County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Liberty County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Lincoln County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 3 Long County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Lowndes County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 11 Lumpkin County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 28 Macon County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Madison County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Marion County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 6 McDuffie County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 4 McIntosh County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 10 Meriwether County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 3 Miller County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 11 Mitchell County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 10 Monroe County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 5 Montgomery County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 Morgan County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 3 Murray County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 30 Muscogee County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 6 Newton County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 3 Oconee County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 2 Oglethorpe County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 2 Paulding County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Peach County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 6 Pickens County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 29 Pierce County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 10 Pike County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 3 Polk County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 1 Pulaski County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Putnam County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 4 Quitman County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 Rabun County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 25 Randolph County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 Richmond County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 4 Rockdale County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 2 Schley County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Screven County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 6 Seminole County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 11 Spalding County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 3 Stephens County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 31 Stewart County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Sumter County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Talbot County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 5 Taliaferro County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 3 Tattnall County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 Taylor County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 6 Telfair County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Terrell County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 Thomas County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 11 Tift County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Toombs County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 Towns County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 25 Treutlen County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Troup County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 4 Turner County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 Twiggs County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 6 Union County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 24 Upson County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 4 Walker County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 30 Walton County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 2 Ware County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 11 Warren County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 4 Washington County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 5 Wayne County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 10 Webster County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 7 Wheeler County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 White County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 28 Whitfield County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 30 Wilcox County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 8 Wilkes County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 3 Wilkinson County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 6 Worth County: No change today, typically peaks Nov 9 Brasstown Bald Observation Deck Black Rock Mountain Summit Overlook Lake Trahlyta, Vogel State Park

Tap a location marker for coordinates and light times. Where peak usually lands. Boundaries: US Census, 2023. Elevation: USGS 3DEP + SRTM. Method

A county is still an average. Towns County spans 5 days on its own, ridge to valley.

