Fall is the best time of year to travel on the East Coast. The colors are spectacular, the weather is refreshing, harvest offerings are bursting with incredible flavors, and hotel rates are low.
But fall is also a fleeting season and it’s easy to miss peak foliage when you live in the city. To make it easy to plan a getaway this fall—be it apple picking, camping in the Adirondacks, leaf-peeping from a kayak, or cozying up by a fire in a beautiful bed and breakfast—we’ve created the ultimate oM guide to car-free fall weekend getaways near NYC.
The Best Fall Foliage Getaways Near NYC Part 1 and Part 2.
The Best Camping Sites Near NYC
The 17 Best Fall Hotel Packages Near NYC
The Quintessential Fall Escape: Historic New Hope, PA
The Best Lake Getaways Near NYC
The Best Fall Aquatic Adventures Near NYC
The Best Pumpkin Patches Near NYC
The Best Apple Orchards Near NYC
The Best Fall Adventures on the Farm Near NYC
The Best Fall Biking Adventures Near NYC
The Best Hiking Trails Near NYC
The Top 10 Yoga Retreats Near NYC
The Top 8 Fall Food Festivals Near NYC
Photo: Brent Danley, James Wheeler, Bong Grit
The co-founder and editor-at-large at offMetro, Lauren is a sustainable travel specialist and freelance journalist with frequent bylines in National Geographic, Bicycling Magazine and Shape. Follow Lauren’s adventures at @laurenmati.
Sarah Knapp is a Brooklyn based entrepreneur whose love for the outdoors and community building led her to the October 2013 creation of OutdoorFest. She has a BA in History, is a Wilderness First Responder and a NY state hiking, camp and boating guide. Her proudest achievement to date is reading the Aeneid in Latin. 
Allison was one of our first top writers and Chief Editor but is no longer working with offMetro. Allison is a native New Yorker, who has lived in Rome, Tuscany, Melbourne, Toronto and Los Angeles. She frequently contributed travel pieces to Family Travel Forum, using her own children as guinea pigs as they travel the globe. She never missed a chance to sample local delicacies, as her love for travel goes hand-in-hand with her love for food and wine. 
Josh Laskin is a freelance travel writer and photographer based in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. When he is not at work or on the road, you can find him in the mountains snowboarding, climbing, hiking, fly fishing, mountain biking, and eating bagel bites.
Annie is a travel writer, environmentalist, and surfer based in Venice, CA. She heads up our West Coast team, keeps our grammatical errors in check, and makes sure our California writers always have a plan for their next adventure. Follow Annie’s travels @annelisemcb.
Carly Pifer is a freelance writer who has been known to follow whims inspired by romantic movie scenes or colorful street style shots to India, Japan, Tunisia and Argentina. After stints living in Seoul, Boston, Paris and Los Angeles, writing and searching for something intangible, she landed somewhat steadily in Brooklyn and has begun to find inspiration in her more immediate surroundings. 
Kate E. O’Hara is a New York based freelance writer and photographer who loves all things food—especially the people who make it and market it. Her writing aims to capture the essence of the food experience; the stories that go well beyond a plate of ingredients. In addition to her love of food, Kate is also known to have a hankering for red wine and craft beer. You can also find Kate on Instagram