National Parks Near Blacksburg, Virginia
187 national parks within 8 hours · 6 within 2 hours
6
Within 2 Hours
67
Within 4 Hours
96
Within 8 Hours
187
Total Parks
Blacksburg, Virginia is an exceptional base for exploring some of America's most remarkable protected natural and historical landscapes. With 187 national parks and monuments accessible within an eight-hour drive, this college town offers extraordinary opportunities for weekend getaways and day trips. Whether you're a nature enthusiast, history buff, or outdoor adventurer, you'll find world-class destinations nearby. The closest option is Bluestone National Scenic River, just 38 miles away, offering stunning river views and recreational opportunities along the New River drainage. For those interested in Civil Rights history, Booker T Washington National Monument is only 39 miles away. If you're willing to drive less than an hour, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve awaits at 54 miles, featuring one of the most dramatic river canyons in the eastern United States with breathtaking vistas and hiking trails for all skill levels.
Planning a trip from Blacksburg is straightforward and flexible, depending on your schedule and interests. For a quick day trip, head to Bluestone National Scenic River or Booker T Washington National Monument, both reachable in under an hour, leaving you ample time to explore and return by evening. If you have a full weekend available, New River Gorge National Park deserves at least a day trip, with numerous hiking trails, scenic overlooks, and the famous New River Gorge Bridge. For those with more time or planning a longer road trip, the abundance of options within four hours means you can easily combine multiple parks into a memorable multi-day adventure. Spring through fall offers the best weather for park exploration, though each season brings its own appeal. Pack accordingly, check park websites for any seasonal closures or alerts, and consider starting with closer parks to build your experience before tackling longer drives.
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Blacksburg
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 38 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 39 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 54 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 74 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 82 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 90 mi away
Green Springs
135 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 138 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 153 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 154 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 154 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 162 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 162 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 164 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 166 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 169 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 173 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 176 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 178 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 178 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 181 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 184 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 190 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 192 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 202 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 203 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 204 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 205 mi away
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park 205 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 206 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 206 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
209 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 209 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 209 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 211 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 211 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 212 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 212 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 212 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 213 mi away
Harmony Hall
214 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
215 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 215 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 215 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 215 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
215 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 216 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
216 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
216 mi away
World War II Memorial
217 mi away
Washington Monument
217 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
217 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
217 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
217 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
217 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
217 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
217 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
217 mi away
Constitution Gardens
217 mi away
World War I Memorial
218 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
218 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
218 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
218 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 218 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 218 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 218 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 219 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 219 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 219 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
219 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 219 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
219 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 220 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
220 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 221 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
221 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
222 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 227 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 228 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 230 mi away
Ninety Six National Historic Site
National Historic Site 231 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 231 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 232 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 232 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 233 mi away
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
National Monument 238 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 238 mi away
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
National River & Recreation Area 239 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 243 mi away
Obed Wild & Scenic River
Wild & Scenic River 244 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 244 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 246 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
246 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 246 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 248 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 249 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 251 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 252 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 252 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 254 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 257 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 257 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 266 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 270 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 276 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 277 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 282 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 285 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 289 mi away
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
National Historical Park 289 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 294 mi away
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
National Historic Site 305 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 307 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 310 mi away
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
National Historical Park 311 mi away
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 311 mi away
Mammoth Cave National Park
National Park 314 mi away
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
National Military Park 314 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 318 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 325 mi away
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 326 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
National Historical Park 327 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 331 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 334 mi away
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
National Historical Park 335 mi away
Russell Cave National Monument
National Monument 339 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 341 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 341 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 341 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 342 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
345 mi away
Stones River National Battlefield
National Battlefield 346 mi away
Little River Canyon National Preserve
National Preserve 350 mi away
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
National Historical Park 353 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 360 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 360 mi away
Fort Pulaski National Monument
National Monument 360 mi away
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
National Memorial 364 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 365 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 366 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 385 mi away
Freedom Riders National Monument
National Monument 396 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 398 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 400 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 400 mi away
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
National Historical Park 400 mi away
Andersonville National Historic Site
National Historic Site 406 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 413 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
417 mi away
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
National Battlefield 417 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 418 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 418 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 419 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 419 mi away
Fort Frederica National Monument
National Monument 419 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 420 mi away
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
National Military Park 420 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 420 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 420 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 421 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 421 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 421 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 421 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 422 mi away
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
National Historical Park 424 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 426 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 427 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 435 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 436 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Blacksburg
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