It's hard to believe that we're only about a month away from the beginning of leaves changing color as Fall gets closer. There are maps and dates that will give you an idea when it will begin and peak in each different part of Illinois.
We're still a few weeks away from the leaves changing color and eventually fall to the ground causing everyone with deciduous trees to pick up a rake and gather the leaves into an appropriate receptacle.
Hard to believe we're not that far away from the season when the colors will start to change signaling the arrival of Fall. If you're a fan of watching leaves performing this annual ritual, you need to drive down the Mississippi River a ways to an Illinois state park that was named one of the best places in America to see the changing of the seasons.
Due to an unusually warm and late start to the fall season most of the trees in the Rockford area still have their leaves so the annual tradition of raking up your leaves hasn't started yet.
Since trees and the leaves they employ on a seasonal basis can't be bothered to join a social media platform to let Illinois residents know when the optimum time for Fall foliage viewing is here, EnjoyIllinois.com is doing it for them.
It's almost the end of October, which means our beautiful fall trees are slowly but surely losing their leaves. Soon enough all the trees will be bare, and the ground will be covered with leaves.
Loves Park announced how they will be collecting the city's leaves for the season...