The area along the Bucks-Northampton county line is already splashed with colorful fall foliage. Driving along Lower Saucon Road, Banko Lane and Drifting Drive yellows, browns and reds were on display this weekend.
A combination of warm days, cool nights and dry conditions seems to have triggered unusually early displays of fall color in the Saucon Valley, Upper Bucks County and beyond.
A fall foliage update for Pennsylvania shared by the website PA Weather Action Saturday shows the Lehigh Valley in a part of the state where “no change” in leaves has been observed, however if you take a drive anywhere in the Hellertown area, it’s hard not to notice the changes that are already occurring.
Cooler weather is in the forecast for later this week, when it will finally begin to feel like fall, according to meteorologists. Highs on Friday and Saturday are expected to be in the 60s, with overnight lows in the 40s.
Around Hellertown many businesses are embracing fall with festive displays featuring pumpkins, hay bales, mums and other symbols of the season.
Some October dates to put on your calendar include Sunday, Oct. 20, when the Saucon Valley Spirit Parade will be held at 2 p.m. in Hellertown, and Thursday, Oct. 31, when Trick-or-Treat will be held in the borough and in Lower Saucon Township from 6 to 8 p.m.
A state historical marker commemorating the Walking Purchase is surrounded by golden leaves. The marker is located along Rt. 412 between Springtown and Hellertown, in Springfield Township, Bucks County.
A punch of red color accentuates the surrounding greens and yellows that are more characteristic of late September foliage in southeastern Pennsylvania.
A driveway along Drifting Drive in Springfield Township, Bucks County, is dotted with fallen leaves.
The meadow at Lower Saucon Road and Banko Lane in Lower Saucon Township.
Foliage at the intersection of Banko Lane and Lower Saucon Road in Lower Saucon Township
Sometimes the best way to celebrate fall is by going for a leisurely drive through the woods.
Fall foliage along Drifting Drive, just outside Springtown, Bucks County.
A young maple tree in Hellertown’s Water Street Park displays golden, green and red hues against the contrasting backdrop of a brilliant blue sky.
Salon Mia on Main Street in Hellertown is festively decorated for the fall season.
Fans of everything pumpkin spice are finding the fall flavor in restaurants and shops all over the area, including the Dunkin’ Donuts on Main Street in Hellertown.
Fallen leaves fill the gutter in the 400 block of Main Street, Hellertown, which is lined with several species of trees that annually put on a fall foliage ‘show.’
On a car parked in the 400 block of Main Street in Hellertown borough, enough fallen leaves had accumulated to partially obscure its windshield Sunday.
A fall display outside Heintzelman Funeral Home on Main Street in Hellertown.
Fall color in the 400 block of Main Street in Hellertown borough.
The Hellertown Borough Authority building on Durham Street is decorated with pumpkins and other symbols of fall.
The sign for Braveheart Highland Pub, 430 Main St., Hellertown, is accented by colorful fall foliage.
