Hello foliage friends, looking for some great color? Head to the NW corner of CT and along the west side adjacent to the NY border! Color is on fire and we are approaching or at peak in the following towns. I knew when I woke up this frosty morning, that today was the day to return to my favorite towns and villages in extreme NW CT! And Mother Nature answered my foliage prayers due to the cold last night and all the rains we had last week. This week promises blue skies, near 70 and no rain or wind! This is the week to get out there!
Here are the towns and main routes to visit this week! Tomorrow I will add some enchanting back roads, historic sites and vistas that were mind blowing! I'm just too exhausted from being on the road all day AND hiking to the summit of my favorite land trust preserve with views out to Mt. Greylock!
I had some gut feelings that the Barkhamsted Reservoir was nearing peak and it did not disappoint. Route 319 out of New Hartford was stunning with water reflections galore with peak foliage, lots of reds. There are two pullouts south of the construction for photo ops. From here head west on route 44.
Here are the towns:
East Canaan route 44 w
North Canaan route 44 w
Salisbury route 44 w
Lakeville route 44 w
Sharon route 44 w
Falls Village route 128
Lime Rock route 112
Route 41 South from Salisbury to Sharon
Tons of prep schools, horse farms and colonial estates along the way! SO NEW ENGLAND!!!!! Top it off with stunning fall foliage and you got yourself one heck of a road trip. I'm sure route 7 is equally amazing!
We took a ton of back roads and I will list them tomorrow. The one that stood out in my mind was Taconic Road off route 44 in Salisbury. The hike we did was in Sharon at the intersection of Gay St and Williams Road at the Sharon Land Trust's Mary Moore Preserve. OMG the long views at the summit, well if you can, go there! We did this hike in the summer and said we would come back in the fall. It was a dream like walk in the woods with cool fall air, leaf strewn trails, stone walls, ponds and farms in the foreground, and COWS! We only did half the hike due to the fact that the conversation went like this, "Stop here", "Stop here", "Turn around!" "Take this road"! We never got to Sherman and Lake Waramaug!

Stay tuned! Autumn Bliss in Connecticut! CT