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Priceline comprised the list by analyzing hotel searches.
View of Mount Mansfield, the highest peak in Vermont, from Stowe. Stephen Goodhue / VermontVacation.com
New England towns are world-renowned for their scenic foliage, but they fell in the bottom half of a recent list of America’s best foliage spots.
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Priceline shared a list of the 10 most scenic areas for fall foliage in 2026 with Boston.com and Bretton Woods, N.H. ranked No. 5, the Berkshires ranked No. 8, and Stowe, Vermont ranked No. 9.
Priceline comprised the list by analyzing hotel searches for Oct. 2-26 by U.S.-based consumers in regions known for fall foliage.
New England destinations have ranked higher on the list during previous years, with Bretton Woods breaking into the top three in 2024.
In Bretton Woods, visitors can enjoy panoramic views of the fall foliage in the White Mountains via gondola and zipline. In the Berkshires, leaf peepers enjoy an annual fall foliage parade. And in Stowe, there are scenic drives and more gondola rides for leaf viewing.
According to the ranking, the No. 1 most scenic area for leaf peeping this year is the Adirondacks in New York.
Last year, Airbnb named Vermont the best U.S. fall foliage destination, followed by New Hampshire.
Priceline’s 10 best U.S. scenic areas for leaf peeping:
1. Adirondacks, New York
2. Columbia River Gorge, Washington
3. Aspen, Colorado
4. Bucks County, Pennsylvania
5. Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
6. Tunnel of Trees, Michigan
7. North Lake Tahoe, Nevada
8. The Berkshires, Massachusetts
9. Stowe, Vermont
10. French Lick, Indiana
Kristi Palma
Kristi Palma is the travel writer for Boston.com, focusing on the six New England states. She covers airlines, hotels, and things to do across Boston and New England. She is the author of the award-winning Scenic Six, a weekly travel newsletter.
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