Oleksii Burunov holds his 1-year-old daughter Valentina Burunov while looking at cherry blossoms near the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park, April 12, 2026, in Chicago. Once nearly all the blossoms fully open they’ll stay like that for the next three to eight days, depending on the weather, according to the Park District. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
The area surrounding the Columbian Basin in Jackson Park is home to about 200 pink and white cherry blossom trees that typically bloom each spring.
The trees will reach full bloom in the next few days, and Chicago Park District staff say viewers will have to act quickly to catch them. Many blossoms are already open, revealing clusters of five petals with a heart-shaped notch on each one. The trees bloom in stages, where stage six is full bloom.
Visitors photograph cherry blossoms near the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park, April 12, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Bella Hinojosa, 5, looks at her father Christian Hinojosa while climbing a cherry blossom tree near the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park, April 12, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Visitors photograph cherry blossoms near the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park, April 12, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)A person jumps to grab a cherry blossom branch near the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park, April 12, 2026, in Chicago.(Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Cherry blossoms bloom near the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park, April 12, 2026, in Chicago. Once nearly all the blossoms fully open they’ll stay like that for the next three to eight days, depending on the weather, according to the Park District. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Visitors photograph cherry blossoms near the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park, April 12, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Oleksii Burunov holds his 1-year-old daughter Valentina Burunov while looking at cherry blossoms near the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park, April 12, 2026, in Chicago. Once nearly all the blossoms fully open they’ll stay like that for the next three to eight days, depending on the weather, according to the Park District. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Visitors photograph cherry blossoms near the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park, April 12, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Visitors photograph cherry blossoms near the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park, April 12, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Visitors photograph cherry blossoms near the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park, April 12, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Visitors have their picture taken in front of cherry blossom trees in bloom on the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry grounds April 7, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Visitors view cherry blossom trees in bloom on the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry grounds April 7, 2026, in Chicago's Jackson Park. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Visitors walk under cherry blossom tree canopies in bloom on the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry grounds in Chicago on April 7, 2026. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Chris T. jumps while having his picture taken by Lina Tari, both visiting from Indonesia, in front of a cherry blossom tree on the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry grounds on Chicago's South Side on April 7, 2026. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Lina Tari, visiting from Indonesia, poses with blooming cherry trees in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side on April 7, 2026. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Visitors view cherry blossom trees in bloom on the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry grounds in Chicago's Jackson Park on April 7, 2026. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Cherry blossom trees bloom on the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry grounds on April 7, 2026, in Chicago's Jackson Park. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)A woman walks past cherry blossom trees in bloom on the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry grounds on April 7, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Cherry blossom trees bloom on the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry grounds April 7, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Chau Le, visiting from Memphis, has her picture taken under a cherry blossom tree canopy on the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry grounds April 7, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Chau Le, from left, Danna Quintero and Carlos Cortez take pictures in front of a cherry blossom tree in bloom on the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry grounds in Chicago's Jackson Park on April 7, 2026. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
