National Parks Near Chester, Pennsylvania
173 national parks within 8 hours · 54 within 2 hours
54
Within 2 Hours
65
Within 4 Hours
43
Within 8 Hours
173
Total Parks
Chester, Pennsylvania is an exceptional base for exploring America's incredible network of national parks and historic sites. With over 170 national parks accessible within eight hours of the city, you'll find world-class destinations right at your doorstep. The closest gem is First State National Historical Park, located just ten miles away, making it a perfect starting point for your national park adventures. If you're interested in early American history, Independence National Historical Park and the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site are both conveniently situated only fourteen miles from Chester, along with several other significant historic landmarks. Whether you're seeking natural wonders, cultural heritage sites, or historic battlefields, Chester's location in southeastern Pennsylvania puts you within reach of 54 parks in just a two-hour radius, with even more options expanding to 65 parks within four hours.
Planning your visit from Chester is refreshingly straightforward, whether you're thinking about a leisurely afternoon outing or a more ambitious weekend getaway. For a quick day trip, nearby sites like First State National Historical Park offer excellent accessibility and can be explored in just a few hours, making them ideal for after-work visits or family outings. If you're planning a longer weekend, you can easily combine multiple parks in a single trip—visiting Independence National Historical Park along with nearby historic sites creates a rich educational experience without extensive travel time. We recommend starting with the closest attractions to minimize drive time, then gradually expanding your exploration as you become familiar with the area. With strategic planning and the detailed park information provided throughout this guide, you can make the most of Chester's prime location and experience the best of the national park system without venturing far from home.
Map of Parks Near Chester
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Chester
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 10 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 14 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 14 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 14 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 14 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 18 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 32 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 33 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 40 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 43 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
54 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 68 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 71 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 76 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 76 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 77 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
85 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 85 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 88 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
90 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 91 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 91 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 91 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 92 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 92 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 93 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 93 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 94 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 95 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 95 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 95 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 97 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 97 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 99 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 99 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 100 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 101 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 101 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 101 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 104 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
106 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
107 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
108 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 108 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 109 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 109 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 109 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 109 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
109 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 109 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
109 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
110 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 110 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 110 mi away
World War I Memorial
110 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
110 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
110 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 110 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 110 mi away
World War II Memorial
111 mi away
Washington Monument
111 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
111 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
111 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
111 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
111 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
111 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
111 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
111 mi away
Constitution Gardens
111 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
112 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
112 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 112 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 112 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 112 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
113 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 113 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 113 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
113 mi away
Harmony Hall
116 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 116 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 116 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 117 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 118 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
119 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 121 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 122 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 124 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 124 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 127 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 127 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 129 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 131 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 136 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 138 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 139 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 140 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 141 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 153 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 153 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 154 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 155 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 167 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 174 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 182 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 183 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 187 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 190 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 191 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 193 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 193 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 194 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 195 mi away
Green Springs
196 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 197 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 202 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 205 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 213 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 214 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 216 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 221 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 224 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 224 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 225 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 233 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 236 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 241 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 242 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 248 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 251 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 251 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 264 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 265 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 271 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 278 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 278 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 279 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 281 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 282 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 282 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 283 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 284 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 286 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 287 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 290 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 296 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 298 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 300 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 302 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 307 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 313 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 323 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 323 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 332 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 337 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 340 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 341 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 351 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 354 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 402 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 409 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 412 mi away
Frances Perkins National Monument
National Monument 414 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Chester
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