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Fall Photo Guide

Indiana Fall Foliage 2026

No change 0–10% Typical peak in 32 days

Indiana’s typical peak is October 19, within an October 15–23 window. High ground around 1,050 feet typically peaks about October 18, while valleys near 550 feet peak about October 20, a two-day elevation spread. Northern counties generally peak in mid-October, while the Ohio River valley typically reaches peak in late October.

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

When Indiana peaks

Oct 15 – Oct 23

Centered on Oct 19. Northern counties peak in mid-October, the Ohio River valley in late October.

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

  • sugar maple
  • oak
  • hickory
  • tulip poplar
  • 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 19

Typical color progression for Indiana. No change from Sep 11 to Sep 28. First color from Sep 28 to Oct 7. Approaching peak from Oct 7 to Oct 15. Peak from Oct 15 to Oct 23. Past peak from Oct 23 to Nov 2. Bare from Nov 2 to Nov 16.

typical peak today

Indiana is typically at no change on this date.

Indiana by county

11 days from Elkhart County to Spencer County.

Typical fall foliage stage by county in Indiana on September 17 Each county is shaded by its typical foliage stage. Peak runs from Oct 13 in Elkhart County to Oct 24 in Spencer County. Every county, its stage and its typical peak date are listed as text below the map. Adams County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 15 Allen County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 15 Bartholomew County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 20 Benton County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 16 Blackford County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 16 Boone County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 17 Brown County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 20 Carroll County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 16 Cass County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 16 Clark County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 22 Clay County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 19 Clinton County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 16 Crawford County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 22 Daviess County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 22 Dearborn County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 19 Decatur County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 19 DeKalb County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 14 Delaware County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 16 Dubois County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 22 Elkhart County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 13 Fayette County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 17 Floyd County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 22 Fountain County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 17 Franklin County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 18 Fulton County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 15 Gibson County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 23 Grant County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 16 Greene County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 20 Hamilton County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 17 Hancock County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 17 Harrison County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 22 Hendricks County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 17 Henry County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 17 Howard County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 16 Huntington County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 15 Jackson County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 21 Jasper County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 15 Jay County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 16 Jefferson County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 20 Jennings County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 20 Johnson County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 19 Knox County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 22 Kosciusko County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 14 LaGrange County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 13 Lake County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 14 LaPorte County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 14 Lawrence County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 21 Madison County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 17 Marion County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 18 Marshall County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 14 Martin County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 21 Miami County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 15 Monroe County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 20 Montgomery County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 17 Morgan County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 19 Newton County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 15 Noble County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 13 Ohio County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 20 Orange County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 21 Owen County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 19 Parke County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 18 Perry County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 23 Pike County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 22 Porter County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 14 Posey County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 24 Pulaski County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 15 Putnam County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 18 Randolph County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 16 Ripley County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 19 Rush County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 18 Scott County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 21 Shelby County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 19 Spencer County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 24 St. Joseph County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 13 Starke County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 14 Steuben County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 13 Sullivan County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 21 Switzerland County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 20 Tippecanoe County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 17 Tipton County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 16 Union County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 18 Vanderburgh County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 23 Vermillion County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 18 Vigo County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 20 Wabash County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 15 Warren County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 17 Warrick County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 23 Washington County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 21 Wayne County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 17 Wells County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 15 White County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 16 Whitley County: No change today, typically peaks Oct 14 Sunset Point, Turkey Run Hesitation Point Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge

