Insider tips to look at the cherry blossoms this year

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It is back on the cherry flower season. And with a little planning, you see one of the largest sales arguments in the region without capturing in traffic and at the same time avoiding enormous crowds.

Peak Bloom for the cherry blossoms this year is March 28th to March 31st. That is quite late, but the record is April 18 in 1958. (The earliest was March 15, 1990.)

Veterans know that this is a sensitive phenomenon. The Park Service itself says: “The forecast of the Peak Bloom is impossible more than 10 days in advance.” They add that the summit depends on the weather: a windy rainstorm could rinse most of the flowers and a late frost could cancel the entire deal.

The Tidal Basin Seewall project led to a distance of around 140 of the 2,500 trees – they will be replaced in 2026. Other ways around the area under construction. “

It's really worth it

Between the construction and the crowds, they fear that they are reorganizing their lives so that they can try to push themselves into the tidal pool that the trouble is not worth during the predicted peak. But the cherry blossoms are really one of the best things about living in the DC region, and they are worth more than a look.

And you want at least some of the cherry blossom festival, which takes place from March 22nd to April 5th. It includes dozens of events, and most of them free of charge, such as the Cherry Blossom Freedom Walk, the kite festival, the Sakura Taiko and the Cherry Blossom 10-Mile.

Just don't drive. We are not that far from the legendary Sunday when people tried to get out of the tidal pool for hours. The parking service does not say. I don't say. You drive, don't get angry on us.

How to get there

Metro is the best choice. The closest train station of the tidal basin is Smithsonian, but changing the trains is the time killer. Go as close as possible in one train and go the rest of the way. You can get to Smithsonian or L'Enfant Plaza, which is only a little further in every line that runs in North Virginia. You can check the METRO card on your website.

Alternative places to see flowers

If you want to go in DC, there are Hains Point Kirschblüten, which means that many people go towards the tidal basin. (Not that you will drive in, right?) You can also find Dumbarton Oaks and Oak Hill Cemetery, both on the Wisconsin Avenue from Georgetown. You can also see them from the site of the basilica of the national shrine of the flawless conception in the northeast.

Or, if you really want to get it, book a Cherry Blossom Cruise.

In North Virginia, however, you will also find many cherry flower trees. Here are some locations:

• Breaux -WinbergeIn Purcellville, has cherry trees and even their own cherry blossom festival on March 22nd.
• Arlington National Cemetery Has 417 cherry trees under the 9,000 trees that grow on the 639 morning of the cemetery.
• Meadowlark GardensIn Vienna, has hundreds of cherry flower trees. And although it is not free, the top ticket costs only 8 US dollars and contains other plants and trees for checking out.
• The Van Gogh Bridge In Reston, cherry trees are surrounded.

And if everything else fails, take a look at the flowers without leaving the house on the Bloom cam.

Selected picture with the friendly approval of National Cherry Blossom Festival