page_title: Leaf peeping
section_title: United States
hierarchical_section_title: Leaf peeping / United States
caption_attribution_description: English: Fall foliage peaks in the United States
context_page_description: Leaf peeping is an informal term in the United States for the activity in which people travel to view and photograph the fall foliage in areas where leaves change colors in autumn,
  particularly in northern New England and the upper Midwest.
  An organized excursion for leaf peeping is known as a foliage tour or color tour.
  A similar custom in Japan is called momijigari.
context_section_description: The term "leaf peeper" is used both with appreciation from businesses that benefit from the millions that pour into the higher elevations of the West, upper Midwest, and northern New England in fall, and with disdain from those who have to use the roads that get over-crowded due to leaf peepers.  Hobbyists who get together for leaf peeping may refer to their gatherings as leaf peepshows.
caption: Fall foliage peak times in the United States
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