Instagram tourists banned from Vermont fall foliage hotspot after causing chaos READ MORE: Tourists reveal the holiday spots they will NEVER return to By Emma Saletta For Dailymail.Com Published: 14:53 EDT, 19 August 2024 | Updated: 14:56 EDT, 19 August 2024 e-mail View comments A road in Vermont that had become overrun with Instagram-crazed tourists will stay closed to visitors during fall foliage season. Known for its appearances in commercials and the film Forrest Gump, Jenne Road in Reading has become a popular spot for those looking to snap pics of autumn's changing colors.
Now, for the second year in a row, the town's board has voted to close the road to leaf peepers, MyNBC5 reported. Jeanne Road resident Bill Bakker urged the board to close the road, describing the 'huge line of cars' parked nearby. 'We've had people park on our private property.
It's just really just a very, very, very bad scene,' he said. The Reading Select Board voted to close Jenne Road for the second year in a row during a meeting earlier this month Read More More than FIFTY beaches are shut down across the East Coast due to two major safety threats The site also includes Jenne Farm, a focal point of the scene whose beauty Bakker acknowledged. 'It's the way the hills sort of roll, and from this one viewpoint, you're sort of looking down through the field and onto the farm.
So I'm not going to say it's not beautiful,' he said. In recent years, more and more influencers have descended on the area. O.