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500 0 FEET 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 5 395 395 1 INDEPEN D E N CE AVE. OHIO DR. INDEPENDENCE AVE. 14TH ST. 17TH ST. RAOUL WALLENBERG PL. RAILROAD KUTZ MEMORIAL BRIDGE 15TH ST. FDR Memorial Japanese Pagoda First Plantings Tidal Basin Welcome Tent Sylvan eater Washington Monument Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Korean War Veterans Memorial Lincoln Memorial Japanese Stone Lantern D.C. WWI Memorial West Potomac Park Paddle Boathouse Indicator Tree THE M WWII Mem. Outlet Bridge Bureau of Engraving and Printing Holocaust Museum Jefferson Memorial George Mason Memorial Inlet Bridge M AINE AVE. W E S T B A S I N D R . EAST BASIN D R . P o t o m a c R i v e r P o t o m a c R i v e r Tidal Basin Reflecting Pool Washington Channel INDEPENDENCE AVE. JEFFERSON DR. MADISON DR. C ST. D ST. 1. Tidal Basin Welcome Tent: Site of select events and festival information. 2. Kutz Memorial Bridge: Named in 1954 to honor the man who wrote the District’s first zoning law. 3. Japanese Stone Lantern: e lighting of this lantern has officially opened the festival since 1954. 4. First Plantings: Plaques mark the first cherry trees planted here in 1912. 5. Photo Op: One of the best vantage points to photograph the blossoms. 6. Usuzumi Trees: is species is the oldest living flowering cherry tree; blossoms are propagations from a 1,500-year-old tree in Japan. 7. Inlet Bridge: In 1999, beavers became unwanted participants in the festival when they chomped into trees about 100 yards before the bridge. 8. Jefferson Memorial: e location of this memorial created controversy when more than 1,000 cherry trees were removed for its construction in 1937. 9. Indicator Tree: is cherry blooms about a week earlier than the others, signaling that the peak period is near. A walk around the Tidal Basin MAP BY LARIS KARKLIS/THE WASHINGTON POST Cherry Blossom Festival March 20–April 14 MARCH APRIL 3 27 10 17 4 28 11 18 2 9 16 26 7 31 14 1 8 15 25 5 29 12 19 6 30 13 20 20 21 19 24 18 22 23 13 12 14 17 15 16 Peak bloom prediction S M T W T F S

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Page 1: PDF: A walk around the Tidal Basin

5000

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OHIO DR.

INDEPENDENCE AVE.

14TH

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KUTZ MEMORIAL BRIDGE

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Tidal BasinWelcome

Tent

Sylvan�eater

WashingtonMonument

Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial

Korean WarVeterans

Memorial

LincolnMemorial

JapaneseStone

Lantern

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PaddleBoathouse

IndicatorTree

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Je�ersonMemorial

George MasonMemorial

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INDEPENDENCE AVE.

JEFFERSON DR.

MADISON DR.

C ST.

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1. Tidal Basin Welcome Tent: Site of

select events and festival information. 2. Kutz Memorial Bridge: Named in 1954 to honor the man who

wrote the District’s first zoning law. 3. Japanese Stone Lantern: �e lighting of this lantern has o�cially opened the festival since 1954. 4. First Plantings: Plaques mark the first

cherry trees planted here in 1912. 5. Photo Op: One of the best vantage points to photograph the blossoms. 6. Usuzumi Trees:

�is species is the oldest living flowering cherry tree; blossomsare propagations from a 1,500-year-old tree in Japan.

7. Inlet Bridge: In 1999, beavers became unwanted participants in the festival when they chomped into trees about 100 yards

before the bridge. 8. Je�erson Memorial: �e location of this memorial created controversy when more than 1,000 cherry trees were removed for its construction in 1937.9. Indicator Tree:�is cherry blooms about a week earlier than the others,

signaling that the peak period is

near.

A walk aroundthe Tidal Basin

MAP BY LARIS KARKLIS/THE WASHINGTON POST

Cherry Blossom FestivalMarch 20–April 14

MARCH

APRIL