National Parks Near Herndon, Virginia
184 national parks within 8 hours · 67 within 2 hours
67
Within 2 Hours
45
Within 4 Hours
66
Within 8 Hours
184
Total Parks
Herndon, Virginia is an excellent home base for exploring some of the nation's most remarkable protected lands. With 67 national parks accessible within just two hours of the city, and 184 parks reachable within eight hours, you'll find yourself surrounded by incredible opportunities for outdoor adventure, cultural experiences, and natural beauty. The closest options are remarkably convenient: Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts and Great Falls Park are both just seven miles away, while the historic Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park is only eight miles distant. Whether you're interested in catching a world-class performance, hiking scenic trails, or exploring America's industrial heritage, you can reach these destinations in minutes. Additional nearby treasures like Manassas National Battlefield Park and Glen Echo Park are within 13 miles, making Herndon an ideal launching point for experiencing the depth and diversity of the National Park System.
Planning a visit to these nearby parks from Herndon is wonderfully straightforward. For a quick afternoon outing, Wolf Trap and Great Falls Park are perfect choices that require minimal drive time, allowing you to maximize your time actually exploring. If you're planning a full weekend getaway, consider combining multiple parks into a cohesive trip—for example, you could visit Great Falls Park one day and the C&O Canal the next, since they're located in the same general direction. Check each park's website in advance for current hours, any entrance fees, and seasonal closures or events. Spring through fall offers the most pleasant weather for outdoor activities, though each season brings its own appeal. With so many options within easy reach, you can tailor your adventures to match your interests, energy level, and available time.
Map of Parks Near Herndon
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Herndon
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
7 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 7 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 8 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 13 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 13 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 13 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 13 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 14 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
18 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 18 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
18 mi away
World War II Memorial
19 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
19 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
19 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
19 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
19 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
19 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
19 mi away
Constitution Gardens
19 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
19 mi away
World War I Memorial
20 mi away
Washington Monument
20 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
20 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
20 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
20 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
20 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 20 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 20 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 20 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
20 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 21 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 21 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
22 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
22 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
23 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 23 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 23 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
24 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
24 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 24 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 26 mi away
Harmony Hall
26 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 26 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 26 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 27 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 27 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 29 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 31 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 36 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 39 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 47 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 47 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 47 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 48 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
49 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 49 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 49 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 53 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 57 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 59 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 59 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 67 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 76 mi away
Green Springs
78 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 86 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 98 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 103 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 110 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 112 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 114 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 119 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 120 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 121 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 123 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 127 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 127 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 130 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 130 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 131 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 132 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 134 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 137 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 137 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 137 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 138 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 147 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 147 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
148 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 156 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 160 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 162 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 162 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 181 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 191 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 196 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 197 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 202 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 209 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 210 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
212 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 213 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 214 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 215 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 215 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 215 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 216 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 216 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 217 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 217 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 217 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 218 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 218 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 222 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 223 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 223 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 225 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 229 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 231 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 238 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 245 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 246 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 261 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 262 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 264 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 266 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 266 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 266 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 272 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 274 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 276 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 280 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 283 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 291 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 292 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 304 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 306 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 310 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 314 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 326 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 333 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 340 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 341 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 343 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 344 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 345 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 351 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 356 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 360 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 363 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 365 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 366 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 371 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 374 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 375 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 376 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 378 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 382 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 387 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 399 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 399 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 401 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 403 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 404 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 404 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 404 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 405 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 406 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 406 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 407 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 409 mi away
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park 409 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 409 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 412 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 419 mi away
Ninety Six National Historic Site
National Historic Site 421 mi away
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
National Monument 421 mi away
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
National River & Recreation Area 432 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 437 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Herndon
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