Massachusetts

Northbridge & Whitinsville

Autumn Guide ↗ expects the peak at Walden Pond State Reservation around October 20. The estimate is for that one spot; slopes higher or lower nearby can turn earlier or later.

Photographs of Northbridge & Whitinsville and the country around it, newest first. Each is shown with the day it was taken.

Photographs by date

A broad aerial scene brings together a pond, meadow, town and distinct green, yellow, orange and red crowns. — Whitinsville pond and woodland
Photograph · October 5, 2026
Photograph by arckphoto · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved ↗
Castle Hill Farm / Whitinsville area, Massachusetts
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A planted shade tree by a road, its crown still green with the first orange leaves along the top. — Roadside shade tree tipped orange, Hudson
Photograph · October 5, 2026
Photograph by stealthmommer · iNaturalist ↗ · CC BY-NC 4.0 ↗
Hudson, Massachusetts
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A small black gum gone bright red from top to bottom, between green pines and a yellowing tree. — Red black gum in Norfolk
Photograph · October 5, 2026
Photograph by mgarvey · iNaturalist ↗ · CC BY-NC 4.0 ↗
Norfolk, Massachusetts
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A tall street oak still almost wholly green, with a few orange sprays on the lower branches. — Pin oak still green in Pawtucket
Photograph · October 4, 2026
Photograph by Ashley P · iNaturalist ↗ · CC BY-NC 4.0 ↗
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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Green and yellowing crowns stand beside the pond in Worcester’s Elm Park, with patches of orange among the farther trees. — Autumn at Elm Park
Photograph · October 3, 2026
Photograph by littlereview · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Elm Park, Worcester, Massachusetts
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An aerial view follows the wetland river between yellow, orange and green deciduous crowns. — West River at Northbridge
Photograph · October 2, 2026
Photograph by arckphoto · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved ↗
West River / Northbridge area, Massachusetts
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Leaf-bearing trees surround the old mill and gorge in a monochrome waterside scene. It offers local canopy and setting context along the Massachusetts–Rhode Island border. — Trees at Blackstone Gorge
Photograph · September 28, 2026
Photograph by arckphoto · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Mammoth Mill and Blackstone Gorge area, Massachusetts–Rhode Island border
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Riverbank maples and oaks are mostly green, with one tree in full gold and a few touched with orange, mirrored in the still water. — Blackstone River above the gorge
Photograph · September 28, 2026
Photograph by arckphoto · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Blackstone River at Blackstone Gorge, Blackstone, Massachusetts (Rhode Island line)
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Earlier autumns

Taken in late October of an earlier year, these show how the season looks here then.

2025

A wooded hillside above the causeway is a mosaic of rust, red, yellow and green oaks and maples, with scarlet shrubs at the water. — Stump Pond hillside over the road
Photograph · October 23, 2025
Photograph by comtrag · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Stump Pond, Smithfield, Rhode Island
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Maples and oaks in orange, gold and red stand among white pines over a band of scarlet shrubs at the water's edge. — Stump Pond shore, mostly turned
Photograph · October 23, 2025
Photograph by comtrag · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Stump Pond, Log Road parking area, Smithfield, Rhode Island
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About these views

Compare the photographs around this area and their dates; their captions identify the setting and any location uncertainty.

Photographs by date

Whitinsville pond and woodland

Roadside shade tree tipped orange, Hudson

Red black gum in Norfolk

Pin oak still green in Pawtucket

Autumn at Elm Park

West River at Northbridge

Trees at Blackstone Gorge

Blackstone River above the gorge

Earlier autumns

2025

Stump Pond hillside over the road

Stump Pond shore, mostly turned

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