Sugar maple near Pioneer Valley & Mount Sugarloaf
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Photograph by Jack Cadwell · iNaturalist ↗ · CC BY-NC 4.0 ↗
Pioneer Valley & Mount Sugarloaf
Massachusetts
Harvard Forest
Autumn Guide ↗ expects the peak at Walden Pond State Reservation around . The estimate is for that one spot; slopes higher or lower nearby can turn earlier or later.
Photographs of Harvard Forest and the country around it, anywhere within 25 miles of Harvard Forest, newest first, with the camera that looks at the place. Each is shown with the day it was taken.
Photographs by date
Autumn beside French King Bridge
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Photograph by james mantzios · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
French King Bridge, Mohawk Trail, Massachusetts
Hickory at a pasture edge, Gill
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Photograph by Mona Seno · iNaturalist ↗ · CC BY-NC 4.0 ↗
Gill, Massachusetts
Mount Monadnock ledge over a misty valley
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Photograph by Shahid Durrani · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Lost Farm Trail, Mount Monadnock, Jaffrey, New Hampshire
Mount Monadnock from Gap Mountain
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Photograph by t55z · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Gap Mountain, Troy, New Hampshire
Cameras
Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
The newest saved photograph is shown first. The stills below follow the camera through the season.
The season in photographs
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
Earlier autumns
Taken between early September and mid-October in an earlier year, these show how the season runs here.
2025
Sunderland farmhouse under orange maples
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Photograph by gtxjimmy · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Sunderland, Massachusetts (a farmhouse near Mount Sugarloaf)
Mount Sugarloaf summit road in early colour
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Photograph by gtxjimmy · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Mount Sugarloaf summit road, Deerfield, Massachusetts
Sunderland village from Mount Sugarloaf
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Photograph by gtxjimmy · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Sunderland village, seen from Mount Sugarloaf, Massachusetts
Connecticut River from Mount Sugarloaf at dusk
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Photograph by joes_shots · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Mount Sugarloaf, Deerfield and Sunderland, Massachusetts
Harvard Forest
2025
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
PhenoCam Network / Harvard Forest
Before a visit
Harvard Forest has public walking trails. Start with the trail map and parking information below; the camera tower is not a visitor viewpoint.
Use the public trails
The forest publishes trail maps and parking locations, including the Fisher Museum at 324 North Main Street. Stay on designated trails; the tower camera is not a visitor viewpoint.
Black Gum Trail is closed
The operator says the 1.5-mile yellow-blazed Black Gum Trail is closed because of hazardous dying hemlocks. Other trails are not covered by this notice; no reopening date is given.
Fisher Museum closes for the holiday
The museum lists October 12, 2026 as a holiday closure. This is a museum notice, not a closure of the forest’s public trails.