Fall color map: California's best leaf peeping destinations. The Sierra foothills are always popular road trip destinations, from Highway 88, 41, 108 and 120.

The majority of Northern and Central California, and creeping into Southern California, will see minimal change in leaves as of Oct. 7. Some regions will see patchy to near peak colors.

The recent snowfall there helped push the leaves to turn color, according to California Fall Color reports. Snowfall helped the trees start to turn color around June Lake in Mono County, Calif ...

Plants draw on a suite of pigments to produce energy from sunlight, and in the fall, some become more obvious than others. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

By spring, the leaves on trees grow and assume the color green, and by autumn, they change to sometimes brilliantly warm colors and fall. But why do they do that? Every fall season, nature lovers ...

Here’s why and how leaves change color during fall . Oct. 24, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated Oct. 24, 2024 at 6:00 am . By . ... What happens to trees and their leaves during the fall?