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Photos: Fall colors at Kirkwood

It’s peak season for peeking at autumn leaves

Oct. 30, 2025 5:29 pm

The leaves frame Kirkwood media technologies producer Kirk Monson as he walks to Iowa Hall on the Kirkwood Community College campus Thursday in Cedar Rapids. According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the fall colors in northeast Iowa reached their peak Oct. 24, while colors in southeast Iowa are just hitting their peak now. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Leaves frame a community member as they use the skywalk to go from Benton Hall to Iowa Hall on Thursday on the Kirkwood Community College campus in Cedar Rapids. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A community member sits in one of the lounge chairs Thursday on the third floor of Iowa Hall on the Kirkwood Community College campus in Cedar Rapids. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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