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Created by NYC Parks Updated On: November 14, 2013
Looking for a cool place to admire the changing leaves this season? Search no longer. Check out our choices for the best places to see fall foliage around the city.
NYC Parks: Fall Foliage: Capture the beauty of the park's autumn leaves from 155th street to Dyckman Street. Be sure to visit the landmarked High Bridge (pictured here) the oldest standing bridge (1848) in NYC!
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NYC Parks: Fall Foliage: Stroll through one of the last undisturbed forests in the city, where oak, hickory, beech, maple, tulip and even rare species of fern, boldly color the park during this season.
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NYC Parks: Fall Foliage: Take the steps to the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument to take in spectacular views of the changing leaves of elm, oak, ginkgo and osage orange trees.
NYC Parks: Fall Foliage: Walk through the park to its northwestern section, and find Staten Island’s largest living thing – a tulip tree. At 107 feet tall, and at least 300 years old, it is a gem worth seeing.
NYC Parks: Fall Foliage: Wind through one of the many trails in this 635-acre park, home to more than 30,000 native trees and shrubs, like native oaks and maples.
NYC Parks: Fall Foliage: Take it all in here, at the city’s largest park. Stop by Split Rock Golf Course and check out the 400-year-old white oak, one of the oldest white oaks in the United States.
NYC Parks: Fall Foliage: Spot the beautiful, changing colors of autumn at the Long Meadow, the Lullwater and the Ravine, all must-see destinations in the park’s 526 acres.
NYC Parks: Fall Foliage: Take the Muir Trail, the park’s only east-west trail, to enjoy the red colors of the oaks and the golden colors of the hickory trees.
NYC Parks: Fall Foliage: Witness the changing colors of the leaves while trailing through the last remaining, naturally occurring, native hardwood (oak–hickory) forest on the Manhattan Island.
NYC Parks: Fall Foliage: Walk under a canopy of autumn’s rich palette of towering oaks, and an under-layer of Dogwood, Sassafras, and Cork tree, all part of the largest continuous oak forest in Queens.