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Beautiful fall photos of the Chattanooga area

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ The first light of day illuminates the remaining leaves on the edge of a wood in East Brainerd on November 9, 2019. — Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ The first light of day illuminates the remaining leaves on the edge of a wood in East Brainerd on November 9, 2019. Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ The first light of day illuminates the remaining leaves on the edge of a wood in East Brainerd on November 9, 2019.

By Staff Report September 30, 2020 1 min read

Fall has arrived, and a variety of vibrant colors in nature can always be found in the Chattanooga area during the season.

Check out this collection from Times Free Press photographers.

(Read more: The 10 best overlooks in the Chattanooga area to see fall colors)

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Beautiful fall photos of the Chattanooga area

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / The setting sun highlight a line of trees, in the Tennessee River Gorge, that are beginning to show the first yellow-blush of Fall. The scene was photographed on October 2, 2020.

Maple leaves begin to peak red in downtown Chattanooga as the usual first week of November color arrives. The city has been named one of the best alternative fall getaways by DK Eyewitness Travel books.

Staff File Photo by Robin Rudd / A carpet of fall leaves surround a tree in Chickamauga National Military Park.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ The falls along the Glen Falls Trail in the Lookout Mountain unit of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Parks were thundering from the recent rains. Creeks and streams were on the rise there and across the South. Flash flood watches and warnings covered parts of Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ The falls along the Glen Falls Trail in the Lookout Mountain unit of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Parks were thundering from the recent rains. Creeks and streams were on the rise there and across the South. Flash flood watches and warnings covered parts of Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina.

Staff photo by Tim Barber / Maple leaves begin to peak red in downtown Chattanooga as the usual first week of November color arrives.

Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / Leaves lie along the trail at Enterprise South Nature Park Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The recent dry, hot weather has caused some leaves to fall from trees.

Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / Leaves lie along the trail at Enterprise South Nature Park Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The recent dry, hot weather has caused some leaves to fall from trees.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ The first light of day illuminates the remaining leaves on the edge of a wood in East Brainerd on November 9, 2019.