Best Boston Fall Foliage Walks

Leaf-peepers who live in Boston or visit in autumn can use this map to find peak color without leaving the T map. The walks spread from the Public Garden, Boston Common and the Charles River Esplanade to Jamaica Plain, Franklin Park, Cambridge and the Blue Hills in Milton.

Mount Auburn Cemetery, America's first garden cemetery, has 175 acres of rolling paths, and Washington Tower gives a 360-degree view to Boston. Jamaica Pond's 1.5-mile loop circles a glacial pond ringed with maples and oaks that reflect on the water. In the Public Garden, cross the footbridge for the classic shot of willows over the lagoon. For a climb, the Red Dot trail rises about a mile from the Trailside Museum to the Eliot Tower summit on Great Blue Hill. The Arnold Arboretum and Franklin Park add quieter woodland. Color usually peaks mid-to-late October, so plan around those weeks.