National Parks Near Bay Shore, New York
163 national parks within 8 hours · 29 within 2 hours
29
Within 2 Hours
43
Within 4 Hours
86
Within 8 Hours
163
Total Parks
Bay Shore, New York, is an exceptional basecamp for exploring America's protected natural and historical treasures. With 163 national parks within an eight-hour drive, you'll find an incredible variety of experiences just moments from your doorstep. Whether you're seeking pristine beaches, historic landmarks, or recreational havens, Bay Shore's coastal Long Island location puts you in prime position to experience the best of the National Park System. The closest gem is Fire Island National Seashore, just 13 miles away, offering stunning maritime landscapes and pristine sandy beaches perfect for a quick getaway. Within a short drive, you'll also find Sagamore Hill National Historic Site at 17 miles, home to Theodore Roosevelt's beloved estate, and Gateway National Recreation Area at 37 miles, providing waterfront trails and historic sites. With 29 parks accessible within just two hours and 43 within four hours, you have remarkable flexibility in planning your adventures.
Planning a national park visit from Bay Shore is refreshingly simple, whether you're organizing a quick day trip or a weekend escape. For nearby destinations like Fire Island National Seashore, you can enjoy a morning visit with minimal driving, making it perfect for families or those with limited time. For slightly farther attractions like Sagamore Hill, plan a half-day excursion that allows you to explore the historic grounds and learn about American history. If you're considering a full weekend adventure, you can combine multiple parks into one trip or dedicate an entire weekend to exploring the larger recreation areas. Check park websites in advance for seasonal hours, entrance requirements, and any ranger-led programs that might enhance your visit. The proximity of so many national parks means you can be flexible with your plans and take advantage of good weather or spontaneous park exploration opportunities whenever inspiration strikes.
Map of Parks Near Bay Shore
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Bay Shore
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 13 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 17 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 32 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 37 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 37 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 38 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 38 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 39 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 39 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 39 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 40 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 40 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 40 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 40 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 41 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 42 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
42 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 50 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 52 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 67 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 79 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 80 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 82 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 91 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 93 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 94 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 95 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 101 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 108 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 113 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 113 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 114 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 114 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 114 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 114 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 114 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 116 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 120 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 122 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 123 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
123 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 125 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 135 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 136 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 137 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 137 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 155 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 156 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 157 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 157 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 158 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 158 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 159 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 160 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 162 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 166 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 167 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 169 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 174 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 186 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 197 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 198 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 203 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 204 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 204 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 206 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
210 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 210 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 210 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 213 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 219 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 220 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 221 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 224 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 228 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 228 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
233 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
234 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
235 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 235 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 235 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 236 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 236 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
236 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 236 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
236 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 237 mi away
World War I Memorial
237 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
237 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
237 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
237 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 237 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 237 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 237 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 237 mi away
World War II Memorial
238 mi away
Washington Monument
238 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
238 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
238 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
238 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
238 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
238 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
238 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
238 mi away
Constitution Gardens
238 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
239 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 239 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
239 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
240 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 240 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 240 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 240 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
240 mi away
Harmony Hall
242 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 242 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 243 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 244 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 245 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
246 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 247 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 251 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 252 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 253 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 257 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 263 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 263 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 265 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 280 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 281 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 291 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 293 mi away
Frances Perkins National Monument
National Monument 295 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 299 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 301 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 302 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 302 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 304 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 308 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 312 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 314 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 318 mi away
Green Springs
323 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 326 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 334 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 340 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 351 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 357 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 358 mi away
Acadia National Park
National Park 360 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 377 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 390 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 425 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 426 mi away
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
National Monument 427 mi away
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
International Park 428 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 429 mi away
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
International Historic Site 434 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 435 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Bay Shore
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