Don't let a lil' chill in the morning air fool you — peak foliage around the DMV is still a ways away. The big picture: The fall color change starts in the North and high elevations in the U.S., ...

With 81 percent of its land cloaked in forest — some 34 billion trees — New England is the gold standard for glowing fall foliage. That's the good news for "leaf-peepers" in waiting. The bad? There ...