Fall Color on Lake Cumberland 2020

Written by: Danielle Wilson

It looks like Fall Leaf viewing may come a little earlier this year and the last week of October 2020 is the sweet spot! Check out this fall foliage guide to determine when to come to Lake Cumberland, Kentucky for peak season!

Lake Cumberland provides so many ways to experience Kentucky’s brilliant fall foliage season. Unique to Lake Cumberland, houseboat rentals are available. After a day of cruising, one of the great things that make Lake Cumberland boating special are the number of coves available for an overnight tie up. For higher elevations, Lake Cumberland State Resort Park has panoramic views of this beautiful Kentucky lake with its surrounding acres of woods and hiking trails. And, The Wolf Creek Dam Overlook provides another elevated viewing point to see the fall foliage along the Cumberland River.

This Kentucky lake also offers great places to stay, both on the lake and as you are touring the backroads of Jamestown and Russell Springs seeing waterfalls, wildlife and the beautiful colors. Lake Cumberland cabins, campgrounds, rv sites and hotels near Lake Cumberland can be found on our Hotels & Cabins page.

These stunning pops of red, orange, and yellow begin as early as September and sometimes extend into November.  Because we are located in South Central Kentucky, it looks like peak fall leaf colors can be enjoyed around October 26th.   Enjoy the interactive map we have provided to help you plan your trip.  The 2020 Fall Foliage Map is the ultimate visual planning guide to the annual progressive changing of the leaves. While no tool can be 100% accurate, this tool is meant to help travelers better time their trips to have the best opportunity of catching peak color each year.