---
title: Color-‘Fall’ View
date: 2024-11-05T05:30:00-05:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/color-fall-view"
section: Articles
---
# Color-‘Fall’ View

*November 5, 2024* — by [Maryland Today Staff](/author/maryland-today-staff)


> It Looks Like Autumn but Feels More Like Summer on Campus

*Hornbake Plaza 10282024 EK 0155 1920x1080 — A drone captures an aerial view of Hornbake Plaza ablaze in color.*

Is it really mid-fall today?

Temperatures pushing 80 degrees aren’t the typical background to colorful turning leaves in the arboretum that is the University of Maryland campus. Although drought conditions are putting a damper on some greenery’s growth—sorry, grass-seed and shrub planters—we’ll take this last, sweet whisper of summer before the cold days start.

Oh, more proof it’s fall: the people wearing “I voted” stickers along with their T-shirts and shorts today.

Enjoy the autumn reds and golds in these scenes our photographers captured around, and above, UMD in recent weeks.



*woodpecker on tree with gold leaves*


A downy woodpecker perches in a tree on the Memorial Chapel field. (Photo by Dylan Singleton)



---



*students walk past sundial with yellow leaves on trees*


Framed by fall foliage, students walk past the sundial on McKeldin Mall on Oct. 24, another in a nearly month-long string of bright, dry days. (Photo by Riley N. Sims)



---



*red leaves on tree on Fraternity Row*


A rainbow of fall colors bursts on an oak tree on Fraternity Row. (Photo by Dylan Singleton)



---



*squirrel eats near Testudo statue*


A squirrel snacks on leftovers from the Homecoming Terp Carnival that became offerings to Testudo on McKeldin Mall. (Photo by Riley N. Sims)



---



*Aerial view of Memorial Chapel in fall*


Brilliantly hued trees extend from around Memorial Chapel and the new Union on Knox complex southeast to the horizon. (Photo by Eric Kruszewski)



---



*M in iron gate with fall foliage in background*



---



*aerial view of Washington Quad in fall*


A lone Terp traverses an autumnal panorama on Washington Quad. (Photo by Eric Kruszewski)



---



*students sit at tables under tree with yellow leaves*



---



*McKeldin Mall in fall*


The sun descends early over McKeldin Mall, but students cling to the last warm beams. (Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle)




**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)


**Tags:** [Student Experience](https://today.umd.edu/topic/student-experience)