Travel writer Sherry Ott posted a list of “Most Unusual Destinations for Viewing Fall Colors” and suggests “While everyone heads east, why not just head North” to Minnesota or Alaska or across the ocean to walk the Camino de Santiago in Spain or trek the mountains of Nepal.
For travel a little later in the season, you could look another direction: Southwest. Season-seekers in Phoenix are used to heading to Flagstaff and Sedona to get their fall color fix, but Northern Arizona isn’t on the radar for most people.
In Sedona, the fall color is set against the backdrop of its gorgeous red rocks. The peak color is on the later side. A lot of times we’re in Sedona over Columbus Day weekend, when the leaves are just beginning to turn.
Do the leaves change where you live? Have you ever travelled for fall color?
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Pretty. Yes, the leaves change here, so I’ve never thought to travel to see other leaves. Though strangely enough, I keep wanting to go to the beach when it snows to see that, even though it’s the same snow we have at home!
Well, snow at the beach seems unusual and worth seeing!
You’re right, I hadn’t thought of AZ to be a place to watch fall foliage and see much change, but I can see my assessment was wrong. Beautiful!
I can see why you thought that – Phoenix is not the place to go for fall color. But get up to a higher elevation, and it can be really gorgeous!
How lovely! I live in a very green city, full of NZ native trees that don’t change colours. Two years ago in October I was in Poland and there was a magnificent display of autumn/fall colours. Of course, right now we have blossoms and spring flowers everywhere.
I bet the spring flowers are beautiful! It’s great that you’ve kept mostly native plants in the New Zealand landscape. That’s not true in Phoenix, unfortunately. But even with the trees imported from other climates, it’s still too hot for them to change color in the fall. Some finally drop their leaves mid-winter. So we drive 2 or 3 hours north if we want to see fall leaves.