MI Upper Peninsula Named Best Place For Fall Foliage: U.S.A Today

MICHIGAN — Michigan's Upper Peninsula is the best place in the nation to see colorful leave transformations during fall, according to U.S.A. Today.

The news outlet held four weeks of online voting to determine that the area is the nation's best fall foliage destination for 2022.

"Just about the entire Upper Peninsula puts on a display of fall color that peaks during the last two weeks of September and the first week of October," U.S.A. Today experts said. "A favorite fall experience for leaf peepers is the drive on M-26 along the shores of Lake Roland and past the trees of Copper Country State Forest."

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Fall foliage in most of the Upper Peninsula peaks during the week of Oct. 3, about a week before the state's lower peninsula. The Porcupine Mountains, Tahquamenon Falls State Park and the Keweenaw Peninsula are popular tourist attractions to see the fall colors in the Upper Peninsula.

"It was an incredible honor to be among the 20 beautiful destinations nominated throughout the country as fall foliage destinations. But it's even better to take home first place!" U.P Travel said on its website. "This is especially true because the votes came from USA Today readers and Upper Peninsula fans like yourself."

The Upper Peninsula is commonly ranked in the top five year after year for fall foliage. More than 85 percent of the region's 16,538 square miles is covered in trees, which leaves are reflected in 4,300 inland lakes, 12,000 miles of streams and 1,700 miles of shoreline on three Great Lakes.

Click here to see USA Today's full Top 10 list for 2022