If you’re thinking about making the trek to Fort McHenry this weekend for peak bloom but you want to stay closer to home, The Banner’s got your back ... yard.

We made a searchable map of the 6,530 cherry trees listed in the city’s database — and identified six of the largest clusters of cherry trees on and around city parks that aren’t named Fort McHenry or Druid Hill Park.

We did it by combining Baltimore’s flowering trees database with the city’s parks database to identify the largest clusters of cherry trees at city parks blooming right now. The data set hasn’t been fully updated since 2018, and the data’s structure means we can’t distinguish between some less-impressive plum trees and the most stunning bloomers. So, we did some old-fashioned, shoe-leather reporting to find some Instagram-worthy cherry trees. The views were worth it.

The Washington Monument

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1/2 · Washington Monument, 699 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201, March 19, 2023. (Paul Newson/The Baltimore Banner)

2/2 · Washington Monument, 699 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201, March 19, 2023. (Paul Newson)

Patterson Park

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1/3 · Patterson Park, 2601 E Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21224, March 19, 2023. (Paul Newson/The Baltimore Banner)

2/3 · Patterson Park, 2601 E Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21224, March 19, 2023. (Paul Newson/The Baltimore Banner)

3/3 · Patterson Park, 2601 E Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21224, March 19, 2023. (Paul Newson/The Baltimore Banner)

St. Mary’s Park

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1/2 · Saint Marys Park, 600 N Paca St, Baltimore, MD 21201, on March 17, 2023. (Paul Newson/The Baltimore Banner)

2/2 · Saint Marys Park, 600 N Paca St, Baltimore, MD 21201, on March 17, 2023. (Paul Newson/The Baltimore Banner)

St. Casimir Park

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1/2 · St. Casimir Park, 2700 Boston St, Baltimore, MD., on March 17, 2023. (Paul Newson/The Baltimore Banner)

2/2 · St. Casimir Park, 2700 Boston St, Baltimore, MD., on March 17, 2023. (Paul Newson/The Baltimore Banner)

B&O Slope Park

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1/2 · B&O Slope Park, 1400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, March 17, 2023. (Paul Newson/The Baltimore Banner)

2/2 · B&O Slope Park, 1400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, March 17, 2023. (Paul Newson/The Baltimore Banner)

Canton Waterfront Park

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1/2 · Canton Waterfront, Dypski Park, 1213 Ellwood Ave, Baltimore Md., on March 17, 2023. (Paul Newson/The Baltimore Banner)

2/2 · Canton Waterfront, Dypski Park, 1213 Ellwood Ave, Baltimore Md., on March 17, 2023. (Paul Newson/The Baltimore Banner)

Correction: Photos of non-Cherry trees were removed from this post.

Reporter Cody Boteler contributed to this report.

ryan.little@thebaltimorebanner.com

paul.newson@thebaltimorebanner.com