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President Teddy Roosevelt described Burney Falls as the “eighth wonder of the world,” and with good reason. Burney Falls is constantly fed by an underground stream that flows at a rate of 379 million liters a day (imagine that in terms of soda bottles). The water permeates through and flows over a 129-foot tall wall […]
CaliforniaFallColor.com has become a go-to site for publications and designers looking for fall color photography. Photographs contributed to this site this autumn by color spotters Dylan Ren and Daniel Stas were selected by a calendar publisher. And, San Bernardino County color spotter Alena Nicholas had several of her images chosen to decorate the interiors of […]
As peak color declines in the Southern and Eastern Sierra, color spotters look for other areas to satisfy their appetite for fall color. The Feather River Scenic Byway in the Northern Sierra is one such destination. This route follows the North Fork of the Feather River 130 miles east/west across Butte and Plumas Counties on […]
Photographers are both story-tellers and artists, as these photographs by Jennifer Franklin show. There is a moodiness to each image, caused by the early or late afternoon light and by the shutter speed she chose for the latter, which accentuates both motion and emotion. Jennifer (@msnightfall) stopped at Silver Lake (June Lake Loop) at sunrise […]
Two miles south of the Big Oak Flat entrance station (northwest entrance, Yosemite National Park), CA-120 (called the Big Oak Flat Road inside the national park) dips near Hazelgreen. There, dogwood, ferns, willows and bigleaf maple are putting on an irridescent show of pink, rose, yellow, gold and lime. Simon Lau scores a First Report […]
The following photographs, submitted by CaliforniaFallColor.com readers, have been entered in Cotton Carrier’s Fall Photo Contest. Vote for your favorites at www.CottonCarrier.com. The photograph with the most votes wins an 18 x 24″ canvas wrapped print of the photograph and a $149 Cotton Carrier G3 Harness. One photo may be entered per week, per photographer. Deadline Nov. […]
Tony Rice sings, “It looks like it’s gonna be another California autumn…” “… the best time you’ll ever find to run away.”
Now that days and nights are colder, the only thing sliding down the waterslide at Lake Gregory are fallen black oak leaves, Micayla Anderson reports. Southern California’s mountain forests are now shedding their leaves as they evolve from Near Peak to Peak. In the San Bernardino Mountains, Lake Gregory in Crestline is nearing peak with […]
Mono County was peaking gloriously this past weekend, while areas above 8,500′ in the eastern Sierra Nevada, including most of Bishop Creek Canyon had peaked. Color spotters Maggie Huang and Anirudh Natekar found beauty at McGee Creek, Lundy Lake, the June Lake Loop and Convict Lake. Maggie captured her dog, Tuli’s, joy over being able […]
There’s a riot of color to be seen along the Bear River in Nevada County, Robert Kermen reports. He travels CA-20 and I-80 almost weekly and encounters “multiple color spots along the route.” Kermen reports that one of his favorite stops is “the headwaters of Bear River which is located on Bowman Lake road just after […]