Letchworth State Park is a beautiful place to visit. Its beauty is featured in so many different ways. Waterfalls, Rivers, Gorges, Overlooks, Trees, Forest, Trails. And the scenery is different depending on when you visit and the seasons. Not to mention this park is quite large.
The shear size of the park makes it a challenge to see just the highlights on a day trip. The park deserves a multi day adventure. If you really want to see the park in all its glory you almost need a spreadsheet where you keep track of what parts of the park you have seen and what you have not. Then you cross off each part you have explored until you have seen them all. But then you have to keep going back and not returning to those beautiful falls each time. Who can stay away?
I tend to see this park most often in the spring and summer months. I really wanted to be there and explore it in the fall and see all the foliage. Finally, I made that happen last year. It was well worth the time and effort to make sure I got there while there were still leaves on the trees.
Fall foliage at Letchworth
The fall foliage gives the whole parka different feel. There is just this extra boost of energy in all aspects of the park. And it creates a lot more ways to be visually creative in your photography if that is why you are visiting the park, like me.
One thing I really enjoyed about the fall foliage during this trip was how it makes the gorge more distinct. The gorge at this park is an impressive feature. But during the spring and summer it is full of lush green trees, which while beautiful just tend to blue together after time. The fall foliage makes each individual tree stand out a little more. The colors changing on the deciduous trees. The evergreen trees popping. The gorge wall set off by the color.
I love to chase texture and color in my photography. My focus is usually on tree trunks. The texture and feeling of tree bark. Usually the pop of color in those photos comes from moss and lichen. But in the fall those colors in background trees thrown out of focus really pop.
Visiting nature in different seasons really reveals how much everything around us is really ever changing. Next up for me is to visit this park in Winter.
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