Find Fall Color

By Dena Nechkash

With Southwest Wisconsin’s fall color peak just two weeks off (third week of October), you can start looking in some of your favorite places for pockets of red, orange and gold.

While the driftless hillsides aren’t yet speckled in vibrant colors, they will be soon. Travel Wisconsin has reporters throughout the state recording the fall color stages for every county. The results are available at https://www.travelwisconsin.com/fall-color-report and they are updated every Sunday evening.

I had a few hours to spare and went looking for fall color in Iowa County. Governor Dodge State Park had several pockets of vibrant color, but the green is hanging on strong at this point. When it is at its peak, the golden tunnel of trees along Cox Hollow Lake can be breathtaking. It is worth checking out in the next couple of weeks! Below are some pictures from today’s excursion in Governor Dodge State Park. There is one pic from Ludden Lake, too.