New Hampshire

Bartlett Forest

Autumn Guide ↗ put the peak at Kancamagus Highway around October 6. That day has gone, so the newest pictures below are the truer guide to what is left on the trees.

Photographs of Bartlett Forest and the country around it, anywhere within 25 miles of Bartlett Forest, 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 Mount Washington Cog Railway on Oct 7, 2026. — Pinkham Notch on October 7, 2026
Photograph · October 7, 2026
Photograph by rightthewrong · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Mount Washington Cog Railway
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A young red maple in full red and orange beside a granite trail, among dark conifers with a few orange crowns. — Red maple on the Welch-Dickey trail
Photograph · October 4, 2026
Photograph by Rheanna Vradiy · iNaturalist ↗ · CC BY-NC 4.0 ↗
Thornton, New Hampshire
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Beyond an open rock ledge, yellow and orange bands cross the wooded slopes among darker conifers. — Baldface slopes — Chatham area
Photograph · October 3, 2026
Photograph by Pat Gavin · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Baldface area, Chatham, New Hampshire
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Yellow and orange leaves surround a waterfall in deep shade. Near branches show local autumn color, while the cascade and rocks occupy much of the scene. — Crystal Cascade and nearby trees
Photograph · October 3, 2026
Photograph by Shahid Durrani · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Crystal Cascade, Mount Washington area, New Hampshire
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A rocky ridge rises behind layers of green, yellow, orange and red crowns. The photograph has a strongly saturated treatment. — Wooded ridge at Evans Notch
Photograph · October 3, 2026
Photograph by gerilynns · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Evans Notch, Maine–New Hampshire border area
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A paper birch with yellow leaves above a rocky river, with orange and red trees on the far bank. — Birch over a mountain river, Carroll County
Photograph · October 3, 2026
Photograph by raymondc · iNaturalist ↗ · CC BY-NC 4.0 ↗
Carroll County, New Hampshire
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A tamarack still green in the foreground, with mountain slopes behind turning orange, red and yellow. — Tamarack before coloured hills, Twin Mountain
Photograph · October 1, 2026
Photograph by sarahjn · iNaturalist ↗ · CC BY-NC 4.0 ↗
Twin Mountain, New Hampshire
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Colorful crowns line the river near Willey Pond. The saturated September photograph describes that day, not the current stage. — Saco River at Crawford Notch
Photograph · September 30, 2026
Photograph by NC Morrill · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Saco River near Willey Pond, Crawford Notch, New Hampshire
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Red, orange and yellow hardwoods climb the slopes around Mount Willard's grey cliff face, with darker spruce mixed in near the top. — Mount Willard cliffs above the notch
Photograph · September 30, 2026
Photograph by frugalphotographer · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Mount Willard, Crawford Notch, New Hampshire
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The cascade drops through granite between maples gone scarlet and orange and birches turning yellow, with spruce on the ridge above. — Silver Cascade in Crawford Notch
Photograph · September 30, 2026
Photograph by frugalphotographer · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Silver Cascade, Crawford Notch, New Hampshire
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Birches and maples around the base station are still mostly green with the first yellow and a little red, while a steam train climbs toward the bare summit. — Cog Railway trestle at the base station
Photograph · September 15, 2026
Photograph by i8seattle · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Mount Washington Cog Railway base station, New Hampshire
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Dense leafy green crowns surround the broad road bend and parking area in an aerial summer view. — Kancamagus hairpin in summer
Photograph · July 25, 2026
Photograph by Pat Gavin · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved ↗
Kancamagus Highway hairpin near Lincoln, New Hampshire
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Cameras

Bartlett Forest

A wooded ridge rises beyond the close canopy at Bartlett Experimental Forest. — October 13, 2026 · 12:00 camera time
PhenoCam Network / Bartlett Experimental Forest

The newest saved photograph is shown first. The stills below follow the camera through the season.

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The season in photographs

Source terms

Mount Washington Valley cameras

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Mount Washington-area woodland panorama

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Earlier autumns

Taken between mid-September and early November in earlier years, these show how the season runs here.

