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When to catch West Virginiathrough the year
We follow 6 places in West Virginia for fall foliage and wildflowers: fall at Bluestone and Canaan Valley Refuge and spring at Dolly Sods and Stuart Memorial Drive. Each timing below is the place's own source, in its words; none is a forecast.
When are you going?
Winter in West Virginia
Good in winter
- Ohio River Islands RefugeWide backchannel views with the trees bare
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Next peak after winter
USUAL PEAK · FALL FOLIAGELate SeptemberCanaan Valley Refuge · West Virginia
Remind me →Spring in West Virginia
- PHASE · WILDFLOWERSBloom in rapid succession from late March through early May, then 3 moreStuart Memorial Drive · West Virginia
- SEASON · WILDFLOWERSFrom May through JuneDolly Sods · West Virginia
Good in spring
- Canaan Valley RefugeSparrows, bitterns and warblers on Middle Valley Trail
- Dolly SodsLaurel, rhododendron and azaleas in flower (May through June)
- New River GorgeOutfitted river trips
- New River GorgeRhododendron frames the view at Grandview, mid-May
- Stuart Memorial DriveSpring ephemerals in the middle elevations (late March to early May)
- Stuart Memorial DriveFlame azalea (mid to late May)
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Next peak after spring
USUAL PEAK · FALL FOLIAGELate SeptemberCanaan Valley Refuge · West Virginia
Remind me →Summer in West Virginia
Good in summer
- Canaan Valley RefugeSparrows, bitterns and warblers on Middle Valley Trail
- Dolly SodsLaurel, rhododendron and azaleas in flower (May through June)
- Dolly SodsHuckleberry picking (July)
- New River GorgeOutfitted river trips
- Ohio River Islands RefugeIsland beaches busy with boaters
- Stuart Memorial DriveMountain laurel (usually June)
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Next peak after summer
USUAL PEAK · FALL FOLIAGELate SeptemberCanaan Valley Refuge · West Virginia
Remind me →Places in West Virginia
Pin color: each place's season now or next
- Spring
- Fall
Places on this map, as a list
Planning a West Virginia trip
Towns to stay in
Sources: National Park Service · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · USDA Forest Service · checked Sep 30 · How we know