Every county, as text
County Typical peak Stage today Median elev. Spread
Appling County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 172 ft 0 days
Atkinson County Nov 6 – Nov 14 No change 205 ft 0 days
Bacon County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 190 ft 1 days
Baker County Nov 6 – Nov 14 No change 170 ft 0 days
Baldwin County Nov 1 – Nov 9 No change 352 ft 0 days
Banks County Oct 27 – Nov 4 No change 838 ft 1 days
Barrow County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 878 ft 0 days
Bartow County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 825 ft 1 days
Ben Hill County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 264 ft 1 days
Berrien County Nov 6 – Nov 14 No change 246 ft 0 days
Bibb County Nov 2 – Nov 10 No change 406 ft 1 days
Bleckley County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 343 ft 0 days
Brantley County Nov 7 – Nov 15 No change 59 ft 0 days
Brooks County Nov 7 – Nov 15 No change 167 ft 1 days
Bryan County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 28 ft 0 days
Bulloch County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 156 ft 1 days
Burke County Nov 1 – Nov 9 No change 271 ft 1 days
Butts County Oct 31 – Nov 8 No change 651 ft 1 days
Calhoun County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 228 ft 1 days
Camden County Nov 8 – Nov 16 No change 6 ft 0 days
Candler County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 218 ft 0 days
Carroll County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 1,091 ft 1 days
Catoosa County Oct 26 – Nov 3 No change 855 ft 1 days
Charlton County Nov 8 – Nov 16 No change 118 ft 0 days
Chatham County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 7 ft 0 days
Chattahoochee County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 394 ft 1 days
Chattooga County Oct 27 – Nov 4 No change 777 ft 1 days
Cherokee County Oct 27 – Nov 4 No change 995 ft 1 days
Clarke County Oct 29 – Nov 6 No change 718 ft 1 days
Clay County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 303 ft 0 days
Clayton County Oct 29 – Nov 6 No change 886 ft 0 days
Clinch County Nov 7 – Nov 15 No change 152 ft 0 days
Cobb County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 1,001 ft 1 days
Coffee County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 242 ft 0 days
Colquitt County Nov 6 – Nov 14 No change 288 ft 0 days
Columbia County Oct 31 – Nov 8 No change 402 ft 1 days
Cook County Nov 6 – Nov 14 No change 233 ft 0 days
Coweta County Oct 30 – Nov 7 No change 849 ft 1 days
Crawford County Nov 1 – Nov 9 No change 505 ft 1 days
Crisp County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 317 ft 0 days
Dade County Oct 25 – Nov 2 No change 1,226 ft 3 days
Dawson County Oct 25 – Nov 2 No change 1,409 ft 4 days
Decatur County Nov 7 – Nov 15 No change 130 ft 0 days
DeKalb County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 926 ft 1 days
Dodge County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 300 ft 1 days
Dooly County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 359 ft 1 days
Dougherty County Nov 6 – Nov 14 No change 190 ft 1 days
Douglas County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 999 ft 0 days
Early County Nov 6 – Nov 14 No change 209 ft 0 days
Echols County Nov 8 – Nov 16 No change 146 ft 0 days
Effingham County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 75 ft 0 days
Elbert County Oct 29 – Nov 6 No change 526 ft 1 days
Emanuel County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 251 ft 0 days
Evans County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 153 ft 0 days
Fannin County Oct 22 – Oct 30 No change 1,955 ft 3 days
Fayette County Oct 29 – Nov 6 No change 850 ft 1 days
Floyd County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 671 ft 0 days
Forsyth County Oct 27 – Nov 4 No change 1,127 ft 1 days
Franklin County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 717 ft 1 days
Fulton County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 907 ft 1 days
Gilmer County Oct 24 – Nov 1 No change 1,635 ft 4 days
Glascock County Nov 1 – Nov 9 No change 402 ft 1 days
Glynn County Nov 7 – Nov 15 No change 10 ft 0 days
Gordon County Oct 27 – Nov 4 No change 670 ft 1 days
Grady County Nov 7 – Nov 15 No change 207 ft 0 days
Greene County Oct 30 – Nov 7 No change 578 ft 0 days
Gwinnett County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 985 ft 1 days
Habersham County Oct 24 – Nov 1 No change 1,517 ft 3 days
Hall County Oct 26 – Nov 3 No change 1,127 ft 1 days
Hancock County Oct 31 – Nov 8 No change 494 ft 0 days
Haralson County Oct 27 – Nov 4 No change 1,152 ft 1 days
Harris County Nov 1 – Nov 9 No change 667 ft 1 days
Hart County Oct 27 – Nov 4 No change 743 ft 1 days
Heard County Oct 30 – Nov 7 No change 867 ft 1 days
Henry County Oct 30 – Nov 7 No change 798 ft 1 days
Houston County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 359 ft 1 days
Irwin County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 314 ft 0 days
Jackson County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 843 ft 0 days
Jasper County Oct 31 – Nov 8 No change 592 ft 1 days
Jeff Davis County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 236 ft 0 days
Jefferson County Nov 1 – Nov 9 No change 328 ft 1 days
Jenkins County Nov 2 – Nov 10 No change 209 ft 1 days
Johnson County Nov 2 – Nov 10 No change 301 ft 0 days
Jones County Nov 1 – Nov 9 No change 482 ft 0 days
Lamar County Oct 31 – Nov 8 No change 765 ft 1 days
Lanier County Nov 7 – Nov 15 No change 195 ft 0 days
Laurens County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 264 ft 0 days
Lee County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 266 ft 1 days
Liberty County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 19 ft 0 days
Lincoln County Oct 30 – Nov 7 No change 406 ft 0 days
Long County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 51 ft 1 days
Lowndes County Nov 7 – Nov 15 No change 199 ft 0 days
Lumpkin County Oct 24 – Nov 1 No change 1,546 ft 3 days
Macon County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 366 ft 0 days
Madison County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 728 ft 1 days
Marion County Nov 2 – Nov 10 No change 579 ft 0 days
McDuffie County Oct 31 – Nov 8 No change 467 ft 0 days
McIntosh County Nov 6 – Nov 14 No change 4 ft 0 days
Meriwether County Oct 30 – Nov 7 No change 830 ft 1 days
Miller County Nov 7 – Nov 15 No change 154 ft 0 days
Mitchell County Nov 6 – Nov 14 No change 206 ft 1 days
Monroe County Nov 1 – Nov 9 No change 557 ft 1 days
Montgomery County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 206 ft 0 days
Morgan County Oct 30 – Nov 7 No change 637 ft 0 days
Murray County Oct 26 – Nov 3 No change 787 ft 2 days
Muscogee County Nov 2 – Nov 10 No change 408 ft 1 days
Newton County Oct 30 – Nov 7 No change 701 ft 1 days
Oconee County Oct 29 – Nov 6 No change 712 ft 0 days
Oglethorpe County Oct 29 – Nov 6 No change 615 ft 0 days
Paulding County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 1,023 ft 1 days
Peach County Nov 2 – Nov 10 No change 460 ft 0 days
Pickens County Oct 25 – Nov 2 No change 1,420 ft 2 days
Pierce County Nov 6 – Nov 14 No change 113 ft 0 days
Pike County Oct 30 – Nov 7 No change 811 ft 1 days
Polk County Oct 28 – Nov 5 No change 907 ft 0 days
Pulaski County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 272 ft 1 days
Putnam County Oct 31 – Nov 8 No change 500 ft 0 days
Quitman County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 289 ft 1 days
Rabun County Oct 21 – Oct 29 No change 2,146 ft 3 days
Randolph County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 393 ft 1 days
Richmond County Oct 31 – Nov 8 No change 330 ft 1 days
Rockdale County Oct 29 – Nov 6 No change 763 ft 0 days
Schley County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 479 ft 1 days
Screven County Nov 2 – Nov 10 No change 152 ft 1 days
Seminole County Nov 7 – Nov 15 No change 127 ft 0 days
Spalding County Oct 30 – Nov 7 No change 842 ft 0 days
Stephens County Oct 27 – Nov 4 No change 890 ft 1 days
Stewart County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 409 ft 1 days
Sumter County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 402 ft 1 days
Talbot County Nov 1 – Nov 9 No change 591 ft 1 days
Taliaferro County Oct 30 – Nov 7 No change 554 ft 0 days
Tattnall County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 165 ft 1 days
Taylor County Nov 2 – Nov 10 No change 499 ft 1 days
Telfair County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 193 ft 1 days
Terrell County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 326 ft 1 days
Thomas County Nov 7 – Nov 15 No change 211 ft 0 days
Tift County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 315 ft 0 days
Toombs County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 178 ft 0 days
Towns County Oct 21 – Oct 29 No change 2,240 ft 5 days
Treutlen County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 245 ft 0 days
Troup County Oct 31 – Nov 8 No change 732 ft 1 days
Turner County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 378 ft 1 days
Twiggs County Nov 2 – Nov 10 No change 375 ft 0 days
Union County Oct 20 – Oct 28 No change 2,473 ft 4 days
Upson County Oct 31 – Nov 8 No change 702 ft 1 days
Walker County Oct 26 – Nov 3 No change 942 ft 2 days
Walton County Oct 29 – Nov 6 No change 852 ft 1 days
Ware County Nov 7 – Nov 15 No change 139 ft 0 days
Warren County Oct 31 – Nov 8 No change 517 ft 1 days
Washington County Nov 1 – Nov 9 No change 371 ft 0 days
Wayne County Nov 6 – Nov 14 No change 106 ft 0 days
Webster County Nov 3 – Nov 11 No change 466 ft 1 days
Wheeler County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 192 ft 0 days
White County Oct 24 – Nov 1 No change 1,547 ft 3 days
Whitfield County Oct 26 – Nov 3 No change 793 ft 2 days
Wilcox County Nov 4 – Nov 12 No change 301 ft 0 days
Wilkes County Oct 30 – Nov 7 No change 532 ft 1 days
Wilkinson County Nov 2 – Nov 10 No change 382 ft 0 days
Worth County Nov 5 – Nov 13 No change 323 ft 0 days

