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Jul 30, Aspen, Colorado is named for its gorgeous aspen trees that turn the perfect yellow-gold in the fall. Lake Geneva Area, Wisconsin. Wisconsin’s farmlands, lakes, streams, and rivers, combined with an abundance of oak, maple and hickory trees, make it a popular destination for viewing fall leaves.

For over a century, leaf peepers have been flocking to the Lake Geneva area in treeclear.barted Reading Time: 8 mins. Sep 16, Vladone / Getty Images.

City dwellers don't need to go far to get to one of New York's most beautiful forests, located right within the five boroughs in Staten Island.

Mont-Tremblant is famous for its wintertime ski slopes, but this resort town is just as worthwhile to visit in the fall when the surrounding maple trees reach their peak autumn colors.

It's also relatively accessible from Montreal and just an hour and a half from the city center by car.

However, its convenience also makes Mont-Tremblant a popular weekend getaway for. Video: Watch the Yosemite Nature Notes"Rock Fall" episode. (8 minutes 30 seconds) Geologists use high-resolution digital photographs from the Yosemite Panoramic Imaging Project and analyze rockfall events. Get the details concerning the Ahwiyah Point rockfall on March 28,near Half Dome. This rockfall was the largest in Yosemite Stem cut tree Missing: trees.

The Southeastern state of sweet Alabama is especially lovely to visit during the fall, when bursts of color and a welcome relief from the mugginess of summer provide an excellent setting for outdoor enjoyment.

The basic felling procedure is to cut a notch on the side of the tree toward the direction you want it to fall, using a chain saw, and then finish cutting through the trunk from the opposite side. The apex of the triangular notch has to be a few inches below the back cut to create a hinge that prevents the trunk from splitting or moving laterally while the tree is falling.