Pockets of fall colors appear to be peaking along the Blue Ridge Parkway at Craggy Gardens, north of Asheville.GLIMPSE OF THE FUTUREFor more tips that will help you find the best things to do in the Chattanooga region, pick up a copy of Glimpse, a travel guide that will be inserted into your newspaper on Aug. 30. Glimpse covers the hottest activities and best-kept secrets in nearly 100 cities across Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina and will be accessible online from TimesFreePress.com.
Don’t you just hate the annual frenzy over the gorgeous orange, red and yellow blanket that drapes the region’s mountains each fall?
No?
Then you’ve come to the right place. The exhibit of autumn color in the hills and valleys around the Chattanooga region rivals any New Englander’s boast. And you don’t have to lug along earmuffs and anoraks to enjoy the view.
Still, visitors who take to the high roads of Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina only in September or October are missing a good part of Mother Nature’s show. The same astounding variety of colors and shapes is on display from early spring through late summer in the region’s native wildflowers and shrubs.