National Parks Near Athens, Ohio
188 national parks within 8 hours · 4 within 2 hours
4
Within 2 Hours
19
Within 4 Hours
139
Within 8 Hours
188
Total Parks
Athens, Ohio serves as an excellent home base for exploring some of America's most significant natural and historical treasures. With 188 national parks within an eight-hour drive, you'll find no shortage of adventure just outside your doorstep. The closest gem is Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, located just 52 miles south, where you can walk among ancient earthworks built by the Hopewell people over 2,000 years ago. If you're willing to venture a bit further, Gauley River National Recreation Area awaits at 97 miles, offering stunning whitewater rafting and scenic river views, while Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument sits at 99 miles and celebrates the legacy of African American military heritage. Within a four-hour radius, you'll discover 19 parks perfect for weekend explorations, and four exceptional parks lie within just two hours of town.
Planning your national park adventure from Athens is straightforward thanks to the region's accessibility. For a quick day trip, head south to Hopewell Culture National Historical Park—the drive takes just over an hour, leaving you plenty of time to explore the visitor center and wander the ancient mounds before returning home. For a more ambitious weekend getaway, consider combining multiple parks into a regional tour, such as pairing Hopewell with nearby historic sites or planning a scenic drive toward the recreation areas in West Virginia. Check road conditions and park hours before departing, especially during winter months, and bring a detailed map or download offline maps for areas with spotty cell service. Whether you have a few hours or a full weekend, Athens' central location makes it remarkably easy to access world-class parks without requiring extensive travel time.
Map of Parks Near Athens
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Athens
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 52 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 97 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 99 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 109 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 112 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 117 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 120 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 130 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 136 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 136 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 138 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 165 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 166 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 171 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 178 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 190 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 191 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 200 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 202 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 203 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 204 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 204 mi away
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
National Monument 212 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 223 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 224 mi away
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
National Historical Park 228 mi away
Green Springs
229 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 233 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 233 mi away
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
National River & Recreation Area 238 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 245 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 247 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 248 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 251 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 253 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 258 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 259 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 259 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
260 mi away
Obed Wild & Scenic River
Wild & Scenic River 261 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 261 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 261 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 261 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 261 mi away
Mammoth Cave National Park
National Park 264 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 266 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 267 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 267 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 268 mi away
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park 269 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
271 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
272 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
272 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 272 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
272 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
272 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
272 mi away
World War I Memorial
273 mi away
World War II Memorial
273 mi away
Washington Monument
273 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
273 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
273 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 273 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
273 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
273 mi away
Constitution Gardens
273 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
273 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
273 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 274 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
274 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
274 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 274 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 274 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 274 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
275 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 275 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 275 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 275 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
276 mi away
Harmony Hall
276 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 276 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
276 mi away
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
National Memorial 277 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 277 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 278 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
278 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
278 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 280 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 281 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 281 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 282 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 290 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 290 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 290 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 291 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 292 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 292 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 294 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 294 mi away
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
National Historical Park 295 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 295 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 299 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
302 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 302 mi away
Indiana Dunes National Park
National Park 307 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 310 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 325 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 326 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 331 mi away
Pullman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 332 mi away
Stones River National Battlefield
National Battlefield 336 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 337 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 342 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 350 mi away
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
National Military Park 350 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 353 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 358 mi away
Ninety Six National Historic Site
National Historic Site 358 mi away
Russell Cave National Monument
National Monument 364 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 368 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 370 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 370 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 372 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 372 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 372 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 372 mi away
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
National Battlefield 373 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 380 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 380 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 384 mi away
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 388 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 389 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 390 mi away
Little River Canyon National Preserve
National Preserve 391 mi away
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 396 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 397 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
398 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 400 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 402 mi away
Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
National Monument 403 mi away
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 403 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 404 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
National Historical Park 405 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 412 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 419 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 421 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 428 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 432 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 436 mi away
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
National Lakeshore 436 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
436 mi away
Gateway Arch National Park
National Park 437 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 437 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 437 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 438 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 438 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 438 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 439 mi away
Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park
National Historical Park 439 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 439 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 440 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 440 mi away
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