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

Every county, as text
County Typical peak Stage today Median elev. Spread
Adams County Oct 11 – Oct 19 No change 836 ft 0 days
Allen County Oct 11 – Oct 19 No change 802 ft 1 days
Bartholomew County Oct 16 – Oct 24 No change 644 ft 1 days
Benton County Oct 12 – Oct 20 No change 742 ft 0 days
Blackford County Oct 12 – Oct 20 No change 898 ft 0 days
Boone County Oct 13 – Oct 21 No change 933 ft 0 days
Brown County Oct 16 – Oct 24 No change 719 ft 1 days
Carroll County Oct 12 – Oct 20 No change 677 ft 0 days
Cass County Oct 12 – Oct 20 No change 728 ft 1 days
Clark County Oct 18 – Oct 26 No change 578 ft 1 days
Clay County Oct 15 – Oct 23 No change 627 ft 1 days
Clinton County Oct 12 – Oct 20 No change 846 ft 1 days
Crawford County Oct 18 – Oct 26 No change 680 ft 0 days
Daviess County Oct 18 – Oct 26 No change 485 ft 1 days
Dearborn County Oct 15 – Oct 23 No change 868 ft 1 days
Decatur County Oct 15 – Oct 23 No change 882 ft 1 days
DeKalb County Oct 10 – Oct 18 No change 860 ft 1 days
Delaware County Oct 12 – Oct 20 No change 950 ft 0 days
Dubois County Oct 18 – Oct 26 No change 475 ft 0 days
Elkhart County Oct 9 – Oct 17 No change 867 ft 0 days
Fayette County Oct 13 – Oct 21 No change 1,000 ft 1 days
Floyd County Oct 18 – Oct 26 No change 760 ft 1 days
Fountain County Oct 13 – Oct 21 No change 648 ft 1 days
Franklin County Oct 14 – Oct 22 No change 952 ft 1 days
Fulton County Oct 11 – Oct 19 No change 770 ft 0 days
Gibson County Oct 19 – Oct 27 No change 433 ft 0 days
Grant County Oct 12 – Oct 20 No change 869 ft 0 days
Greene County Oct 16 – Oct 24 No change 579 ft 1 days
Hamilton County Oct 13 – Oct 21 No change 815 ft 0 days
Hancock County Oct 13 – Oct 21 No change 872 ft 0 days
Harrison County Oct 18 – Oct 26 No change 698 ft 0 days
Hendricks County Oct 13 – Oct 21 No change 885 ft 1 days
Henry County Oct 13 – Oct 21 No change 1,058 ft 1 days
Howard County Oct 12 – Oct 20 No change 825 ft 0 days
Huntington County Oct 11 – Oct 19 No change 823 ft 0 days
Jackson County Oct 17 – Oct 25 No change 571 ft 1 days
Jasper County Oct 11 – Oct 19 No change 688 ft 0 days
Jay County Oct 12 – Oct 20 No change 943 ft 1 days
Jefferson County Oct 16 – Oct 24 No change 781 ft 1 days
Jennings County Oct 16 – Oct 24 No change 680 ft 0 days
Johnson County Oct 15 – Oct 23 No change 759 ft 1 days
Knox County Oct 18 – Oct 26 No change 459 ft 1 days
Kosciusko County Oct 10 – Oct 18 No change 846 ft 0 days
LaGrange County Oct 9 – Oct 17 No change 924 ft 0 days
Lake County Oct 10 – Oct 18 No change 660 ft 0 days
LaPorte County Oct 10 – Oct 18 No change 721 ft 1 days
Lawrence County Oct 17 – Oct 25 No change 619 ft 1 days
Madison County Oct 13 – Oct 21 No change 878 ft 0 days
Marion County Oct 14 – Oct 22 No change 777 ft 0 days
Marshall County Oct 10 – Oct 18 No change 801 ft 0 days
Martin County Oct 17 – Oct 25 No change 555 ft 1 days
Miami County Oct 11 – Oct 19 No change 799 ft 1 days
Monroe County Oct 16 – Oct 24 No change 723 ft 1 days
Montgomery County Oct 13 – Oct 21 No change 818 ft 0 days
Morgan County Oct 15 – Oct 23 No change 773 ft 1 days
Newton County Oct 11 – Oct 19 No change 670 ft 0 days
Noble County Oct 9 – Oct 17 No change 912 ft 1 days
Ohio County Oct 16 – Oct 24 No change 825 ft 0 days
Orange County Oct 17 – Oct 25 No change 715 ft 1 days
Owen County Oct 15 – Oct 23 No change 651 ft 1 days
Parke County Oct 14 – Oct 22 No change 641 ft 1 days
Perry County Oct 19 – Oct 27 No change 521 ft 0 days
Pike County Oct 18 – Oct 26 No change 488 ft 0 days
Porter County Oct 10 – Oct 18 No change 700 ft 0 days
Posey County Oct 20 – Oct 28 No change 397 ft 1 days
Pulaski County Oct 11 – Oct 19 No change 686 ft 0 days
Putnam County Oct 14 – Oct 22 No change 827 ft 0 days
Randolph County Oct 12 – Oct 20 No change 1,116 ft 0 days
Ripley County Oct 15 – Oct 23 No change 931 ft 0 days
Rush County Oct 14 – Oct 22 No change 978 ft 1 days
Scott County Oct 17 – Oct 25 No change 620 ft 0 days
Shelby County Oct 15 – Oct 23 No change 770 ft 1 days
Spencer County Oct 20 – Oct 28 No change 422 ft 1 days
St. Joseph County Oct 9 – Oct 17 No change 802 ft 1 days
Starke County Oct 10 – Oct 18 No change 707 ft 0 days
Steuben County Oct 9 – Oct 17 No change 994 ft 1 days
Sullivan County Oct 17 – Oct 25 No change 501 ft 1 days
Switzerland County Oct 16 – Oct 24 No change 832 ft 0 days
Tippecanoe County Oct 13 – Oct 21 No change 698 ft 0 days
Tipton County Oct 12 – Oct 20 No change 876 ft 0 days
Union County Oct 14 – Oct 22 No change 992 ft 1 days
Vanderburgh County Oct 19 – Oct 27 No change 414 ft 1 days
Vermillion County Oct 14 – Oct 22 No change 595 ft 1 days
Vigo County Oct 16 – Oct 24 No change 547 ft 1 days
Wabash County Oct 11 – Oct 19 No change 785 ft 0 days
Warren County Oct 13 – Oct 21 No change 690 ft 0 days
Warrick County Oct 19 – Oct 27 No change 442 ft 0 days
Washington County Oct 17 – Oct 25 No change 765 ft 0 days
Wayne County Oct 13 – Oct 21 No change 1,045 ft 0 days
Wells County Oct 11 – Oct 19 No change 842 ft 0 days
White County Oct 12 – Oct 20 No change 689 ft 0 days
Whitley County Oct 10 – Oct 18 No change 857 ft 0 days

