Grab a coffee at Lake Anne Coffee and walk 2 minutes along the lake all year long. Any season. Anytime.

What a surprise! A hidden gem on the walk around the lake at Lake Anne in Reston, VA. There are several places to park at the plaza. Lake Anne is basically a shopping center of restaurants and lasting memories. Locals linger for hours in this well groomed and clean gathering place. If you use the main parking lot, walk past the cat hospital, grab a coffee and continue on the right side until the path curves to the right. Just a few more yards and you will witness the combination of elegance and strength. I chose to visit sunrise while the cherry blossoms/flowering trees were in full bloom just for this Tripadvisor Review. After exploring the bridge and walkway, you may want to grab a doggie poop bag and study the map before heading back to the plaza. Sit and enjoy a beer and people watch at one of the many fine restaurants. Maybe you will time your visit for a free outdoor concert.

Classic, historic, and my daughter had her civil ceremony here. Her fiancé was told by the officiant that “that’s where the smart people go! It is close to some apartment buildings near Lake Anne, but it is still quiet and a pretty place.

I felt this deserved a review. While looking for some Cherry Blossom locations that were out of the norm, (besides there DC tidal basin) we read about the Van Gogh Bridge on the Green Trail in Reston VA. The pictures we saw online were beautiful. We decided that we would venture out there. Upon arrival, the directions dropped us in the parking lot of an apartment complex. During this day, there was a little festival in the courtyard, and we were able to ask some locals where the bridge was. Once we found the bridge, there were only 3 cherry trees around the bridge. While they were beautiful, I wish I had known that was all that was there. If you aren’t near Reston, I wouldn’t recommend this place. I wish there had been a review like this for me to read. This is a seasonal review but also for those cherry lovers!