October In The Valley
One of the best shows of color at Devil’s Lake State Park is when the south valley below the East Bluff reaches its peak. This is the area of the park where the CCC parking lot and the group camp…
Fall Colors 2025
It’s time for the first official Fall Color Report of the season, and as most locals could tell you, there isn’t much to report just yet. We’re still looking at the occasional “show stopper” tree here and there, but overall,…
Fall Colors. Oct 12 – 19th
It's time once again to look at fall colors in the Devil's Lake State Park region for the upcoming weekend and into next week. This week, much like last, you can find beautiful fall colors if you look for them,…
Fall Color Report Sept 21 – 28, 2023
A little color, mostly green. Yep, it's going to be a quick report this week! The first place we see colors changing with Devil's Lake State Park each year is around roads and parking lots. These trees not only get…
Fall Color Predictions
We're in the middle of August, and fall color predictions are already popping up in the press. For example, Farmer's Almanac predicts peak fall foliage in Wisconsin will occur between October 5th and 14th this year. That's a pretty safe…
Seeing Red!
When visitors to Devil's Lake State Park are asking where and when to see "fall colors", sometimes what they are really asking is where to see, "RED" leaves. This is because the red color doesn't happen everywhere and in fact,…
57 Days To Autumn!
57 days To Autumn! The equinox is on the 22nd in 2022, the 23rd in 2023, and in 2024?? The 22nd again. Welp, It was fun while it lasted. Peak Color Is A Moving Target As you know Devil’s Lake…
Fall Color Report Sept 29 – Oct 6, 2021
Time again to begin our weekly fall color reports for the Baraboo Hills and Devil's Lake State Park! We offer this personal report with photos each season because here in the Baraboo Hills we have so many little microclimates that…
Fall Color Report Oct 22 to Dec 31st.
This will be our last Devil's Lake / Baraboo Hills fall color report for 2020. We are well past peak color season now. That said, you can still find some nice color in little patches here and there around the…
Fall Colors. A Lesson in Perspective.
These days, so many of us get our information from social media including, of course, learning how the fall colors are coming on. Thing is, for every beautiful photo and positive comment, there is someone sharing their dull, bland and…