The view last fall at Six Mile Lake in northern Dickinson County. Fall foliage in the region is expected to reach peak this year the first or second week of October. (Betsy Bloom/Daily News photo)

IRON MOUNTAIN — Fall colors may emerge in the Upper Peninsula about a week from now and peak by the first or second week of October, according to fall foliage forecasts.

SmokyMountains.com’s interactive map predicts partial colors in the southern U.P. and northern Wisconsin by Sept. 22, and near peak at the end of the month.

Nighttime temperatures in the 30s help prompt the color display. That becomes the norm at Iron Mountain-Kingsford in late September, although shorter days will bring on a change regardless.

“A late frost and mild fall temperatures bode for a more demure display but still

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