National Parks Near Glassboro, New Jersey
171 national parks within 8 hours · 38 within 2 hours
38
Within 2 Hours
81
Within 4 Hours
43
Within 8 Hours
171
Total Parks
Glassboro, New Jersey, is an excellent home base for exploring America's incredible national parks system. Located in the heart of South Jersey, this charming community puts you within striking distance of 171 national parks and historic sites across the eastern United States. Best of all, you don't need to venture far to start your adventure. Within just two hours of Glassboro, you'll find 38 parks ready to explore, including some of the nation's most historically significant sites. The closest park to your doorstep is Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site, located just 16 miles away in nearby Philadelphia, which showcases a stunning Swedish colonial-era church dating back to 1700. If American history captivates you, Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial and Independence National Historical Park are both just 17 miles away, offering profound connections to Revolutionary War history and the birth of the United States. Each of these locations is easily reachable for a quick day trip, making Glassboro the perfect launching point for park exploration.
Planning a national park adventure from Glassboro couldn't be easier, whether you're looking for a quick afternoon outing or a full weekend getaway. For a day trip, consider tackling one to two nearby parks—Gloria Dei Church can be explored thoroughly in a couple of hours, making it ideal for a morning visit before heading to Independence National Historical Park for the afternoon. If you have a full weekend, you can expand your radius to include parks within a four-hour drive, giving you access to 81 additional sites and dramatically diversifying your experience from colonial churches to natural preserves. Start by checking park websites for hours, admission fees, and any ranger-led programs happening during your visit. Spring through fall offers the most pleasant weather for park exploration, though many sites remain open year-round. With careful planning and Glassboro as your base, you'll have unparalleled access to America's most treasured historical landmarks and natural wonders.
Map of Parks Near Glassboro
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Glassboro
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 16 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 17 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 17 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 18 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 26 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 30 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 31 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 33 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
37 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 49 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 49 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 80 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 81 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 84 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 85 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 85 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
87 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 87 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 88 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 88 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 89 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
89 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 89 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 90 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 90 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 91 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 91 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 92 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 92 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 93 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 97 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 98 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 99 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 99 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 102 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 104 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 107 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 108 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
112 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 113 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
114 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
114 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 114 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 115 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 115 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
115 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 115 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 116 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
116 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 116 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 116 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 116 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 116 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 116 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 116 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
116 mi away
World War I Memorial
117 mi away
World War II Memorial
117 mi away
Washington Monument
117 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
117 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
117 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
117 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
118 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
118 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
118 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 118 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
118 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
118 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
118 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
118 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
118 mi away
Constitution Gardens
118 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
119 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
119 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 120 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 120 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 120 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 121 mi away
Harmony Hall
121 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 121 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 123 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 124 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 124 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 125 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 125 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 126 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
127 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 131 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 131 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 134 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 136 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 138 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 141 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 143 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 143 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 143 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 144 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 156 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 156 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 157 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 160 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 177 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 186 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 187 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 189 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 190 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 193 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 194 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 195 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 196 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 198 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 198 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 198 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 199 mi away
Green Springs
202 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 202 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 212 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 215 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 216 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 224 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 234 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 234 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 238 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 239 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 240 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 243 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 243 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 246 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 256 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 256 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 256 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 257 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 262 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 275 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 275 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 277 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 277 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 278 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 279 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 280 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 282 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 283 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 287 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 294 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 295 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 298 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 298 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 302 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 306 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 307 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 333 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 339 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 341 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 344 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 350 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 354 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 356 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 357 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 398 mi away
Frances Perkins National Monument
National Monument 412 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 425 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 426 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Glassboro
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