Peak bloom occurs when 70% of the blossoms of the Yoshino cherry trees, the most common type along the Tidal Basin, are open. The National Park Service, which tracks the blooming of the trees each ...

The monthlong National Cherry Blossom Festival draws more than 1.5 million visitors to Washington, D.C., each year to see the spring spectacle of more than 3,000 pale pink and white cherry blossom ...

The cherry blossom trees in Washington, D.C., officially reached peak bloom on Saturday, with travelers and tourists from far and wide flocking to the nation’s capital for a close-up view.

Washington’s a cherry blossom city. Tulips may be a sideshow in DC, but they get their turn nonetheless. Revel in these tulip-tacular favorites from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool!

Ridership grew by 43% from March 2024 to March 2025. Plus, a record day for ridership thanks to peak bloom, and check out the top CaBi stations in the network, in this month’s Bikeshare Beat.

The 360-acre Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey, was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and has 1,500 more cherry trees ...

Once the flowers open, cherry blossoms typically stick around for just one to two weeks, and that window can shrink depending ...