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 ...

There are many fishing opportunities in Maryland this week for angler of all ages, from excellent trout fishing provided by ...

The best place to see the cherry blossoms is at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. The Tidal Basin is a reservoir between the Washington Channel and the Potomac River in the capital. As ...

This year, construction that began in August 2024 to replace seawalls along the Potomac River and part of the Tidal Basin could ... provides a map of where to see the blossoms across Washington.

Scott Canterbury says the early post-spawn is one of his favorite times of the year to fish because several things are happening. A few fish are still spawning, and many are willing to eat a topwater.

On March 27, 1912, First Lady Helen Herron Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, planted two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River Tidal Basin ...

The latest data from the National Water Prediction Service of the NOAA shows the river slowly falling from its current level.

Constructed to use the strong tides of the Potomac River to clear silt from the Washington Channel and to maintain steady water levels in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pools, it now also serves ...