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Autumn Guide ↗ put the peak at Kaaterskill Falls around October 12. That day has gone, so the newest pictures below are the truer guide to what is left on the trees.

Photographs of Catskills & Hudson Valley and the country around it, newest first, with cameras around the place and beyond. Each is shown with the day it was taken.

Photographs by date

A photograph taken near Catskills & Hudson Valley on Oct 12, 2026. — Sunset Rock
Photograph · October 12, 2026
Photograph by MecCanon · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Catskills & Hudson Valley
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Bright leaf-bearing crowns frame the scene in an infrared monochrome photograph. It shows that these local trees retain foliage, while their real colors cannot be read. — Leafy trees in Saugerties
Photograph · October 3, 2026
Photograph by elsewhereness · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Spiral House, Saugerties area, Catskills, New York
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Gold, orange and red leaves fill the woodland around a small shed and drive. — Jewett wooded drive
Photograph · October 2, 2026
Photograph by paulboulat · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved ↗
Jewett area, Catskills, New York
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Both drops of the falls pour over red rock between leafy trees still mostly green, a few branches and one small tree turning yellow. — Kaaterskill Falls in late-September rain
Photograph · September 28, 2026
Photograph by Shahid Durrani · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Kaaterskill Falls, New York
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Tall oaks and beeches stand in full green summer leaf over a forest floor of last year's leaves. — Comeau woods, Woodstock, in late August
Photograph · August 31, 2026
Photograph by Paul Comstock · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Comeau Property, Woodstock, New York
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Seen from the pool below, the two tiers of the falls drop past rock ledges under full green summer trees and a blue sky. — Kaaterskill Falls in summer
Photograph · August 13, 2026
Photograph by Nicole-Rae-Photography · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Kaaterskill Falls, New York
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Birches and other hardwoods arch over a rocky trail in full summer leaf, all green. — Hunter Mountain trail in August green
Photograph · August 8, 2026
Photograph by Danielle_M_Bedics · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Hunter Mountain, Spruceton Trail, New York
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Cameras

Black Rock Forest canopy

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Cary Institute woodland

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — September 29, 2026 · 12:13 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

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The season in photographs

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — September 29, 2026 · 12:13 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — September 15, 2026 · 12:13 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — September 1, 2026 · 12:13 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — August 18, 2026 · 12:13 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — August 4, 2026 · 12:13 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

Earlier autumns

Taken between late September and early November in an earlier year, these show how the season runs here.

2025

A grey rock ledge stands above a valley where oaks still hold rust and orange leaves and most other trees are bare. — Pratt Rock ledge in November
Photograph · November 8, 2025
Photograph by Mad Hare Imagery · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Pratt Rock Park, Prattsville, New York
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A hiker walks a sunny trail between bare birches and dark spruce, with brown leaves and dry ferns on the ground. — Hunter Mountain trail, bare in November
Photograph · November 8, 2025
Photograph by Danielle_M_Bedics · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Hunter Mountain, New York
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The upper fall drops beside a clove whose slopes are gold, orange and rust among dark hemlocks, with bare trees already showing. — Kaaterskill Falls and the clove
Photograph · October 26, 2025
Photograph by Bschatz2 · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Kaaterskill Falls, New York
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Golden trees reflect in a still pond, with orange sunlight on one shore and muted green and yellow in shade. — Ferncliff South Pond in October 2025
Photograph · October 21, 2025
Photograph by jeffseverson · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved ↗
South Pond, Ferncliff Forest, New York
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A hiker walks a mossy trail under tall birches and maples gone yellow, with hemlocks and fallen leaves around. — Mount Tremper trail in mid-October
Photograph · October 19, 2025
Photograph by Danielle_M_Bedics · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Mount Tremper from Jessup Road, Phoenicia, New York
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A leaf-covered path runs through beech and birch in yellow, orange and green, fading into fog. — Burroughs Range trail in mist
Photograph · October 15, 2025
Photograph by Anton de Flon · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Burroughs Range trail near Giant Ledge, New York
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Frederic Church's house crowns a hill of green, rust and orange trees above the river, with the Rip Van Winkle Bridge on the right. — Olana above the Hudson, early October
Photograph · October 6, 2025
Photograph by Mad Hare Imagery · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Olana from the Hudson River near Catskill, New York
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The summit ridge with its radio mast is covered in green and gold oaks turning rust, with a reservoir and hazy ridges beyond. — Overlook Mountain summit ridge
Photograph · October 5, 2025
Photograph by Miche & Jon Rousell · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Overlook Mountain fire tower, Woodstock, New York
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A leaf-strewn path runs through tall hardwoods still green, their upper leaves just yellowing in the sun. — Mawignack Preserve woods in early October
Photograph · October 4, 2025
Photograph by Mad Hare Imagery · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Mawignack Preserve, Catskill, New York
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Fallen maple leaves float in the low brook beside village houses, under trees turning yellow against a blue sky. — Tannery Brook in Woodstock village
Photograph · October 4, 2025
Photograph by Miche & Jon Rousell · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Tannery Brook, Woodstock, New York
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The valley below Giant Ledge is a mix of orange, red, gold and green crowns, with pink light on the far ridges. — Giant Ledge view at dusk
Photograph · October 3, 2025
Photograph by noplanetb · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Giant Ledge, Slide Mountain Wilderness, New York
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From high on Slide, a long ridge below glows red and orange among green, with layer after layer of blue Catskill peaks behind. — Catskill ridges from Slide Mountain
Photograph · October 3, 2025
Photograph by Miche & Jon Rousell · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Slide Mountain, Catskills, New York
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A telephoto slice of hillside packed with red maples, yellow birches and a few trees still green. — West Kill Mountain slope turning
Photograph · September 26, 2025
Photograph by Anton de Flon · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
West Kill Mountain, Spruceton, Greene County, New York
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Cary Institute woodland

2025

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — November 19, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — November 12, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — November 5, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — October 29, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — October 22, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — October 15, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — October 8, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — October 1, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — September 24, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — September 17, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — September 10, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — September 3, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — August 27, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

A rooftop camera at the Cary Institute in Millbrook looks over a shingle roof and a flat-roofed building to broadleaf woods and a ridge. — August 20, 2025 · 10:58 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Likens Lab Building Roof

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