Algonquin, Highway 60 corridor

Highlands

Past peakPeak Oct 3–Oct 11 · ±2.4 days✓ Verified on the ground

Source: Ontario Parks Fall Colour Report, Oct 16 · 100% colour change at Algonquin

Sugar maple first, then a second poplar and birch peak roughly a week later.

Last chance

A hard frost on Oct 23 will push this past peak quickly.

Reports from the ground

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Fall colour at Algonquin, Highway 60 corridor on 2026-09-20

PatchyPublic report

It looks about a week out from getting impressive.

Anonymous · observed Sep 20

Starting✓ Verified on the ground

Photos from along Hwy 60, and the lookout over Cache lake on the Track and Tower trail. Overall “starting” with some isolated standout patches.

Janet · observed Sep 20

Fall colour at Algonquin, Highway 60 corridor on 2026-09-04

StartingPublic report

The maples are just starting to turn but it's still 99% green

Hugo · observed Sep 4

The season curve

Sep 1–Nov 2 2026

Colour change, percent

Observed Predicted Confidence band Camera index

Solid line: colour change reported by Ontario Parks, weekly, latest Oct 16. Dashed line: the ontariofall.com model, run Oct 19, with the confidence band widening as the forecast reaches further out. Green dotted: our camera colour index, inverted so less green reads as more colour and stretched across its own observed range, so read its shape rather than its height against the percentage axis. Weather by Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0. Free to republish with credit and a link.

The next 3 weekends here

Out of 10, colour and weather combined. The notch on each bar marks 8.0, the point where colour is at peak and the weather is behaving.

Oct 24 – Oct 25
Not worth the drive. Past peak on Oct 24, mixed sun and cloud.
1.8
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Not worth the drive. Past peak on Oct 31, wet.
0.6
Nov 7 – Nov 8
Not worth the drive. Past peak on Nov 7, no weather forecast yet.
2.0

What is moving this forecast

Cold nights: 34 so far against a normal pace of 8 (-10 days).
September temperature anomaly: -0.5°C (0 days).
Summer rainfall: 360 mm against a normal 276 mm (+1.2 days).
Hard frosts: 1 (-2.5 days).
Observations assimilated: 6 (+20 days).
Net shift from the historical baseline: +8.7 days.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0 · every coefficient is published in the methodology

See for yourself

Live view from Highway 60 near Dunnes Road (Looking West) — Nearest camera: Highway 60 near Dunnes Road (Looking West), 28.6 km away, not at the location. Camera: Ontario 511, Ontario Ministry of Transportation · Ontario 511 open data. Attribution required.

Wilderness Union runs trips here

Wilder Series: The Provoking Lake Loop · September 19
Weekend community adventure with Wilderness Union, ages 18 to 45.

Sources for this page

Colour status · Source: Ontario Parks Fall Colour Report · Oct 16
Weather · Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 · daily to Oct 19
Camera · Camera: Ontario 511, Ontario Ministry of Transportation · 28.6 km from the location
Historical peak record · Friends of Algonquin Park, Sugar Maple peak record since 1973. Mean Sept 27, range Sept 15 to Oct 9.
Ground reports · reader submissions, moderated · 3 shown

Last updated Mon, October 19, 2026.

Be there for it

Go with a group of people your age

Hiking and paddling weekends run by Wilderness Union, a Toronto outdoor community for ages 18 to 45. Transport, gear and guides included.

See the adventures

Or see every fall trip in date order, with the colour forecast for each destination.