Best places to find fall colors in California

October 17, 9:36 PMVallejo Community ExaminerPatricia Kutza

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Photo credit:  Patricia Kutza, California Fall Color 

Enjoying temporal art is by definition a fleeting pleasure.  That's why viewing sandcastles, ice sculptures and fall color displays gives us so much bittersweet joy.  What is so gorgeous to behold one day may be only a dim visage the next. 

Vallejo Community Examiner was reminded of that fact the other day when we discovered California Fall Color, an interesting blog that congregates 'fall color sightings' from around northern California.   The data is very specific which is especially a boon for photographers who may have their sights set on a certain region or type of tree that they want to capture. 

For instance here are some of the sightings reported in the Yosemite National Park area:

75-100% -- Yosemite Chapel Sugar Maple.  National Park Information Officer Scott Gediman reports the sugar maple near the Chapel is near peak and will probably peak over the weekend.  This gorgeous red tree is not native to the Sierra, having been planted by settlers in the Valley.  Now is the time to go see it in full color, as the color won’t last long.

75-100% -- Wawona.  Another maple south of Forest Drive in Wawona is also turning. Some aspens and cottonwoods in the Wawona area are starting to turn. " 

You can get the complete fall color rundown at the California Fall Color site.  Read it with the same caveat as you would  a fishing report:  It's a snapshot in time and luck.  Hopefully you also will be blessed with both.

(Staying  in Vallejo?  As of this posting,Tennessee Street has some nice patches of color too.)

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