CALLING ALL FALL FANATICS — WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW!
Once again, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is one of the nominees for the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards Best Destinations for Fall Foliage. Readers will choose 10 winners from the list of 20 locations nationwide. To reclaim its #1 ranking, the U.P. needs your help now. Vote for us daily from noon EDT on August 12, 2024, until the poll closes at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sept. 9.
Compared to the other nominees, fall color in the U.P.’s hardwood forests is unsurpassed from September to mid-October. This wilderness region boasts 85 percent of its 16,538 square miles are covered in trees. When night temperatures are crisp and cool, the leaves burst into vibrant scarlets, ambers, oranges, yellows and browns. You can see this stunning beauty from forest roads and trails, mountaintops, along 1,700 miles of Great Lakes shoreline and 12,000 miles of rivers and streams. It’s reflected in over 4,000 inland lakes and as backdrops to over 200 picturesque waterfalls.
WHERE TO BE AWESTRUCK
See this exceptional seasonal show along these 10 fall foliage routes from Drummond Island to Ironwood. As a bonus, watch the U.P.’s other spectacular fall color display — the Northern Lights — when at night they swirl in shimmering blues, greens, reds, oranges and purples on the Great Lakes’ horizons.
HOW TO VOTE FOR THE U.P.
To cast your vote, go daily to USA Today until the poll closes on Sept. 9. Share this blog with your family, friends or anyone who loves autumn in the U.P. Encourage them to vote for the U.P. every day, too. With everyone’s help, the nation will know indisputably at noon EDT on Sept. 18 when USA Today announces the rankings, that we are the BEST Destination for Fall Foliage in the country. Thank you!