Washington, DC, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri: yıl boyunca neler var

Çok kalabalık — National Christmas Tree season, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Winter / Christmas break

• Kural

  Washington Monument timed tickets

  1 Oca – 31 AraErken rezervasyon

  The lift to the top runs on timed tickets released online a month ahead, with a small same-day batch in the morning. The African American History museum works the same way in the busy months. Kaynak ↗

• Risk

  Snow and ice shutdowns

  5 Oca – 28 Şub · geneldeAşırı soğukKapanışlar

  A few inches closes the federal government, the schools and half the museums, and freezing rain does worse to the bridges. Some winters it never happens; the ones it does, it happens twice. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: National Christmas Tree season (1 Ara – 1 Oca)

Sakin — hava açısından en kötü aylarından biri

Şubat ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Snow and ice shutdowns (5 Oca – 28 Şub (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Cherry blossom peak bloom, National Cherry Blossom Festival

• Doğa

  Cherry blossom peak bloom

  20 Mar – 8 Nis · geneldeKalabalık

  The Tidal Basin's Yoshinos hold peak bloom for four or five days, usually in the last week of March. The Park Service publishes a forecast from late February, and it moves by a fortnight either way. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  National Cherry Blossom Festival

  20 Mar – 14 Nis · geneldeKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  Four weeks of programming fixed to a calendar, around a bloom that is not. Book the hotel for the festival and you may still miss the trees; book the forecast and you will pay for it. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara)

Çok kalabalık — gezginler burayı yüksek sezon olarak anlatıyor, Cherry blossom peak bloom

Nisan ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Cherry blossom peak bloom (20 Mar – 8 Nis (genelde)), National Cherry Blossom Festival (20 Mar – 14 Nis (genelde))

Kalabalık — hava açısından en iyi aylarından biri

Mayıs ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara)

Çok kalabalık — Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Summer break

• Risk

  Summer heat and humidity

  20 Haz – 5 Eyl · geneldeAşırı sıcak

  The city was built on a river flat and the summer behaves accordingly, with afternoon thunderstorms and heat advisories through July and August. The monuments walk is best done at seven in the morning. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Smithsonian Folklife Festival

  24 Haz – 6 Tem · geneldeBüyük festivalKalabalık

  Two weeks of music, craft and cooking from a couple of featured cultures, staged free on the Mall either side of the Fourth. Shade is the scarce resource, not tickets. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara)

Çok kalabalık — Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Fourth of July on the Mall

• Festival

  Fourth of July on the Mall

  4 TemBüyük festivalKalabalıkKapanışlar

  The parade goes down Constitution Avenue in the morning and the fireworks go up behind the Washington Monument at dusk. Half of downtown closes and security screening starts hours ahead. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Summer heat and humidity (20 Haz – 5 Eyl (genelde)), Smithsonian Folklife Festival (24 Haz – 6 Tem (genelde))

Kalabalık — Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Summer break, burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

• Sezon

  August recess

  1 Ağu – 5 EylSezon dışı kapanış

  Congress goes home, the lobbying and lawyer city empties with it, and downtown restaurants that live on expense accounts run their quiet weeks. Hotel rates fall while the museums stay open.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Summer heat and humidity (20 Haz – 5 Eyl (genelde))

Kalabalık — Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Summer break

Eylül ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Summer heat and humidity (20 Haz – 5 Eyl (genelde)), August recess (1 Ağu – 5 Eyl)

Kalabalık — Marine Corps Marathon

• Doğa

  Fall colour

  20 Eki – 15 Kas · geneldeSonbahar renkleri

  Rock Creek Park and the Virginia side of the Potomac turn from late October into the second week of November, a fortnight later than the Blue Ridge an hour west.

• Festival

  Marine Corps Marathon

  22 Eki – 2 Kas · geneldeSpor etkinliğiKalabalıkKapanışlar

  Twenty-odd thousand runners past the monuments and over the Potomac bridges on a Sunday at the end of October. Bridges and river-side roads close from before dawn. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara)

Çok kalabalık — Marine Corps Marathon, Thanksgiving

• Tatil

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 KasResmî tatilKalabalıkKapanışlar

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Fall colour (20 Eki – 15 Kas (genelde)), Marine Corps Marathon (22 Eki – 2 Kas (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — National Christmas Tree season, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Winter / Christmas break

• Tatil

  National Christmas Tree season

  1 Ara – 1 OcaNoel ve yılbaşı

  The tree by the Ellipse is lit in early December and stays up to New Year, and Congress goes home. It is the quietest, cheapest month to have the museums to yourself. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Washington Monument timed tickets (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Thanksgiving (25–29 Kas)