National Parks Near Fort Washington, Maryland
183 national parks within 8 hours · 73 within 2 hours
73
Within 2 Hours
41
Within 4 Hours
64
Within 8 Hours
183
Total Parks
Fort Washington, Maryland is an excellent base for exploring America's natural and historical treasures. Located in Prince George's County just outside Washington, D.C., this charming area puts you within reach of an incredible 183 national parks and protected sites within an eight-hour drive. Better yet, 73 of these parks lie within just two hours of Fort Washington, making spontaneous day trips entirely feasible. The closest parks are practically on your doorstep: Harmony Hall sits just one mile away, offering beautiful gardens and historic architecture, while Fort Washington Park is only two miles distant with scenic river views and recreational opportunities. A few miles further, you'll find Fort Foote Park at three miles, Piscataway Park at four miles, and the charming Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm at five miles. This remarkable concentration of accessible parks means you can experience diverse landscapes, rich history, and outdoor recreation without spending hours on the road.
Planning your park visits from Fort Washington is refreshingly simple thanks to the region's excellent accessibility and variety. For a quick morning or afternoon outing, head to one of the nearby parks within a five-mile radius—perfect for a few hours of hiking, picnicking, or historical exploration. For more ambitious weekend trips, you can easily reach 41 parks within a four-hour drive, allowing you to venture to more distant destinations like Shenandoah National Park or the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. We recommend checking each park's website before visiting to confirm hours, seasonal closures, and any required reservations or permits. Whether you're a history enthusiast exploring Civil War sites, an outdoor adventurer seeking hiking trails, or a family looking for accessible day-trip destinations, Fort Washington's location provides unmatched convenience for discovering the national parks that make this region special.
Map of Parks Near Fort Washington
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Fort Washington
Harmony Hall
1 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 2 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 3 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 4 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
5 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
9 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 9 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
10 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
10 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
10 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 10 mi away
World War I Memorial
11 mi away
World War II Memorial
11 mi away
Washington Monument
11 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
11 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
11 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
11 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
11 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
11 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
11 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
11 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
11 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 11 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 11 mi away
Constitution Gardens
11 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
11 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 11 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
11 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
12 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 12 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 12 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
13 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
13 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 14 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 15 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
16 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 18 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 18 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 18 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 18 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
20 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 22 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 22 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 23 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 23 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 29 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
33 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 33 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 38 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 39 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 40 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 43 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 44 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 48 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 51 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 52 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 56 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 64 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 68 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 72 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 75 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 76 mi away
Green Springs
80 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 81 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 85 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 87 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 102 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 106 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 106 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 106 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 108 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 108 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 110 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 120 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 121 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 125 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 126 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 130 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 130 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 130 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 131 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
133 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 135 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 136 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 136 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 144 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 146 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 148 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 152 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 157 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 158 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 172 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 186 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 192 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 198 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 198 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 202 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 204 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
206 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 206 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 207 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 207 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 208 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 209 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 209 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 210 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 210 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 211 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 211 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 212 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 213 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 216 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 217 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 219 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 225 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 225 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 227 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 231 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 238 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 238 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 241 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 252 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 256 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 265 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 266 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 266 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 272 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 272 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 289 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 290 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 292 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 298 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 302 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 304 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 305 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 306 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 320 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 326 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 328 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 329 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 340 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 343 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 346 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 347 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 356 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 364 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 364 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 366 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 367 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 367 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 373 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 375 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 378 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 384 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 387 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 389 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 394 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 396 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 397 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 398 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 398 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 400 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 400 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 401 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 401 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 402 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 403 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 404 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 407 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 408 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 411 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 414 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 417 mi away
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park 418 mi away
Ninety Six National Historic Site
National Historic Site 422 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 428 mi away
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
National Historic Site 436 mi away
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
National Monument 437 mi away
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