Fall photos and videos show the St. Croix River in full color

It’s been a gloomy few weeks. The sky has been steadily overcast, and it’s rained nearly everyday.

But of course, the St. Croix River is still beautiful.

Below are photos and videos shared online recently highlighting autumn’s wonderful sights.

The colors are still good in the St. Croix Valley, and this weekend is looking like the best one to take a look at the leaves — before winter arrives.

Arcola area from above

Greg Schulz, Pictures Over Stillwater

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River tweets

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Rare afternoon on the St. Croix river. It was a very warm and muggy afternoon that got hit by a sharp cold front. Resulting in a blanket of fog over the water. Usually see fog late at night or early morning before the sunrise. Never at 4pm. #stcroixriver pic.twitter.com/eTdnBZhGoD

— NAVIS (@timnavis) October 6, 2018

A11. Here's an "old man" taken along the St Croix River in Wisconsin, looking into the Minnesota side. I took this 2 days ago standing at the western terminus of the Ice Age NST. The old man can be seen just above the red sumac in the right side of the photo. #parkchat pic.twitter.com/j7yddHdWZK

— E J Terren (@e_terren) October 11, 2018

National exposure

The U.S. Department of the Interior featured the St. Croix River with a photo from Craig Blacklock’s book in an Instagram post on October 4. The agency has 1.7 million followers on the platform. The post received more than 30,000 “likes.”