National Parks Near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
168 national parks within 8 hours · 39 within 2 hours
39
Within 2 Hours
76
Within 4 Hours
47
Within 8 Hours
168
Total Parks
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is an excellent home base for exploring some of America's most significant natural and historical treasures. Nestled in the heart of the Northeast, this charming city provides convenient access to an impressive 39 national parks and protected sites within just two hours of driving, with a remarkable 168 total parks accessible within an eight-hour radius. Whether you're drawn to scenic waterways, Revolutionary War history, or pristine wilderness areas, you'll find incredible options surprisingly close by. The closest park, the Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River, is just 26 miles away and offers stunning river vistas and outdoor recreation. History enthusiasts will appreciate Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, located 36 miles away, which preserves the story of early American iron production, while Valley Forge National Historical Park—a must-see for history buffs—sits only 37 miles distant. With the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area just 41 miles away, you're never far from extraordinary adventures.
Planning a day trip or weekend getaway from Bethlehem is straightforward and rewarding. For a quick day excursion, consider visiting the Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River or Hopewell Furnace, both reachable in under an hour, allowing you several hours to explore, hike, or tour facilities before returning home. For a more immersive experience, dedicate a full day to Valley Forge or the Delaware Water Gap, where you can spend time on longer trails, enjoy picnicking, and fully absorb the natural beauty or historical significance. Weekend visitors should consider combining nearby parks into a two-day itinerary—perhaps exploring one historical site on day one and a natural area on day two. Check each park's website in advance for seasonal hours, entrance fees, and current conditions, and arrive early during peak seasons to secure parking. With so many exceptional options within arm's reach, Bethlehem serves as the perfect launching point for unforgettable national park adventures.
Map of Parks Near Bethlehem
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Bethlehem
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 26 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 36 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 37 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 41 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 45 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 46 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 47 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 48 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 49 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 49 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 56 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 56 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 58 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 60 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 62 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 65 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 69 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
69 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 70 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 71 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 71 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 71 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 72 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 72 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 72 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 73 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 74 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 75 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 75 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 76 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 83 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
99 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 100 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 100 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 106 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 109 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 109 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 109 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 110 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 113 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 113 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 114 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 115 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 124 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
129 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 129 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 130 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 135 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 136 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 138 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 140 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
145 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
145 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 146 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
147 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
147 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 148 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 148 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 148 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 148 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 148 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 148 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
148 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 148 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 148 mi away
World War I Memorial
149 mi away
World War II Memorial
149 mi away
Washington Monument
149 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
149 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
149 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
149 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
149 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
149 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 149 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 149 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 149 mi away
Constitution Gardens
149 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 149 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
150 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
150 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
150 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
150 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
150 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
150 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
150 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 150 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 151 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
151 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 153 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
153 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
154 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 155 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 156 mi away
Harmony Hall
156 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 156 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 159 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 161 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 169 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 169 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 170 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 170 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 170 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 174 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 177 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 177 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 178 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 179 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 180 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 186 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 187 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 187 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 190 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 192 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 196 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 220 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 221 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 222 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 224 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 230 mi away
Green Springs
234 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 239 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 240 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 240 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 242 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 243 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 244 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 245 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 248 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 248 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 249 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 250 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 251 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 251 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 251 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 252 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 253 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 253 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 254 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 254 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 257 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 258 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 259 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 263 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 266 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 290 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 291 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 315 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 319 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 319 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 325 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 327 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 338 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 344 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 356 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 361 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 368 mi away
Frances Perkins National Monument
National Monument 378 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 394 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 394 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 404 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 418 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 425 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Bethlehem
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