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Connecticut Foliage Forecast

Scenic Fairfield

One of seven foliage driving routes published by the State of Connecticut. It passes through 17 towns.

Andover — TurningAnsonia — TurningAshford — Near peakAvon — TurningBarkhamsted — Near peakBeacon Falls — TurningBerlin — TurningBethany — TurningBethel — TurningBethlehem — TurningBloomfield — TurningBolton — TurningBozrah — TurningBranford — Still greenBridgeport — Still greenBridgewater — TurningBristol — TurningBrookfield — TurningBrooklyn — Near peakBurlington — TurningCanaan — PeakCanterbury — TurningCanton — TurningChaplin — Near peakCheshire — TurningChester — TurningClinton — Still greenColchester — TurningColebrook — PeakColumbia — TurningCornwall — PeakCoventry — TurningCromwell — TurningDanbury — TurningDarien — Still greenDeep River — TurningDerby — TurningDurham — TurningEast Granby — TurningEast Haddam — TurningEast Hampton — TurningEast Hartford — TurningEast Haven — Still greenEast Lyme — Still greenEast Windsor — TurningEastford — PeakEaston — TurningEllington — TurningEnfield — TurningEssex — Still greenFairfield — Still greenFarmington — TurningFranklin — TurningGlastonbury — TurningGoshen — PeakGranby — TurningGreenwich — Still greenGriswold — TurningGroton — Still greenGuilford — Still greenHaddam — TurningHamden — TurningHampton — Near peakHartford — TurningHartland — Near peakHarwinton — Near peakHebron — TurningKent — Near peakKillingly — Near peakKillingworth — TurningLebanon — TurningLedyard — TurningLisbon — TurningLitchfield — Near peakLyme — TurningMadison — Still greenManchester — TurningMansfield — Near peakMarlborough — TurningMeriden — TurningMiddlebury — TurningMiddlefield — TurningMiddletown — TurningMilford — Still greenMonroe — TurningMontville — TurningMorris — Near peakNaugatuck — TurningNew Britain — TurningNew Canaan — Still greenNew Fairfield — TurningNew Hartford — Near peakNew Haven — Still greenNew London — Still greenNew Milford — Near peakNewington — TurningNewtown — TurningNorfolk — PeakNorth Branford — TurningNorth Canaan — PeakNorth Haven — TurningNorth Stonington — TurningNorwalk — Still greenNorwich — TurningOld Lyme — Still greenOld Saybrook — Still greenOrange — Still greenOxford — TurningPlainfield — TurningPlainville — TurningPlymouth — TurningPomfret — PeakPortland — TurningPreston — TurningProspect — TurningPutnam — PeakRedding — TurningRidgefield — TurningRocky Hill — TurningRoxbury — TurningSalem — TurningSalisbury — PeakScotland — TurningSeymour — TurningSharon — PeakShelton — TurningSherman — Near peakSimsbury — TurningSomers — TurningSouth Windsor — TurningSouthbury — TurningSouthington — TurningSprague — TurningStafford — Near peakStamford — Still greenSterling — TurningStonington — Still greenStratford — Still greenSuffield — TurningThomaston — TurningThompson — PeakTolland — TurningTorrington — Near peakTrumbull — TurningUnion — PeakVernon — TurningVoluntown — TurningWallingford — TurningWarren — Near peakWashington — Near peakWaterbury — TurningWaterford — Still greenWatertown — TurningWest Hartford — TurningWest Haven — Still greenWestbrook — Still greenWeston — TurningWestport — Still greenWethersfield — TurningWillington — Near peakWilton — TurningWinchester — PeakWindham — TurningWindsor — TurningWindsor Locks — TurningWolcott — TurningWoodbridge — TurningWoodbury — TurningWoodstock — Peak
The Scenic Fairfield route across Connecticut, with foliage stage by town for Oct 7–13.
  • Still green
  • Peak
  • Near peak
  • Past peak
  • Turning

Derived from the Connecticut DEEP fall foliage map. DEEP's map is a climatological estimate last published in 2023; it describes a normal year, not this one. Stage names are ours.

Towns along the route

  1. Bridgewater Litchfield County

    Turning this week · estimated peak Oct 14–20

  2. Roxbury Litchfield County

    Turning this week · estimated peak Oct 14–20

  3. Woodbury Litchfield County

    Turning this week · estimated peak Oct 21–27

  4. Southbury New Haven County

    Turning this week · most advanced Oct 14–20

  5. Newtown Fairfield County

    Turning this week · most advanced Oct 14–20

  6. Bethel Fairfield County

    Turning this week · most advanced Oct 21–27

  7. Redding Fairfield County

    Turning this week · estimated peak Oct 28–Nov 3

  8. Easton Fairfield County

    Turning this week · estimated peak Oct 28–Nov 3

  9. Fairfield Fairfield County

    Still green this week · most advanced Oct 28–Nov 3

  10. Westport Fairfield County

    Still green this week · most advanced Oct 28–Nov 3

  11. Norwalk Fairfield County

    Still green this week · most advanced Oct 28–Nov 3

  12. Wilton Fairfield County

    Turning this week · estimated peak Oct 28–Nov 3

  13. Weston Fairfield County

    Turning this week · estimated peak Oct 28–Nov 3

  14. Ridgefield Fairfield County

    Turning this week · estimated peak Oct 28–Nov 3

  15. Danbury Fairfield County

    Turning this week · most advanced Oct 21–27

  16. Brookfield Fairfield County

    Turning this week · most advanced Oct 14–20

  17. New Milford Litchfield County

    Near peak this week · estimated peak Oct 14–20

Towns marked "most advanced" never reach full colour on the state's map: its eight weeks run out before the shoreline and the south-west corner turn.

The state's own description of this route: CT DEEP.