2025

The hardwoods on the notch wall are bare grey and brown, set off by dark spruce and white birch trunks, with cloud on the cliff top. — Crawford Notch gateway in early November
Photograph · November 1, 2025
Photograph by Vincent Colombo · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Gateway of Crawford Notch, Hart's Location, New Hampshire
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Bare grey hardwoods fill the slopes below the bluff around Echo Lake, a few yellow birches and tamaracks hold on, and snow dusts the summit beyond. — Echo Lake from Artist's Bluff, bare trees
Photograph · October 28, 2025
Photograph by Daniel Hischer · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Artist's Bluff over Echo Lake, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire
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Hardwoods on the slope beside the trestle are part green and part rust and orange, and the mountainside beyond is still mostly green with yellow patches. — Notch train on Frankenstein Trestle
Photograph · October 9, 2025
Photograph by Vincent Colombo · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Frankenstein Trestle, Crawford Notch, New Hampshire
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Orange and yellow maples and birches crowd the slope down to Echo Lake, with the notch walls behind turning bronze and gold under broken cloud. — Echo Lake from Artist's Bluff
Photograph · October 9, 2025
Photograph by Nola Nate · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Artist's Bluff over Echo Lake, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire
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A granite ledge frames a red and yellow stand of maples and birches below dark spruce, with Cannon Mountain's lower slopes going rust and gold. — Artist's Bluff ledge toward Cannon Mountain
Photograph · October 9, 2025
Photograph by Nola Nate · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Artist's Bluff, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire
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The highway runs under a tunnel of birch and maple going red and bronze, with Frankenstein Cliff's slopes patched yellow, orange and green ahead. — Route 302 below Frankenstein Cliff
Photograph · October 2, 2025
Photograph by blackseal35 · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Frankenstein Cliff on Route 302, Crawford Notch, New Hampshire
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White birch trunks stand among beeches and maples in orange and gold, with leaves already thick on the slope. — Birch and beech hillside, Twin Mountain
Photograph · October 2, 2025
Photograph by blackseal35 · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Twin Mountain, New Hampshire
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The notch walls above the pond glow orange and rust with turning hardwoods among spruce, mirrored in still water under a pink sky. — Willey Pond at dawn, Crawford Notch
Photograph · October 1, 2025
Photograph by David Howland | davidhowlandphoto.com · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Willey Pond, Crawford Notch State Park, New Hampshire
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Mist lifts off the pond in front of a shoreline of maples just turning red and orange among pines, with the hills beyond still mostly green. — Coffin Pond at sunrise in mist
Photograph · October 1, 2025
Photograph by David Howland | davidhowlandphoto.com · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Coffin Pond, Franconia, New Hampshire
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A stony riverbed runs between red maples and yellowing birches, with green alders still full on the near bank. — Gale River in Franconia
Photograph · September 30, 2025
Photograph by New Hampshire Public Radio · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Gale River, Franconia, New Hampshire
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A train crosses the trestle through a hillside of orange maples and yellow birches below a grey cliff, with a coloured ridge across the notch. — Frankenstein Trestle from above
Photograph · September 28, 2025
Photograph by justinthebluecarguy · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Frankenstein Trestle, Hart's Location, New Hampshire
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2018

2013

Bartlett Forest

2025

Before a visit

Use the Bartlett Forest camera to follow the forest near Bartlett. The Forest Service’s scenic-drive guide below covers public routes and overlooks elsewhere in the area.

Plan a public scenic drive

Forest Service scenic-drive information covers public routes and links to forest alerts. The Bartlett camera does not observe every overlook along those roads.

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Roads and cameras

New Hampshire roads and cameras · Choose New Hampshire, then look along Route 16 and US 302 near Bartlett and North Conway.

Photographs by date

Pinkham Notch on October 7, 2026

Red maple on the Welch-Dickey trail

Baldface slopes — Chatham area

Crystal Cascade and nearby trees

Wooded ridge at Evans Notch

Birch over a mountain river, Carroll County

Tamarack before coloured hills, Twin Mountain

Saco River at Crawford Notch

Mount Willard cliffs above the notch

Silver Cascade in Crawford Notch

Cog Railway trestle at the base station

Kancamagus hairpin in summer

Cameras

Bartlett Forest

The season in photographs

Mount Washington Valley cameras

Mount Washington-area woodland panorama

Earlier autumns

2025

Crawford Notch gateway in early November

Echo Lake from Artist's Bluff, bare trees

Notch train on Frankenstein Trestle

Echo Lake from Artist's Bluff

Artist's Bluff ledge toward Cannon Mountain

Route 302 below Frankenstein Cliff

Birch and beech hillside, Twin Mountain

Willey Pond at dawn, Crawford Notch

Coffin Pond at sunrise in mist

Gale River in Franconia

Frankenstein Trestle from above

2022

Evans Notch Overlook

2018

Basin Pond under the cliffs

2013

Cold River valley tree turning early

Caribou Mountain view

Bartlett Forest

2025

Before a visit

Plan a public scenic drive

Roads and cameras