These Seattle-area urban hikes lead to wonderful cherry blossom sights

These Seattle-area urban hikes lead to wonderful cherry blossom sights

Where can you join pods of pink-seekers and commune with the blossoms during their fleeting displays while getting in a nice urban hike? Here are some options.

8 great places to see cherry blossoms around Seattle in the spring

Nothing says spring like cherry trees blossoming around the Seattle area. You’ll find more than a thousand trees throughout the city donated to Seattle by Japan as a symbol of friendship. Many are in public gardens, while others are landscaped throughout neighborhoods and nearby attractions. Along with other early spring bloomers like daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, plum trees, and magnolias — cherry blossoms begin to bud in late February and peak…