National Parks Near Gaithersburg, Maryland
182 national parks within 8 hours · 68 within 2 hours
68
Within 2 Hours
46
Within 4 Hours
63
Within 8 Hours
182
Total Parks
Gaithersburg, Maryland is an ideal base for exploring some of the region's most stunning natural and historical attractions. With 68 national parks within just two hours of the city, visitors have an impressive array of options for day trips and weekend getaways. The closest park is the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, situated only 9 miles away, offering scenic towpath trails perfect for hiking and biking along the historic canal. Just slightly farther are Great Falls Park at 10 miles, famous for its dramatic 76-foot waterfall and Potomac River views, and Glen Echo Park at 12 miles, which combines natural beauty with cultural attractions and historic amusement park charm. Whether you're seeking outdoor adventure or historical exploration, these nearby parks are conveniently accessible for spontaneous visits or planned expeditions.
Planning a national park adventure from Gaithersburg is refreshingly straightforward. For a quick day trip, head to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park or Great Falls Park, both reachable within 20 minutes, allowing you to maximize time exploring rather than traveling. Pack water, snacks, and comfortable hiking shoes, and check park websites for seasonal hours and any entry requirements. If you're planning a more ambitious weekend trip, consider visiting multiple parks in succession, as many are clustered in the surrounding areas. Spring and fall offer ideal weather for exploring, while summer weekends tend to be busier. Starting early in the morning helps you avoid crowds and allows you to experience these natural treasures at their best. With so many parks within a reasonable driving distance, you can easily rotate through different locations to discover your favorites throughout the year.
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Gaithersburg
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 9 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 10 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 12 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 12 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 12 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
14 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 15 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
15 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 17 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
18 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 18 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 18 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 18 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
18 mi away
World War I Memorial
19 mi away
World War II Memorial
19 mi away
Washington Monument
19 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
19 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
19 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
19 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
19 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
19 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
19 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 19 mi away
Constitution Gardens
19 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
19 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
20 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
20 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
20 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 20 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
20 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 20 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 20 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
21 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
21 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 21 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
22 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 22 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 22 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
23 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
25 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 27 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 28 mi away
Harmony Hall
29 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 31 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 31 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 32 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 34 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 35 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 36 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 38 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 39 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 39 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
41 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 41 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 43 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 46 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 47 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 59 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 60 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 67 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 74 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 75 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 81 mi away
Green Springs
92 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 97 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 100 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 107 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 110 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 110 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 114 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 115 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 115 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 118 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 123 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 123 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 124 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 124 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 130 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 135 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 135 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 136 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 136 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 138 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
138 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 142 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 147 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 149 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 149 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 151 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 154 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 166 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 177 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 181 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 182 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 194 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 195 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
198 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 199 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 200 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 201 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 201 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 201 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 202 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 202 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 202 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 203 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 203 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 204 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 208 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 208 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 209 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 214 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 217 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 223 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 231 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 231 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 231 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 236 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 247 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 248 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 249 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 251 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 252 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 252 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 252 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 262 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 263 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 271 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 273 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 274 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 276 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 279 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 289 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 296 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 302 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 311 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 314 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 318 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 325 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 327 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 328 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 342 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 351 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 357 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 359 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 359 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 359 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 360 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 370 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 370 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 373 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 375 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 376 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 380 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 385 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 387 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 388 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 389 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 390 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 390 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 391 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 391 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 392 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 392 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 392 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 393 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 394 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 395 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 398 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 405 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 410 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 418 mi away
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park 423 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 423 mi away
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
National Monument 433 mi away
Ninety Six National Historic Site
National Historic Site 436 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Gaithersburg
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