Peak by elevation

2 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 1,050 ft Oct 18 No change
Mid elevation 800 ft Oct 19 No change
Valleys & lowlands 550 ft Oct 20 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

Indiana on October 19, the center of its typical peak window.

Solar event times for Indiana on October 19
EventTime
First light (blue hour) Sun 6° below horizon 7:31 AM
Sunrise Rises ESE · 102° 7:58 AM
Morning golden hour ends 37 min of low, warm light 8:35 AM
Solar noon Highest sun, flattest light 1:29 PM
Evening golden hour starts 37 min before sunset 6:24 PM
Sunset Sets WSW · 258° 7:01 PM
Last light (blue hour) Sun 6° below horizon 7:28 PM

Times in America/Indiana/Indianapolis · day length 11h 3m · 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 Indiana

3 researched locations, earliest peak first.

Recent reports from Indiana

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Common questions

When do the leaves change in Indiana?
Indiana typically peaks Oct 15 – Oct 23, centered on Oct 19. Northern counties peak in mid-October, the Ohio River valley in late October. These are typical dates from a latitude and elevation model; current conditions may differ.
Where are the best places to see fall color in Indiana?
The guide includes 3 researched locations in Indiana, including Sunset Point, Turkey Run, Hesitation Point, Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge. Sunset Point, Turkey Run turns first, around Oct 18, and Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge is last, around Oct 21. Each includes coordinates, elevation and sunrise light times.
What trees turn color in Indiana?
Mainly sugar maple, oak, hickory, tulip poplar, 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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