We gotta say, fall can’t come soon enough. After bouts of scorching heat waves all summer, Oregonians are due for a bit of a cool down. So what are the signs that we’ll be in for a glorious autumn? The changing of the trees has to be the biggest, yet most underrated signal that fall is coming. Here are some great places in Oregon where you can enjoy this understated sign of fall.

  1. Ashland

Al Case / Flickr Autumnal moments are fleeting so enjoy them while they last in Ashland by letting the fronds grace your face second by second.

  1. Baker County

Baker County Tourism / Flickr Baker County holds some of the state’s most impressive foliage. This image casts the reflection of fall colors in bloom; unbelievable.

  1. Benson State Park

McD22 / Flickr Columbia River Gorge is an autumnal enthusiasts dream as evidenced by this beautiful collection of colors.

  1. Canemah

Ian Sane / Flickr The peak of Fall stands out in this Willamette River offshoot, just look at those soothing leaves waiting to be raked into heaven.

  1. Crater Lake

John C. Bruckman / Flickr Watching Fall unfold at this amazing lake is like seeing the hands of God creating something so beautiful only this picture captures a hint of what it beholds.

  1. Hillsboro

Karen DeSanno / Flickr When dusk descends on this Pacific Northwestern church, the spiritual world is illuminated; not through faith but though a light that reaches further than the heavens beyond what we could possibly imagine.

  1. Mirror Pond

Stephanie Hicks / Flickr The autumn months bring out the harshest truths in ourselves from loneliness to love, but, this lake says otherwise. It says, “Listen to the beat of your heart sync with the ripples of the pond.”

  1. Mt. Angel

Danielle / Flickr Danielle of Mt. Angel, wherever you are and whatever you’re doing know this: Fall may only be one syllable but your photo is a poem to the prominent months of October and November.

  1. Newberg

Stuart Seeger / Flickr There are days that begged to be remembered and there are those that need to be photographed; this is one of them.

  1. Portland

C.M. Keiner / Flickr Portland may be a punchline to jokes nowadays, but it’s unquestionably the best place to watch leaves fall from their branches, letting go of decades worth of history.

So, what do you think of all this autumn beauty? And what are your favorite signs that fall is upon us?

Al Case / Flickr

Autumnal moments are fleeting so enjoy them while they last in Ashland by letting the fronds grace your face second by second.

Baker County Tourism / Flickr

Baker County holds some of the state’s most impressive foliage. This image casts the reflection of fall colors in bloom; unbelievable.

McD22 / Flickr

Columbia River Gorge is an autumnal enthusiasts dream as evidenced by this beautiful collection of colors.

Ian Sane / Flickr

The peak of Fall stands out in this Willamette River offshoot, just look at those soothing leaves waiting to be raked into heaven.

John C. Bruckman / Flickr

Watching Fall unfold at this amazing lake is like seeing the hands of God creating something so beautiful only this picture captures a hint of what it beholds.

Karen DeSanno / Flickr

When dusk descends on this Pacific Northwestern church, the spiritual world is illuminated; not through faith but though a light that reaches further than the heavens beyond what we could possibly imagine.

Stephanie Hicks / Flickr

The autumn months bring out the harshest truths in ourselves from loneliness to love, but, this lake says otherwise. It says, “Listen to the beat of your heart sync with the ripples of the pond.”

Danielle / Flickr

Danielle of Mt. Angel, wherever you are and whatever you’re doing know this: Fall may only be one syllable but your photo is a poem to the prominent months of October and November.

Stuart Seeger / Flickr

There are days that begged to be remembered and there are those that need to be photographed; this is one of them.

C.M. Keiner / Flickr

Portland may be a punchline to jokes nowadays, but it’s unquestionably the best place to watch leaves fall from their branches, letting go of decades worth of history.

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