National Parks Near Lakewood, Ohio
176 national parks within 8 hours · 5 within 2 hours
5
Within 2 Hours
10
Within 4 Hours
145
Within 8 Hours
176
Total Parks
Lakewood, Ohio is an excellent home base for exploring some of America's most fascinating national parks and historic sites. With 176 national parks within an eight-hour drive, you'll find incredible outdoor experiences and historical treasures just minutes away from your doorstep. The crown jewel is undoubtedly Cuyahoga Valley National Park, located just 19 miles south, which offers stunning landscapes, hiking trails, and the scenic Towpath Trail. If you're interested in American history, the James A. Garfield National Historic Site is only 26 miles away, providing insight into the life of the 20th U.S. president. For those willing to venture a bit farther, the First Ladies National Historic Site sits 52 miles away in Canton, showcasing the lives and legacies of America's First Ladies. Whether you prefer natural wonders or historical landmarks, Lakewood puts you within striking distance of diverse attractions.
Planning a visit to these national parks from Lakewood is wonderfully convenient for both day trips and weekend getaways. For a quick day trip, Cuyahoga Valley National Park is perfect—you can easily spend several hours hiking, picnicking, or exploring the visitor center without ever leaving the greater Cleveland area. If you have a full weekend, consider combining multiple sites into a regional tour, perhaps visiting the historic sites around Canton, which cluster nicely within the 52-87 mile range. We recommend checking each park's website for seasonal hours and any entry requirements before you head out, and don't forget to pack water, comfortable hiking shoes, and a camera. The mild seasons of spring and fall offer the most pleasant weather for outdoor exploration, though each park has its own unique charm throughout the year.
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Lakewood
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 19 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 26 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 52 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 54 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 87 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 154 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 163 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 164 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 165 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 168 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 176 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 179 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 181 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 183 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 217 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 230 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 251 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 253 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 255 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 257 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 260 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 261 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 265 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 266 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 272 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 273 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 274 mi away
Indiana Dunes National Park
National Park 274 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 274 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 277 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 286 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 290 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 291 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 295 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 295 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 295 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
297 mi away
Pullman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 300 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 301 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 301 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 301 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 306 mi away
Green Springs
306 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
306 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
307 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 307 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
307 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
308 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
308 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 308 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
308 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
308 mi away
Constitution Gardens
308 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 308 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
308 mi away
World War I Memorial
309 mi away
World War II Memorial
309 mi away
Washington Monument
309 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
309 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
309 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
309 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
309 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
309 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 309 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
309 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 309 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 310 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 310 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 311 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
311 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 311 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
312 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
312 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 312 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 312 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 313 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
313 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
313 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 314 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 315 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 316 mi away
Harmony Hall
316 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 317 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 318 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 318 mi away
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
National Lakeshore 319 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 321 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 324 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 326 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 327 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
330 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 330 mi away
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
National Historical Park 339 mi away
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
National Monument 343 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 344 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 345 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 346 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 346 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 349 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 350 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 356 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 358 mi away
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
National Historical Park 360 mi away
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
National Memorial 361 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 363 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 364 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 364 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 364 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 365 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 366 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 366 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 372 mi away
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
National River & Recreation Area 375 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 376 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 376 mi away
Mammoth Cave National Park
National Park 376 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 381 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 384 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 391 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 396 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 398 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 400 mi away
Obed Wild & Scenic River
Wild & Scenic River 401 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 404 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
405 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 406 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 407 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 407 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
408 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 408 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 408 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 409 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 409 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 409 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 409 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 409 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 409 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 410 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 410 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 410 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 410 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 411 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 412 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 416 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 417 mi away
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
National Lakeshore 417 mi away
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park 417 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 420 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 421 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 426 mi away
Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
National Monument 427 mi away
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 427 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 430 mi away
Ice Age National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 430 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 431 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 433 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 434 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 439 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 439 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 439 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Lakewood
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