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A Tree Lined Road with Fall Foliage

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Where are these tree-lined roads?

The easy answer is that tree-lined roads are almost everywhere. The first shot below is about 5 miles from my house. I do not live in a “real” woodsy area. Salem and Peabody Massachusetts are more suburban than this image lets on. This brings me to the first point:

Rule 1: You don’t always have to be in “large forested areas” to find a tree-lined tunnel of fall color.

Rule 2: You can find a maple tree-lined road in both suburban or rural forested areas.

This one below is in Peabody Massachusetts and off to the right and left is a golf course (Salem Golf Club) and this Peabody Scenic Byway cuts down the middle of the course.

Salem to Peabody Massachusetts fall colors

This is a one-mile stretch of Scenic Byway by the name of Forest Street. Click this link for a Google map of the Peabody Scenic By-way.

Read a little more about it here.

Natural Tree Lined Road Vs. Maintained Roads

I don’t know which I appreciate more, but I think I lean toward those roads that are maintained versus natural. The Peabody road above is maintained. The one below is partially maintained in Sugar Hill New Hampshire. Here is a Google map to get close to it.

Sometimes the suburban or “maintained” roads have better (read that as less messy) views, but may also contain more signs and power lines.

Toad Hill in Sugar Hill New Hampshire after a rain in the autumn fall colors
A wet dirt road below Sugar Hill New Hampshire reflects the colors of the trees overhead. View in my gallery.

I don’t remember the actual name of the road in the photo above, but I think this road is around Toad Hill Road, Easton Road, and Route 116 in the Sugar Hill area of Franconia Notch New Hampshire. Many of the back roads that lead up to Route 117 (think Polly’s Pancake Parlor) are becoming increasingly residential with homes filling in the open areas. So in the years ahead, this tree-lined view may become a fully maintained tree-lined road.

A Natural Tree-Lined Road

With a natural tree-lined road you will have lots of undergrowth and the road is usually unpaved. The one I’m choosing to demonstrate a “natural” tree-lined road is over between Guildhall and Burke Vermont.

I’ve written about the Granby Road in several articles (click here) and this road takes you from the Guildhall Gristmill through Granby, Victory, and finally, coming out in Burke Vermont. Here is one of my Google maps with the route put in to start you out.

The Granby Vermont Farm Road is a long winding road that takes you from Burke Vermont through Victory Vermont, Granby Vermont, and over to Guildhall Vermont. The fall colors were beyond belief this year.

You will only see a few homes along this road that takes you from Guildhall to Burke Vermont. Much of it is either packed dirt, or like you see here, freshly graded and still a little soft. This is a passable route for almost any vehicle, from mountain bikes on up. I will admit as much as I like my tree-lined roads to be neat, seeing this makes my heart skip a beat.

Fully Maintained Tree Lined Road

Here we have the other extreme. This road is in Hillsboro New Hampshire, and it can be found just up from the Carr Stone Bridge and you can read about the Stone Bridges of Hillsboro NH here.

A winding road through the Fall Colors. Exploring Hillsboro New Hampshire in mid-October will usually provide many winding roads with New Hampshire fall colors. View in my gallery.

This road is a classic and maybe you prefer it neat and tidy or wild and natural. I could probably find many more examples because I love to stop on the back roads to get out and photograph a winding road heading between rows of colorful maples.

What are your favorites? Natural, maintained, or something in between? Either way, all it takes is a little bit of searching to locate some of these, and most times, they pop up in front of your car when you least expect it.

I hope this gives you some ideas to get you started. Happy Foliage Travels and be safe.

Jeff Foliage Folger

Autumn is a state of mind more than a time of year – Jeff Foliage

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  1. I love your work. I look for it on all of the photographers pages. I live in Memphis. We never see anything like this in the south. I enjoy all of the photos of the New England states.. Keep up the good work. Your photos are just beautiful. Thanks Pamela Thompson

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  4. The photo labeled “A back road lined with yellow fall foliage” really speaks to me. I visited NH and VT the first week of October and took a lot of your suggestions during my week’s tour. After visiting the Shaker Village in Canterbury, NH, my wife and I drove west on a small rural road (I think Center St.) on our way over to highway 91. We found ourselves driving very slowly through a tunnel of yellow leaves as the branches from the trees on either side of the road were interwoven above us. It became breezy and we were engulfed in millions of leaves raining down on us. It was a truly magical experience, lasting for several miles. One of my favorite moments during a wonderful week’s tour.

    Jim Farrell

    Burbank, CA

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    • Thanks John, I always love finding little back roads tucked away like that. Now I have to decide if I should count my replies or or just comments by all of you… There are 6 comments in just one day (there is one that is hidden and I can’t find it??? It’s visible from the back end but not out here… And my replies aren’t showing up out here either.. We’ll see if this one shows up and stays here when I’m done. So right now there is either 6 or 10 comments… (11 after I post this) hmmm what to do…
      To make sure we hit the required 50 though, be sure to pass this article to your friends… so they can enter their comments and help hit the magic number.. 🙂

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  6. The cemetery path pic is my favorite. It was a tough choice as I love road pics too, especially ones with curves. Maybe next year you can branch out into the Catskills area of NY. I know it’s a bit of a hike from where you normally go, but I haven’t found anyone with a great blog like yours for that area. I enjoyed all your updates this fall! Thanks!

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    • Well the big problem is the distance… I have a really big territory to cover as it is.. I have a guy named Bill who keeps me up on what is happening north of Albany where he has a farm. He doesn’t blog but he does feed me reports… So you are saying you’d like me to add these reports into my blog? How about I see if I can get him to put reports into the foliage forum? Would that work?

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  7. Hi Jeff, all the pictures are great & bring back memories of our recent fall trip. It was hard to choose, but my favorite is a Vermont back road lined with fall foliage. Best wishes

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    • Thanks Kara I have the same trouble… I love them all like they are my children so this helps me decide which one might be better to put into a gallery or put on greeting cards for sale.

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  9. Jeff, I love your work! all pictures are stunning….difficult to decide…anyway, the one name “yellow foliage above showers…..” called my attention….

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  11. It was close for me too. It was between the Vermont Back Road or Mohawk Trail. I’d have to go with the Mohawk Trail as my favorite. Thanks for all the effort you put in to the pictures each year!

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