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Fall Colors

Visit one of America's Best Fall Foliage Forests!

Mono County and the surrounding Eastern Sierra provide the best show of glowing golden-orange-crimson fall colors in the western United States. Our natural landscape in the Eastern Sierra, where rugged granite canyons are carved by rushing streams and framed by an azure sky, offers a spellbinding contrast of colors during autumn. Travel to Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes, the June Lake Loop, Yosemite (Tioga Pass), Lundy Canyon, Bridgeport, Sonora Pass and beyond to see fall colors at their finest.

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Fall Colors in Mono County

Fall Colors in Mono County

FALL COLOR REPORT

CURRENT FALL COLOR REPORT - November 15, 2022: We're officially past peak for the 2022 season! Plan your trip for the end of September through the month of October for the best chances in 2023. For the most up-to-date conditions and pictures, follow us on Facebook and Instagram. If you're new to fall colors in Mono County you can view images from previous years to get an idea of timing for all locations and elevations, and download our Fall Color Map to help navigate all the fall color hot spots in the Eastern Sierra. 

Guide:
0-10% - Just Starting
10-50% - Patchy
50-75% - Near Peak (Go Now!)
75-100% - Peaking (GO NOW!)
Past Peak - (You Missed It)

WALKER / COLEVILLE / TOPAZ
Monitor Pass (8,314') 
West Walker River, Walker, Coleville and Topaz (5,200')
Sonora Pass (9,623') 
Lobdell Lake Road (9,274') 

BRIDGEPORT / VIRGINIA LAKES
Twin Lakes (7,000') 
Bodie Hills (9,419') 
Virginia Lakes (9,819’) 
Conway Summit (8,143)
Summers Meadow (7,200')

LEE VINING
Tioga Pass (9,943')
Lee Vining Canyon (6,781')
Lundy Lake & Canyon (7,858')

BENTON & 120 EAST 
Sagehen Summit (8,139’)

JUNE LAKE LOOP
June Lake Loop/Hwy 158 (7,654')

MAMMOTH LAKES - Follow Mammoth Lakes Tourism for the most up-to-date information: VisitMammoth.com
Mammoth Lakes Basin (8,996')

CROWLEY LAKE/McGEE CREEK/CONVICT LAKE
McGee Creek Canyon (8,600’)
Around Crowley community (6,781')
Convict Lake (7850')

ROCK CREEK CANYON
Rock Creek Road (9,600’)

2022 Fall Colors

Pictures from the 2022 Fall Color Season

  • US 395 Walker Canyon
  • West Walker River Fall Colors
  • Coleville fall colors
  • Coleville
  • US 395 Coleville fall colors
  • Twin Lakes with rabbit sage
  • Summers Meadow Road
  • June Lake Fall Colors
  • Gull Lake
  • Twin Lakes Bridgeport Fall Colors
  • June Lake Beach
  • Twin Lakes Road with Fall Colors
  • Twin Lakes Bridgeport
  • Leaf close up
  • Lobdell Lake Road with Family
  • Color Wheel
  • Conway Summit Oct 18
  • Lobdell Lake Road
  • Lobdell Lake Road 10.8.22
  • Conway Summit
  • Conway Summit Fall Colors
  • Lundy Lake Fall Colors
  • Silver Lake Fisherman
  • Molybdenite Canyon
  • June Lake Loop
  • Lundy Canyon
  • Summers Meadow
  • Bodie Hills
  • Molybdenite Canyon Fall Colors
  • Sonora Pass Fall Colors
  • Sonora Pass Fall Colors
  • Sonora Pass Fall Colors
  • Virginia Lakes Fall Colors
  • Sagehen Summit
  • Conway Summit
  • Convict Lake
  • Lobdell Lake Road
  • Bodie Hills
  • Fall Color Leaf
  • Virginia Lakes
  • Virginia Lakes Fall Colors
  • Rock Creek Bicycle
  • Conway Summit

2021 Fall Colors

Pictures from the 2021 Fall Color Season

2021 Fall Colors

  • June Lake fall colors
  • June Lake Loop road
  • Silver Lake Fall Colors
  • June Lake Loop road with car
  • Gull Lake Fall Colors
  • Fall color leaf
  • West Walker River
  • Coleville Fall Colors
  • West Walker River Fall Colors
  • Twin Lakes fall colors
  • Twin Lakes Fall Colors
  • Twin Lakes Fishing
  • June Lake Loop Fall Colors
  • June Lake Loop
  • Summers Meadow Road
  • Virginia Lakes Snow
  • Virginia Lakes road
  • Virignia Lakes 10.8
  • Conway Summit Fall Colors
  • UTV 4x4 lobdell lake road
  • Leaves close up fall colors
  • Lobdell Lake Road family picture with kids
  • yellow leaves close up fall colors
  • lobdell lake road
  • Rock Creek Lake Road
  • Rock Creek Lake fall colors
  • Summers Meadow Road
  • Summers Meadow Road
  • Summers Meadow Road
  • Virginia Lakes Road
  • Town of Mammoth Lakes golf course
  • Sagehen Summit
  • Sagehen Summit
  • Sagehen Summit
  • Sagehen Summit
  • Lobdell lake Road
  • Lobdell Lake Road
  • Lobdell Lake Road
  • Conway Summit
  • Mammoth Lakes Basin Bridge
  • Virginia Lakes
  • virginia lakes fishing
  • virginia Lakes
  • conway summit
  • Virginia Lakes
  • Sagehen Summit
  • Sagehen Meadows Road
  • Lobdell Lake Road
  • Rock Creek Fall Colors
  • Dunderberg Meadows Road
  • Virginia Lakes Summit
  • Leavitt Meadows Campground
  • Sonora Pass lime green
  • Conway Summit
  • Virginia Lakes Fall Colors 2021
  • Virginia Lakes 9.8.21 - Photo by Jeff Simpson
  • Virginia Lakes 9.8.21 - Photo by Jeff Simpson
  • Virginia Lakes 9.8.21 - Photo by Jeff Simpson

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