National Parks Near Eldersburg, Maryland
183 national parks within 8 hours · 72 within 2 hours
72
Within 2 Hours
42
Within 4 Hours
59
Within 8 Hours
183
Total Parks
Eldersburg, Maryland, sits in an ideal location for exploring America's most cherished national parks and historic sites. With an impressive 72 parks within just a two-hour drive and 183 parks reachable within eight hours, this charming Carroll County town serves as an excellent base for outdoor enthusiasts and history buffs alike. Whether you're interested in Revolutionary War battlefields, scenic parkways, or historic estates, you'll find remarkable options nearby. The closest park, the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail, is only 20 miles away and tells the fascinating story of the War of 1812. Equally close at 20 miles is Hampton National Historic Site, a stunning mansion with beautiful gardens, while Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, which inspired Francis Scott Key's famous anthem, sits just 22 miles south. These nearby treasures make Eldersburg a perfect starting point for your national park adventures.
Planning a visit to these nearby parks is wonderfully straightforward from Eldersburg. For a leisurely day trip, you can easily visit one or two of the closest sites without excessive driving time, allowing you to maximize your time exploring and enjoying the experience. If you're planning a weekend getaway, the larger selection of parks within two to four hours opens up possibilities for a multi-day adventure that could combine historical sites with scenic natural areas. We recommend starting with your interests in mind—whether history, nature, or a combination—then using the driving distances provided to build an itinerary that flows geographically. Pack a picnic, wear comfortable walking shoes, and consider checking park websites ahead of time for visitor hours, any seasonal closures, and special programs. With so many exceptional parks within easy reach, you're sure to find enriching experiences just minutes from your Eldersburg home base.
Map of Parks Near Eldersburg
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Eldersburg
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 20 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 20 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 22 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 24 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 27 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 29 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
31 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 32 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 32 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 32 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 32 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 32 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 32 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 32 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 32 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 33 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
34 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 34 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
34 mi away
World War I Memorial
35 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
35 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 35 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
35 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 35 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 35 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 35 mi away
World War II Memorial
36 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
36 mi away
Washington Monument
36 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
36 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
36 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
36 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
36 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
36 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
36 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
36 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
36 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
36 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 36 mi away
Constitution Gardens
36 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
36 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 36 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
37 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
37 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 37 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
37 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
39 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 39 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
41 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 42 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 43 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 44 mi away
Harmony Hall
46 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 48 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 50 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 51 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 57 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 61 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 61 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 75 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 77 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 79 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 80 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 82 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 84 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 84 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 93 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 103 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 103 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 103 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 103 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 103 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 111 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 113 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 116 mi away
Green Springs
116 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 121 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
123 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 125 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 129 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 131 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 131 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 134 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 143 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 151 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 152 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 153 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 154 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 156 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 159 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 159 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 160 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 169 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 172 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 172 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
177 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 178 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 178 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 179 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 179 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 179 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 180 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 180 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 180 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 180 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 181 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 181 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 182 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 186 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 186 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 186 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 195 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 209 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 218 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 224 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 227 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 228 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 229 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 229 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 233 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 242 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 243 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 243 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 244 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 249 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 252 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 253 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 253 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 261 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 266 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 274 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 275 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 276 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 279 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 285 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 288 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 295 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 302 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 306 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 318 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 327 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 330 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 335 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 338 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 345 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 348 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 352 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 362 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 365 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 366 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 367 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 368 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 369 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 369 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 369 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 370 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 370 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 371 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 373 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 376 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 379 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 382 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 382 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 382 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 383 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 392 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 398 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 402 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 403 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 405 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 410 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 416 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 427 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Eldersburg
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