This is the most abundant tree in my 30+ acre forest - there are probably more than a thousand of them. Most of them are found on the upper areas of the ridges and on the extensive rhododendron covered north-facing slopes where they vastly outnumber any other species. In the broad valley areas the Chestnut Oak is mostly absent (the most common tree there is the Tulip Tree). The bark is variable depending on the age of the tree but generally comprises non-flaky, blocky, vertical broad-based but narrow-peaked ridges. The leaves have multiple rounded lobes.
This is also the largest tree species in my forest with some truly huge specimens. The largest one I have found so far, on the western border of Lot A, has a trunk circumference at chest height of 13 feet, 7 inches.
One of the large Chestnut Oaks on the ridge on the southern border of Lot B.
A very large, knobby-trunked Chestnut Oak sits on the ridge to the north of Lot B
The autumn color of Chestnut Oak is usually yellow or brown. The following three pictures were taken by drone above the late autumn canopy of the steep north-facing slope of Lot B. Most of the yellow trees are Chestnut Oaks, and possibly most of the already leafless trees too.
However, sometimes it has vibrant orange leaves. The picture below is from Lot A.