Fall Colors in Yellowstone

While there may be fewer showy aspens and cottonwoods than other rocky mountain places, the fall color in Yellowstone is still impressive, especially if you fix your gaze below the forest canopy. The range of reds and oranges and yellows to be found in shrubs like wild rose, rabbitbrush, and mountain ash, as well as the ground cover like fireweed and sticky geranium, are truly stunning. For tips on good places to see fall color, see our Yellowstone in Autumn post.

Reflections of fall color along the Gardner River in Yellowstone National Park

Bright yellow aspen leaves on a trail in Grand Teton National Park

Beautifully red and yellow tinged dogwood leaves along the Gardner River in Yellowstone National Park

Sunset over Beattie Gulch, on the north border of Yellowstone National Park

Fall Colors Along Eagle Creek outside Yellowstone National park

Cottonwood trees on a backroad north of Yellowstone National Park

Sunlight through fall leaves along the Gardner River in Yellowstone National Park

Autumn reflection in pond with Yellowstone's Sepulcher Mountain in the distance

Bright colors adorning a branch of Eagle Creek, which flows into the Yellowstone River just north of the park

Cottonwood reflections in a pond near Yellowstone National Park

A rainbow of fall colors below the canopy just north of Yellowstone

The hills just outside of Gardiner, Montana north of Yellowstone, with Bunsen Peak in the distance.

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