New England - fall 2019 insight needed

[Craig Zerbe]

Looking to travel to the New Hampshire/Vermont area for the first time this coming fall 2019. From what I can see, it looks like the White Mountain area of NH is the first area to get color (early October) and then within a week other areas color up, with the northern areas first followed by the southern areas.

1. Are there any areas which get color even earlier, like late September (nearby Canada or Maine?)
2. Is the color in Vermont gone by the 3rd week in October? Are there other areas nearby that show great color after that ?(NY finger lakes, Letchworth, Mass...)

Coming from North Carolina, and will be trying out a new "small" 21' class B RV , which should allow us to park and sleep just about anywhere. We can get up to the NE area in the fall as early as needed and stay until the action is over.

 

[Tom Narwid]

Looking to travel to the New Hampshire/Vermont area for the first time this coming fall 2019. From what I can see, it looks like the White Mountain area of NH is the first area to get color (early October) and then within a week other areas color up, with the northern areas first followed by the southern areas.

1. Are there any areas which get color even earlier, like late September (nearby Canada or Maine?)
2. Is the color in Vermont gone by the 3rd week in October? Are there other areas nearby that show great color after that ?(NY finger lakes, Letchworth, Mass...)

Coming from North Carolina, and will be trying out a new "small" 21' class B RV , which should allow us to park and sleep just about anywhere. We can get up to the NE area in the fall as early as needed and stay until the action is over.

Craig,
At all cost make sure you have motel reservations booked waaaaaaaaaay in advance or you will sleep in the car.
I lived in Vt for 10 years. Last week in Sept up around Vt Canadian Border would be good.
Upper to central Vt is good from about October 4 to the 12tn. Southern Vt the 3rd week of Vt. But, you never know for sure as the weather during the year dictates how good it will be.
If you need to know specific areas for iconic Vt imagery let me know.
Tom Narwid

 

[Craig Zerbe]

Craig,
At all cost make sure you have motel reservations booked waaaaaaaaaay in advance or you will sleep in the car.
I lived in Vt for 10 years. Last week in Sept up around Vt Ca nadian Border would be good.
Upper to central Vt is good from about October 4 to the 12tn. Southern Vt the 3rd week of Vt. But, you never know for sure as the weather during the year dictates how good it will be.
If you need to know specific areas for iconic Vt imagery let me know.
Tom Narwid

Tom,

Thanks for the advice. Actually sleeping in my "car" is excatly what my plan is. The RV we are purchasing in a few months is the size of a delivery van (21') and can usually fit in a regular parking spot. We don't need any hookups or facilities, just a place to park - at least that's the theory. Every few days we will need to stock up on water, propane and dump the tanks. I have a couple ebook guides I pickled up that I think will point to many of the good sites. If I have questions, I'll send you a note, if that's OK.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Craig, I love what you are looking to get! My hope is something similar, a Sprinter van with 4x4 so I can still get to the offroad places that I like to go to. I will probably just do a DYI build out of the inside. I am looking for pretty simple requirements.

A bed
A shower and toilet
A table to work and eat at
A couch to sit on

Almost anything beyond that is all gravy.

I am not sure how long the one I want to get will be yet, still have to figure that out, but I definitely want the one with the roof raised up so that I can stand in it.