New Hampshire Fall Foliage 2026

White Mountain National Forest · 2,854 ft · peaks Sep 30

NH Route 112 crosses its height of land at 2,855 feet between the Pemigewasset Wilderness and the Hancock ridges, with no buildings, wires, or services along 34 miles of road. The paved overlooks within two miles of the pass look down on unbroken hardwood slopes.

Crawford Notch · 2,846 ft · peaks Sep 30

The summit ledges end at a drop straight into the U-shaped floor of Crawford Notch, with US Route 302 and the Saco River threading south between the walls. Both sides of the notch face the camera at once, so the shot holds up in flat light as well as at dawn.

Franconia Notch · 2,337 ft · peaks Oct 1

A bare rock knob above Echo Lake looks down the length of Franconia Notch, with Cannon Mountain's cliffs facing you across the gap. Both notch walls fill the frame, so the color reads as two opposing slopes rather than flat canopy.

Presidential Range · 1,564 ft · peaks Oct 4

The toll road climbs 7.6 miles from the Glen House to the 6,288-foot summit, crossing hardwood, spruce, krummholz, and bare rock in under an hour. Pullouts above the four-mile mark look down into the Great Gulf, where the color line shows as a distinct band across the slopes.

Franconia Notch region · 1,557 ft · peaks Oct 4

Open hayfields on the ridge look east across the Gale River valley to Cannon Mountain and Mount Lafayette, about eight miles off. Late sun front-lights the ridgeline while the fields and roadside maples in front of you fall into shadow.

Mount Chocorua & Tamworth · 574 ft · peaks Oct 8

Mount Chocorua's bare rock cone rises four miles north across the water and reflects on the lake on windless mornings. Shoreline pines break up the foreground and the hardwood slopes below the summit carry the color.