Best Places to See Fall Leaves in Oklahoma

It's about this time each year when weak cold fronts interrupt the brutal Oklahoma heat and people start wondering when the leaves will start to change.

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The state usually takes on a warm color tone of yellows, oranges, and reds. Everyone looks forward to that short time when the scenery improves before everything dies. Fall is a good time to be in Oklahoma.

Sure, the colors of fall aren't as vibrant here as they are in other places around the country. We'll never be as colorful as the Northeastern US, and you'll never find a sea of yellow aspens like you'd see driving through the Rockies, but Oklahoma is full of colorful surprises.

Around the Sooner State, there are no less than fourteen different scenic fall color trails to see the colors of fall throughout.

While on average, most of these places peak in the last week of October and the first week of November, it's predicted to be a little different this year. You may be able to stretch those averages an additional week in some places.

Because the dry summer heat is predicted to fall into a wet September, there's a good chance Oklahoma will have a very vibrant tree turn that could last a bit longer if rain totals keep up a good average between now and then.

While it'd be almost impossible to see every scenic place in one season, stranger things have happened. If I were you, and I was really looking for a colorful pop of fall, I'd stick to the top three recommended places to see fall colors below.