National Parks Near Bethesda, Maryland
183 national parks within 8 hours · 69 within 2 hours
69
Within 2 Hours
45
Within 4 Hours
63
Within 8 Hours
183
Total Parks
Bethesda, Maryland is an exceptional base for exploring America's incredible system of national parks and historic sites. Located in the heart of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, this vibrant suburb puts you within striking distance of 183 national parks, with 69 accessible within just two hours and 45 within four hours of driving. Whether you're a history enthusiast, nature lover, or outdoor adventurer, you'll find world-class destinations practically on your doorstep. The closest options are remarkably convenient: Glen Echo Park is merely two miles away, perfect for a quick visit to this charming amusement park and arts center, while the George Washington Memorial Parkway and Clara Barton National Historic Site are equally close at two miles, offering scenic drives and Civil War-era history. Rock Creek Park, one of the most visited parks in the entire national system, sits just four miles away and provides over 32 miles of trails for hiking, biking, and peaceful nature walks.
Planning your national park adventure from Bethesda is straightforward and flexible. For a spontaneous afternoon outing, simply head to Glen Echo Park or Rock Creek Park and spend a few hours exploring at your own pace. For a more comprehensive day trip, you can combine multiple nearby sites, such as starting at the George Washington Memorial Parkway for scenic overlooks before heading to the Clara Barton National Historic Site or the Civil War Defenses of Washington, all within five miles. For weekend trips, consider venturing slightly further to maximize your experience and tackle parks that require more time. Check park websites ahead of time for hours of operation, entrance fees, and any seasonal closures. Spring and fall offer ideal weather conditions, while summer weekends draw larger crowds, so visiting on weekdays or arriving early can enhance your experience. Pack plenty of water, wear comfortable shoes, and bring a camera to capture the natural beauty and historical significance these parks offer.
Map of Parks Near Bethesda
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Bethesda
Glen Echo Park
Park 2 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 2 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 2 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 4 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
5 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
7 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 7 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 7 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 7 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 7 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
7 mi away
World War I Memorial
8 mi away
World War II Memorial
8 mi away
Washington Monument
8 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
8 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
8 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
8 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
8 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
8 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
8 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
8 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
8 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
8 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 8 mi away
Constitution Gardens
8 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
8 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
9 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
9 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 9 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 9 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
10 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
11 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
11 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 11 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 11 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 12 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
12 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
14 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 14 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 16 mi away
Harmony Hall
18 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 20 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 20 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 24 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 25 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 30 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 31 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 32 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
34 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 34 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 35 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 35 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 40 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 41 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 47 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 49 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 51 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 56 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 56 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 58 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 64 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 64 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 80 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 85 mi away
Green Springs
88 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 101 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 101 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 104 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 105 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 111 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 118 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 120 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 120 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 124 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 124 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 124 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 124 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 125 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 125 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 126 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 126 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 127 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 129 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
134 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 143 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 143 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 144 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 144 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 148 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 150 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 155 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 159 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 184 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 184 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 187 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 192 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 197 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
200 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 201 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 202 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 202 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 202 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 203 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 203 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 204 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 205 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 205 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 205 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 205 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 210 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 210 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 215 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 217 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 219 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 220 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 224 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 225 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 231 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 232 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 247 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 248 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 249 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 255 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 256 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 256 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 258 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 260 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 271 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 273 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 282 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 283 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 286 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 290 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 291 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 294 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 304 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 316 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 318 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 320 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 321 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 331 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 332 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 352 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 352 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 355 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 355 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 359 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 362 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 365 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 369 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 371 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 374 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 377 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 378 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 386 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 387 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 389 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 390 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 390 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 391 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 392 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 392 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 393 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 394 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 395 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 396 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 397 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 397 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 400 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 400 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 407 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 412 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 413 mi away
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park 422 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 424 mi away
Ninety Six National Historic Site
National Historic Site 431 mi away
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
National Monument 435 mi away
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