Townshend, Belmont, Grafton, Newfane, etc
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:18 pm
I headed south from my Woodstock headquarters this morning.
Jenne Farm is about at peak. Leaves are fragile here, the rain today I am sure took its toll.
The Andover East Hill area is good, a bit past peak. Some red still hanging on, but not a lot.
Townshend: the Scott covered bridge is being rebuilt, with new wood and a metal roof. It is going to take ten or fifteen years for it to return to picturesque. Too bad. The Townshend dam area is also undergoing some kind of work. The water behind the dam was low, Dam Road was closed and a lot of trucks were in evidence. The colors around the dam pond have a few days to go.
Newfane, Grafton and Weston are two or three days past peak. Some completely bare trees in each town.
Belmont/Star Lake. CT, I did not really check out the town. I went directly to the lake. There is a good spot for photos on the berm. The lake is surrounded by low hills. The lake itself is weedy, which seems to have made it quite attractive to ducks. The color was very good.
Roads around Ludlow looked good, but it was starting to rain so I could not get a good look. The Site # 1 road off 100 south of Ludlow was very colorful.
From there I headed down to Wilmington. Color is at peak in the Snow Mt. area, a lot of red. Route 9 is at peak, very colorful. Even in moderate rain with low clouds the colors were visible. The next few days will probably be very good along 9, unless this afternoon's rain was destructive. However, the trees in that area looked like they were in good enough shape to withstand the weather.
With a little sunshine all of these areas will still look good for a few days, and the Route 9 areas will look great.
Jenne Farm is about at peak. Leaves are fragile here, the rain today I am sure took its toll.
The Andover East Hill area is good, a bit past peak. Some red still hanging on, but not a lot.
Townshend: the Scott covered bridge is being rebuilt, with new wood and a metal roof. It is going to take ten or fifteen years for it to return to picturesque. Too bad. The Townshend dam area is also undergoing some kind of work. The water behind the dam was low, Dam Road was closed and a lot of trucks were in evidence. The colors around the dam pond have a few days to go.
Newfane, Grafton and Weston are two or three days past peak. Some completely bare trees in each town.
Belmont/Star Lake. CT, I did not really check out the town. I went directly to the lake. There is a good spot for photos on the berm. The lake is surrounded by low hills. The lake itself is weedy, which seems to have made it quite attractive to ducks. The color was very good.
Roads around Ludlow looked good, but it was starting to rain so I could not get a good look. The Site # 1 road off 100 south of Ludlow was very colorful.
From there I headed down to Wilmington. Color is at peak in the Snow Mt. area, a lot of red. Route 9 is at peak, very colorful. Even in moderate rain with low clouds the colors were visible. The next few days will probably be very good along 9, unless this afternoon's rain was destructive. However, the trees in that area looked like they were in good enough shape to withstand the weather.
With a little sunshine all of these areas will still look good for a few days, and the Route 9 areas will look great.
If we do go, we'll head to Mt. Snow and Dover and take route 9 east to west and come back down to CT through Williamstown. 