According to Travel & Leisure Magazine, Stillwater is one of the best towns in the U.S. for leaf peeping.
The magazine recently ranked the St. Croix River Valley third among the Top 20 "America’s Best Towns for Fall Colors." Only Oakland, Md., and Lake Placid, N.Y., ranked higher in the magazine’s September issue.
Travel & Leisure staff notified Stillwater Convention & Visitors Bureau officials a few weeks ago that Stillwater was in the running and let them know the final results on Friday.
"This is a really big deal," said Barb Trueman, a spokeswoman for the bureau. "Anytime we are awarded with something, it just helps us get people excited about coming to the Birthplace of Minnesota."
Trueman said this year should be a particularly good fall for leaf peeping.
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"It looks like we are going to have a little earlier fall," she said. "We usually recommend that people plan a trip to Stillwater (for fall colors) sometime the last week of September and first week of October, but this year, it might even come earlier."
The best way to view fall colors? Take a boat cruise up the St. Croix River, Trueman said.
"They can see the cliffs and see even more color that way," she said.
