tidal basin

Access will be limited to both people on foot and those in vehicles.

The cherry blossoms could reach peak bloom around the Tidal Basin in a week. Officials warn if crowds become too big, the event will be shut down for safety because of the pandemic. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss has more details about how and what that shutdown could look like.

The National Park Service announced plans to limit access to the Tidal Basin and surrounding monuments over fears large crowds could make the cherry blossoms a COVID-19 superspreader event. News4’s Mark Segraves reports on the closures.

Access will be limited to both people on foot and those in vehicles.

Some of the famous cherry blossom trees around D.C.’s Tidal Basin entered the first phase of their blooming cycle, the National Park Services (NPS) announced Thursday. NPS said in a tweet that the Yoshino cherry blossom trees have started to develop green buds, the first of six stages culminating in peak bloom. NPS makes its own prediction about the...

As the weather begins to warm, D.C.’s cherry trees are finding their way to bloom. Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper is predicting the cherry blossoms’ much-anticipated peak bloom to happen April 4-9. With temperatures running cooler than normal this month, Draper said the blossoms have yet to hit their first of six stages. The final stage is peak bloom,...

A hungry beaver made a (hopefully) very tasty snack out of one of D.C.’s most treasured landmarks along the Tidal Basin: a cherry tree. When a Yoshino cherry blossom tree was found missing layers of bark and wood and surrounded by fresh wood chips in October, it was pretty evident who the culprit was, the National Park Service said...