Best places to stay to see the fall colors in the Smoky Mountains

Though the weather in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina feels like late summer, the fall colors are starting to show. Red, yellow and orange leaves in the trees are now on mountain and hill sides and even the woods in some of the lower elevations. Now is the time to come rent a cabin in the Smokies and enjoy the change of seasons with fantastic fall colors.

Millions of people come to the Smoky Mountains to see the change of the seasons and see the splendor of autumn colors since there are more 100 species of trees which change colors in a variety of shades and over a period of more than a month making areas like Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and Sevierville Tennessee the best place to see the change of seasons.

Color changes start where it is cooler in the higher elevations and work their way down the mountainside making for a spectacular leaf season and since the highest peaks are visible renting a cabin in Pigeon Forge or the surrounding towns of Gatlinburg and Sevierville is the best place to stay in order to catch the best leaf color change in the Smokies.

Even if you rent a cabin before or after the peak in the leaf season which runs from October into November - the most vibrant colors would be at most a few minutes away.

In the lower elevations of the Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg Tennessee area the tress and bushes normally show of their autumn colors late into November.

Book your cabin in the Smokies now as many people who come to enjoy the colors of fall in the Smokies come back every year and reserve their cabins early.

The pictures in this article are all taken from American Mountain Rentals Cabins in the Tennessee Smokies. American Mountain Rentals has cozy honeymoon cabins for rent all the way up to huge luxury cabin rentals that can sleep more than 30 people.