Looking for Fall Colors...
 

We recently moved to Dallas, TX and are missing the fall colors we used to see in the midwest. <BR>Does anyone have any suggestions of places we could drive to within 5 hours of Dallas, TX to see some fall scenery?<BR>

Right up the highway to Hot Springs, Arkansas, the national forests nearby, the Ozarks, all very nice this time of year.

Go south to a place called "Lost Maples State Park, in the Hill Country.<BR><BR>Or. wait a while. The leaves in Dallas should turn in a few weeks, although I will admit they are not as spectacular as the Smokies mountains in Tennessee, they still look good.

Queen Wilhemena State Park on the Ark/Okla border has beautiful mountainous scenery and fall colors. A nice lodge atop the Mt. operated by Ark State Parks. Go to Ark. SP home page for a look. Nice place but is very popular especially in the fall. We were there for my birthday in early November a few years ago. It was very lovely.

Cooper Lake State Park, about 80 miles NE of Dallas has pretty impressive colors if you catch it just right. <BR><BR>Take I-30 east to Greenville, get off at exit 101 towards Commerce/Paris-Hwy 24 and it is about 30 miles up the road. There are two seperate entrances, each pretty well marked on the highway about 20 miles apart from each other.<BR><BR>I have family in the area, it is not a bad drive something you could get up in the morning, drive to and be back before dark.