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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fall color has peaked in all areas of the state as the West Virginia Tourism Office releases its final autumn forecast for 2020.The forecast, prepared with assistance from the West Virginia Division of Forestry, is the last in a series of fall foliage updates the Tourism Office has released this year.“The intensity and duration of fall color each
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Walking through the wooded valley between Nell’s Hill and Roundtop Mtn. is a joy in any season, but it’s hard to argue against fall being the best of the best. A snow-covered walk is fine, too, but sometimes hard to accomplish, even on snowshoes. In spring the beauties tend to be smaller–tiny wildflowers and unfolding ferns. In summer I can
Keep readingThe mountains are beginning to look like fall all over the Appalachians and West Virginia is no different. WSAZ – News Channel 3 – West Virginia’s trees are busy spinning their colors into gold, red, maroon and orange across the mountains and hillsides. And the Mountain States’ parks are celebrating the return of Autumn in a big way in the next few
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Foliage forecast: Expert expects above-average display of colors this autumn » Knoxville News Sentinel.In Gatlinburg, elevation 1,289 feet, the leaves usually hit full color by the end of October or early November. In some areas, species like tulip poplar, dogwood and sourwood trees already have changed. In the mountains above 3,500 feet, the leaf change usually hits full stride around
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