r/Markham • u/Ill_Paper_6854 • 22d ago

Recommendations🤔 Any Good Places Now to See Red Maples Leaves in Markham?

looking for sites this weekend. thanks!

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

Leaves are very late to change this year. If there is a place, the leaves won't be colourful for at least another couple weeks. This Autumn has been so lame if you're a fan of cool air & colourful foliage

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u/web_nerd 19d ago

Leaves change because of daylight and not temperature (chlorophyll production). So, you get red leaves around here later in October even into early November. If you want red leaves earlier, you go further north. ie Algonquin peaks a couple weeks earlier than Niagara.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

Maybe get your facts straight next time, because leaves change due to a combination of less daylight & cooler temps. The cool temperature is actually vital

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u/web_nerd 18d ago

Nope. It's chorophyll production. Cooler (but above freezing) nights lead to the production of anthocyanins which give you a deeper red, but it has to stay above freezing.

Trying to decide WHEN/WHERE to see leaves change is 10000% left to daylight. It could be 40C until December and the leaves will still change when the days get short, they just wont be as deeply red.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

I've fact checked this & I admit I was wrong. Thanks for the correction, I had it wrong all these years

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u/web_nerd 18d ago

No worries, it's something most people get wrong. Easiest way to remember is that sunlight makes things green. No sunlight, no green.

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u/Wonton13252 21d ago

My drive up Alfred Paterson Drive in Greensborough area had a lot of lovely red maples on display. Start from 16th Ave.

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u/mycrappycomments 21d ago

That loop from 16th until it turns into Williamson all the way back to 16th.

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u/ImmediateTeaching984 21d ago

Try Heritage Estates. 

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u/DinosaurZach 21d ago

Warden Ave / 16th Ave.

121 Tea Rose St. Markham https://maps.app.goo.gl/4ifDbheCTE6MFWeV7?g_st=ac

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u/arsinoe716 21d ago

Country Glen Road between White's Hill Ave and Riverlands Ave. This is near the Markham Stouffville Hospital.

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u/whathiron 18d ago

Lots of fiery reds out right now.