The window for catching autumn color is short — a few weeks, tops, depending on where you are — and a round-up from Condé Nast Traveler makes the case for spending it somewhere with big windows and even bigger trees. The editors pulled together 14 Airbnbs across the US, all selected for Superhost or Guest Favorite status, reviews, amenities and design, and collectively they prove leaf-peeping season doesn't belong only to New England.

The East Coast entries are the classics. In Vermont, an A-frame called the Canopy House sits just off Route 100 near Stowe — arguably America's most famous foliage drive — with a six-person hot tub and reliable Wi-Fi for anyone mixing remote work with color-chasing. In the Berkshires, a glass tree house chalet in Otis, Massachusetts, has a floating wood-burning fireplace and floor-to-ceiling glass overlooking a fern-covered hillside. A fox-shaped tree house in Pownal, Maine, comes with triangular viewing windows in its 'ears' and walking access to Bradbury Mountain State Park, which peaks around mid-October. New York's Catskills offer two very different takes: a lake house in Hunter that sleeps eight with paddleboards, private tennis courts and a stone fireplace, and an off-grid, no-electricity tree house in Lanesville where showers and toilets live in a timber bathhouse a two-minute walk away.

Further afield, the list stretches west and south. A two-bedroom cabin near Estes Park, Colorado, sits in the backcountry among amber aspen groves, and its owner — a former outfitter — can point guests toward little-known hiking and biking trails. In Taos, New Mexico, a solar-powered, rainwater-run smart house on the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway welcomes pets and sits within walking distance of Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Tennessee's offering, near the Georgia line in Old Fort, has an observation tower, private trails, a sauna and a cold plunge on a quiet ridge. There's also a historic cabin in Weaverville, North Carolina, seven miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway, a spa-style cabin in Luray, Virginia with a barrel sauna and cedar hot tub, a riverside retreat on Washington's White Salmon River, and a place near Sun Valley, Idaho, where elk herds sometimes wander past the porch.

A few practical patterns worth noting. Most listings sleep two to eight people, so there's something for couples and big groups alike. Luxe touches recur — hot tubs, saunas, firepits, projectors — but so does the off-grid option, so check what level of comfort you actually want. Timing varies by region: mid-October for Maine, October into November for New Jersey's orchard country, and early autumn for the Rockies.

Why it matters: fall colour travel has a hard deadline, and the best cabins book out early. If a week among the leaves is on your list, these give a ready-made shortlist spanning nearly every major foliage region in the country.