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Towns for fall colors

Updated 1:31 PM EDT, Fri October 2, 2015
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Glenwood Springs came in 10th place in Travel + Leisure's America's Favorite Towns survey of readers. Autumn starts showing up in September in this Colorado town.
10. Glenwood Springs, Colorado —
Glenwood Springs came in 10th place in Travel + Leisure's America's Favorite Towns survey of readers. Autumn starts showing up in September in this Colorado town.
VisitGlenwood.com
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin came in 9th place, due in part to the three-mile-long Snake Road--one of the best fall drives.
9. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin —
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin came in 9th place, due in part to the three-mile-long Snake Road--one of the best fall drives.
Courtesy of the Lake Geneva Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Catch the fall colors in Snowmass, Colorado, quickly, because autumn appears in our 8th place town only briefly.
8. Snowmass, Colorado —
Catch the fall colors in Snowmass, Colorado, quickly, because autumn appears in our 8th place town only briefly.
Seth Beckton
Seventh place Whitefish, Montana, is the gateway to spectacular Glacier National Park, where fall colors do not disappoint.
7. Whitefish, Montana —
Seventh place Whitefish, Montana, is the gateway to spectacular Glacier National Park, where fall colors do not disappoint.
Brian Schott
Take in the fall colors at Strawbery Banke Museum—a 10-acre outdoor museum in sixth place Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
6. Portsmouth, New Hampshire —
Take in the fall colors at Strawbery Banke Museum—a 10-acre outdoor museum in sixth place Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Nicki Noble
Before the skiers take over fifth place Ludlow, Vermont, admire the changing colors on Okemo Mountain.
5. Ludlow, Vermont —
Before the skiers take over fifth place Ludlow, Vermont, admire the changing colors on Okemo Mountain.
Haley Sorbel
The sugar maples in fourth place Stowe, Vermont, will show off their intense shades of gold, orange and scarlet.
4. Stowe, Vermont —
The sugar maples in fourth place Stowe, Vermont, will show off their intense shades of gold, orange and scarlet.
Don Landwehrle/Alamy
Book a river cruise and a stay at one of the bed-and-breakfast inns in third-place Stillwater, Minnesota, to enjoy the changing colors. <br />
3. Stillwater, Minnesota —
Book a river cruise and a stay at one of the bed-and-breakfast inns in third-place Stillwater, Minnesota, to enjoy the changing colors.
Courtesy of DiscoverStillwater.com
There are red and silver maples, birch, aspen, oaks and beech trees all along the Olympic Trail scenic byway, which runs through second-place Lake Placid, New York.
2. Lake Placid, New York —
There are red and silver maples, birch, aspen, oaks and beech trees all along the Olympic Trail scenic byway, which runs through second-place Lake Placid, New York.
Lake Placid CVB/lakeplacid.com
Travel + Leisure readers voted Oakland, Maryland, the top spot in the country to enjoy the changing fall colors.
1. Oakland, Maryland —
Travel + Leisure readers voted Oakland, Maryland, the top spot in the country to enjoy the changing fall colors.
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