National Parks Near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
178 national parks within 8 hours · 71 within 2 hours
71
Within 2 Hours
50
Within 4 Hours
47
Within 8 Hours
178
Total Parks
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's central location in the Mid-Atlantic makes it an ideal base for exploring some of America's most significant national parks and historic sites. Whether you're a history buff, nature enthusiast, or casual day-tripper, you'll find exceptional options within a short drive. The region boasts an impressive 71 national parks within just two hours of the capital city, with 178 total parks accessible within an eight-hour radius. This abundance of protected lands means you can easily combine multiple visits into a single weekend or focus deeply on one park that captures your interest. The closest national site is the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument, situated just 16 miles away, followed by the iconic Appalachian National Scenic Trail at 25 miles and the historically significant Gettysburg National Military Park at 37 miles.
Planning a trip from Harrisburg is remarkably straightforward, whether you're looking for a quick afternoon outing or an extended weekend adventure. For day trips, consider starting with the nearby Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument or taking a scenic drive to Gettysburg, which offers robust visitor facilities and multiple museums to explore. If you have a full weekend, you can create an ambitious itinerary combining several parks, such as visiting Gettysburg on Saturday and the Eisenhower National Historic Site on Sunday, both within 40 miles of the city. Pack comfortable walking shoes, bring water and snacks, and check individual park websites for current hours and any seasonal closures. Spring and fall typically offer the most pleasant weather for park exploration, though each season brings unique beauty to Pennsylvania's landscapes and historic landmarks.
Map of Parks Near Harrisburg
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Harrisburg
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 16 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 25 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 37 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 39 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 53 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 59 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 61 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 69 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 70 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 72 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 72 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 76 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 77 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 80 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 85 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 86 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 89 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 90 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 90 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 91 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 91 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
91 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 91 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 92 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 92 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
93 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 93 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
94 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 94 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
94 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
95 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 95 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 95 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 95 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 95 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 95 mi away
World War I Memorial
96 mi away
World War II Memorial
96 mi away
Washington Monument
96 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
96 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
96 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
96 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
96 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
96 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
96 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
96 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
96 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 96 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 96 mi away
Constitution Gardens
96 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
96 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 96 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
97 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
97 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
97 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
97 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
97 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 97 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
98 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 98 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 100 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 100 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 101 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
102 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 104 mi away
Harmony Hall
106 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 107 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 107 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 108 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 108 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 110 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 116 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 117 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 120 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 121 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 122 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 128 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 132 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 136 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
136 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 140 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 143 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 144 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 147 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 149 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 149 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 152 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
152 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 152 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 153 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 154 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 154 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 154 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 155 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 155 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 155 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 157 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 158 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 159 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 165 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 166 mi away
Green Springs
170 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 177 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 182 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 183 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 183 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 185 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 186 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 186 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 191 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 192 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 194 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 206 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 207 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 209 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 211 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 212 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 212 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 215 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 216 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 219 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 225 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 227 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 236 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 239 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 244 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 252 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 252 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 255 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 257 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 263 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 266 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 267 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 276 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 289 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 302 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 303 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 305 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 307 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 307 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 322 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 322 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 324 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 325 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 326 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 328 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 330 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 331 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 332 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 332 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 334 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 334 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 335 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 335 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 339 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 340 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 343 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 347 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 356 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 373 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 374 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 378 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 383 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 408 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 413 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 430 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 431 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 432 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Harrisburg
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