Bishop Chamber of Commerce - Bishop, CA is a beautiful town loacted in the Owens Valley Surrounded by the Easter Sierras to the west and the White Mountains to the east.

Fall Colors

The Fall Colors in the Bishop area are the last week of September and first week October.

Autumn is our favorite season! Trees are ablaze in hues of orange, yellow, gold and crimson. Enjoy warm, sunny days and mild evenings. There's a hint of winter in the air, but summer won't quite let go.

The Bishop area offers a remarkable contrast of fall color. From majestic cottonwood trees in the Owens Valley, to quaking aspens draping the high country, you'll be delighted by the range of color at various elevations. Hues of gold mixed with some red begin to show in the higher elevations of Bishop Creek Canyon (South Lake, Lake Sabrina) in early September and typically reach their peak during the first week of October.

Along the Owens Valley floor, the colors appear later, generally from lateSeptember through late October (weather permitting). Color change is very dependent on temperature and forecasting is difficult. We encourage you to revisit this page often during the season to get the most current area fall color information. Click Here to view the pdf version of the Fall Color guide.

Click here for the latest weather forecast.
The Bishop area now has a local photographer offering a guide service to the best photographic sites in Inyo and Mono counties!

Below are some links to great seasonal fall color reports

Parcher's Resort in Bishop Creek Canyon has also posted some photographs of this year's colors.

Click here to see those pictures, courtesy of Parcher's Resort.

The Sacremento Bee has a wonderful fall color map (view below)

TheCaliforniaFallColors.com

Fall Color in California

fall color scale

View Fall Leaves in a larger map

A nice article in the LA Times about Eastern Sierra Fall Colors- Link

East of Bishop, by the Buckley Ponds, looking southward, 11/2/08.
Copyright 2008 Bishop Chamber of Commerce. Photographed by D.H.

Bishop, Ca looking West
About 2 miles east of Bishop, looking west, 11/2/08.
Click on the pic for a larger image.
Copyright 2008 Bishop Chamber of Commerce. Photographed by D.H.

Bishop canal at the east end of South Street, 10/23/08.
Copyright 2008 Bishop Chamber of Commerce. Photographed by D.H.

Ducks at the Bishop City Park,
Copyright 2008 Bishop Chamber of Commerce.
Photographed by D.H.

Bishop Creek, just below Aspendell, 10/12/08.
Copyright 2008 Bishop Chamber of Commerce.
Photographed by D.H.

For Fall Photo Guide Services contact-

Don Roberts Photography
offering a photography guide service
476 Church St.
Bishop, CA 93514
760-873-7678
www.bishopartsupply.com