These Web Cam snapshots and live video images can also be helpful if you are headed out to explore New England in the next few weeks, providing a sneak preview of what you'll see when you arrive. Because many factors influence the speed at which autumn's colors blaze and fade, Internet Web Cams provide up-to-date visual information that can help you to pinpoint the best places for a drive or hike.
Here are a dozen Web Cam resources for your cyber-leaf peeping pleasure:
1. Burlington and Lake Champlain Web Cam
This view of Lake Champlain from Burlington, Vermont, courtesy of CAMNET, shows the changing of the trees as it is updated every 15 minutes.
2. Portland Observatory Web Cam
A better view can change your whole attitude! This Cam at the Portland Observatory overlooks Portland Harbor and sends new images to the server every two minutes.
3. Quinnipiac University Web Cam
Ah... remember fall days spent on campus? This live Web cam image from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, will whisk you right back to those days of youthful simplicity.
4. Bryant College Controllable Web Cam
This is really neat--you can take a turn at the controls of this Web Cam, located atop the Unistructure on the campus of Bryant College in Smithfield, Rhode Island. There are quite a few trees to check for color, so give the camera a spin.
5. Weirs Channel Cam
Trees frame this view of Weirs Channel in New Hampshire's Lakes Region. You'll be treated to a colorful fall foliage display as this camera provides an updated image every 10 seconds.
6. Views of Mount Washington
Watch live pictures of fall's vivid display from three Web Cams including the Observatory Cam on New Hampshire's Mount Washington--the highest point in New England.
7. Boston Cam
From CAMNET, this view of Boston's waterfront is framed in foliage, so click back often to watch for color changes. Images are updated every 15 minutes.
8. A View from Blue Hill Observatory
From CAMNET, enjoy sweeping fall views from twin Web Cams positioned at historic Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, located atop a scenic mountain range south of Boston.
9. Vermont View from the Dovetail Inn
It's almost like being there.... The Dovetail Inn in Dorset, Vermont, provides this ever changing view from the inn.
10. Killington Live K-1 Web Cam
This live camera at Killington in Vermont can be controlled by Internet users, so take a look around at the leaves and the leaf peepers who are riding the K-1 gondola for scenic views.
11. New York State Thruway Cameras
It's easy to get distracted by the fall foliage views as you drive along scenic segments of the New York State Thruway. It's much safer to glimpse the fall colors from behind a monitor instead of behind the wheel. The New York State Thruway Authority has more than two dozen Web Cams positioned statewide. The cam views looking east across the Hudson River on the Tappan Zee Bridge are particularly spectacular. Click the circular symbol near White Plains on the map to access the cluster of cameras located on the Tappan Zee Bridge.
12. Fall at the Falls
A live view of Niagara Falls as fall descends--could anything be more soothing? This view from the top of the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel & Conference Centre, looking back at America from the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, provides continually refreshed views of this great natural wonder at a spectacular time of the year.
And don't forget, you can peek outside my window with me throughout the season as the leaves change in Central Connecticut.
Enjoy the View!
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