Favorite Scenic Fall Color Drives

Fall color along Highway 92 south of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
Fall color along Highway 92 south of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
Fall Color Drive – Mt. Horeb to Monroe

Wisconsin, Minnesota, UP Fall Color

October 3, 2022. Fall color change is beginning in Wisconsin; we are starting to see the lime green peeking out among the wooded hillsides. Looks like it might be a week or two before Peak Color. But cool and dry weather is coming in a few days so that could produce some changes quickly.

The earliest fall color will occur in Northern Wisconsin from Vilas County to Hurley-Ironwood in the western Upper Peninsula. But timing your trip to catch real good color can be fickle and sometimes catching the earliest color doesn’t mean catching the best!

For your upcoming scenic fall color drive planning, I am listing lower down this page some of our earlier ScenicPathways articles on some of our favorite scenic fall color drives in Wisconsin, along the Mississippi Great River Road, and around Lake Superior.

Fall color St. Croix Interstate Park
Hiking along the river bluffs at St. Croix Interstate Park
Effigy Mounds Park Fall Color Scene
There were some nice splashes of fall color in mid-October at Effigy Mounds National Park

tahquamenon falls fall color
The Upper Falls at Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Upper Peninsula Fall Color Drive
fall color mn hwy 371
Fall color along the scenic drive to Lake Itaska, the headwaters of the Mississippi River.

Fall Color Drives – Wisconsin, Minnesota, Upper Peninsula

Wisconsin Travel – Fall Color Report