According to Illinois’ tourism office, peak fall colors usually arrive in the second week of October in the Chicago area and along the Mississippi River, with central Illinois seeing peak color in the middle of the month and the southern portion of the state hitting its peak in the final week of the month.
This year however, there is a chance that fall colors could potentially arrive a bit later than usual.
Smoky Mountains, a tourism service that provides information on lodging and other activities around Great Smoky Mountains National Park,date for peak fall colors across the country, and the picture it is painting for the Chicago area is one taht indicates a later-than-usual peak season. Kenosha County in Wisconsin and Lake County in Illinois could potentially hit their peaks around their normal times, according to the Smoky Mountains’ map, hitting peak in the first or second week of October.
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