Hurricane Helene Impacts in WNC

Each autumn I drive the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina photographing peak fall color on the oldest mountain range in North America. Here’s where to go, when to go, and what to expect — from a photojournalist’s perspective.

Peak color at Graveyard Fields, Rough Ridge, and the Linn Cove Viaduct — a ground-level fall foliage report from October 2023.

Viking anniversaries, psychedelic mushrooms, and early autumn color — a photojournalist's dispatch from the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Early season color at 5,000 feet — Graveyard Fields, Black Balsam Knob, and the Art Loeb Trail in early October.