It’s that time of year again! Beautiful fall colors. I’m sure many landscape and nature photographers consider it the best time of year.

Once again, SmokyMountains.com has created their truly awesome fall foliage predication map. If you’re planning any travel or just want to know the best dates to capture fall splendor in your backyard, this map is really, really, cool. It uses all kinds of weather data from previous years to offer us the best possible prediction for capturing this stunning time of year.

Make sure to scroll through the page because it’s loaded with interesting bits of information about fall, why the leaves change, and why they fall. It’d be a good read with your kids or other young people in your family. Enjoy!

CHECK OUT THE MAP HERE