National Parks Near Dundalk, Maryland
182 national parks within 8 hours · 75 within 2 hours
75
Within 2 Hours
42
Within 4 Hours
55
Within 8 Hours
182
Total Parks
Dundalk, Maryland is an exceptional base for exploring America's national parks and historic sites, with an impressive 182 parks accessible within an eight-hour drive. Whether you're a history enthusiast, nature lover, or outdoor adventurer, you'll find remarkable destinations right at your doorstep. The closest gem is Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, located just five miles away, where you can walk the grounds that inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner" and explore the iconic star-shaped fortress that defended Baltimore during the War of 1812. If you're willing to venture slightly further, the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail awaits just six miles away, offering a unique journey through sites connected to the pivotal events of 1814. For those interested in early American heritage, Hampton National Historic Site sits eleven miles from Dundalk, showcasing one of the finest examples of late 18th-century architecture in the nation.
Planning a national park adventure from Dundalk is incredibly convenient, whether you have just a few hours or an entire weekend. For a quick day trip, start with Fort McHenry—a quick five-mile drive means you can spend a meaningful morning or afternoon exploring the monument and its museum without exhausting your travel time. If you have more flexibility, consider a weekend itinerary that combines multiple nearby sites, such as pairing Fort McHenry with Hampton National Historic Site for a comprehensive look at regional history. With 42 parks within a four-hour radius and 75 within two hours, you can easily craft varied trips throughout the seasons. Check each park's website for hours, admission fees, and ranger-led programs before you visit, and plan for parking and any required tickets to make the most of your time away from home.
Map of Parks Near Dundalk
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Dundalk
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 5 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 6 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 11 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
21 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 21 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 26 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 29 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
35 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
36 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 37 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
37 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
37 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 37 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 38 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 38 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 38 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 38 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
38 mi away
World War I Memorial
39 mi away
World War II Memorial
39 mi away
Washington Monument
39 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
39 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
39 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
39 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
39 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 39 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 39 mi away
Constitution Gardens
39 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
40 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
40 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
40 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
40 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
40 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
40 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
40 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 40 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
40 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 40 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 41 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
41 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
42 mi away
Harmony Hall
45 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 45 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 45 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 45 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
47 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 48 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 49 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 50 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 54 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 55 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 56 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 58 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 59 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 60 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 63 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 64 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 67 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 67 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 68 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 74 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 75 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 78 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 79 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 80 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 85 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 85 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 85 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 86 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 86 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
99 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 99 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 104 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 108 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 110 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 112 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 119 mi away
Green Springs
125 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 130 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 131 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 136 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 139 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 141 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 142 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 142 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 143 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 146 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 152 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 153 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 154 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 156 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 159 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
161 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 163 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 163 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 163 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 164 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 164 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 164 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 165 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 165 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 166 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 166 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 167 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 167 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 169 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 171 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 172 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 180 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 181 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 182 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 186 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 194 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 210 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 211 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 219 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 220 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 220 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 229 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 230 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 235 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 246 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 252 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 252 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 254 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 259 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 262 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 270 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 270 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 278 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 279 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 280 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 280 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 284 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 284 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 294 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 297 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 301 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 304 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 307 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 313 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 320 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 323 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 335 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 344 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 349 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 351 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 352 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 352 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 353 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 353 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 355 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 356 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 357 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 358 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 362 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 362 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 365 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 369 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 371 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 385 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 392 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 392 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 396 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 404 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 407 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 408 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 409 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 417 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 429 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 429 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 429 mi away
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