Peak by elevation

12 days between the ridges and the valleys below them. The county map above averages that away.

Elevation band Approx. elevation Typical peak Today
High ridges & passes 4,800 ft Oct 16 No change
Mid elevation 2,800 ft Oct 23 No change
Valleys & lowlands 1,450 ft Oct 28 No change

Foliage stages

  1. No change 0–10%
  2. First color 10–25%
  3. Approaching peak 25–60%
  4. Peak 60–90%
  5. Past peak 40–70%, dropping
  6. Bare <20%

Light at peak

Georgia on October 23, the center of its typical peak window.

Solar event times for Georgia on October 23
EventTime
First light (blue hour) Sun 6° below horizon 7:22 AM
Sunrise Rises ESE · 103° 7:47 AM
Morning golden hour ends 35 min of low, warm light 8:22 AM
Solar noon Highest sun, flattest light 1:19 PM
Evening golden hour starts 35 min before sunset 6:16 PM
Sunset Sets WSW · 257° 6:51 PM
Last light (blue hour) Sun 6° below horizon 7:17 PM

Times in America/New York · day length 11h 4m · computed from NOAA solar equations

Which way to point the camera

Sun rises ESE, sets WSW.

Aim within 45° of those and the canopy glows translucent. Turn your back to them for flat, accurate color.

Location pages name the light directly.

Where to shoot in Georgia

3 researched locations, earliest peak first.

Recent reports from Georgia

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Common questions

When do the leaves change in Georgia?
Georgia typically peaks Oct 19 – Oct 27, centered on Oct 23. The Blue Ridge corner peaks late October; Atlanta and south are early-to-mid November. These are typical dates from a latitude and elevation model; current conditions may differ.
Does elevation change when fall color peaks in Georgia?
Yes, by about 12 days. High ground around 4,800 ft peaks near Oct 16, while valleys near 1,450 ft wait until Oct 28. Peak moves roughly 3.5 days earlier for every 1,000 feet you climb. Try lower valleys after high ground has passed peak, or higher ground while valleys are still green.
Where are the best places to see fall color in Georgia?
The guide includes 3 researched locations in Georgia, including Brasstown Bald Observation Deck, Black Rock Mountain Summit Overlook, Lake Trahlyta, Vogel State Park. Brasstown Bald Observation Deck turns first, around Oct 16, and Lake Trahlyta, Vogel State Park is last, around Oct 25. Each includes coordinates, elevation and sunrise light times.
What trees turn color in Georgia?
Mainly sourwood, red maple, hickory, oak, sassafras. Yellows and oranges come from carotenoids that are already in the leaf, so they show up every year. Reds are made fresh each autumn and need warm sunny days with cool, frost-free nights, which is why a dry summer or a warm September produces a duller year.

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