It used to be Seattle wasn't as lovely in the fall as the East Coast...we had so many evergreens...But with the lumbering, and now the leafy trees against the backgrouind of the evergreens it is truly breathtaking ....
To Neeka's list, I'd add this and have some other Seattle Times places below:
.....Or drive around the various old established areas of Seattle: Leshi/Madison Park area with the Grand Old Homes, West Seattle around Alki and in the neighborhoods on the hill, and Magnolia, and Ballard, All beautiful sights…
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Uncovering the "ooh-ah" factor of fall leaves
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Randall Hitchin, collections manager at the UW Botanic Gardens, is framed by the colorful leaves of a vine maple at the Washington Park Arboretum. It's the best place in Seattle to view fall foliage because of the tremendous diversity, Hitchin says.
And another article in the Seattle Times says this:
A Few of Our Favorite Things
Where to see fall foliage
Turning the tables this week, we offer favorites from a few writers on the Seattle Times travel staff:
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• "For a lavish dose of fall color, drive through Tumwater Canyon on Highway 2, just west of Leavenworth. Vine maples, cottonwoods and aspens put on a red-gold show alongside the highway and the churning Wenatchee River." — Kristin Jackson
• "Walk along the south side of Seattle's Montlake Cut, starting on Portage Bay. A narrow gravel trail starts near the west end of East Hamlin Street in a leafy park adjacent to Seattle Yacht Club, with views of the hilly Roanoke neighborhood, and passes under the turreted Montlake drawbridge before ending at the edge of Lake Washington.
Across the water are the pretty slopes of Laurelhurst and panoramic views of the Eastside's tree-covered shores and the Cascades beyond." — Tyrone Beason
• "Cool nights at higher elevations produce early, eye-popping colors on scenic Blewett Pass on Highway 97. Take a short detour to the old gold-mining 'ghost town' of Liberty. Or head over the North Cascades Highway, where golden larches at the pass complement crimson vine maples below."
— Brian J. Cantwell |
