National Parks Near Leesburg, Virginia
184 national parks within 8 hours · 70 within 2 hours
70
Within 2 Hours
41
Within 4 Hours
68
Within 8 Hours
184
Total Parks
Leesburg, Virginia is an ideal home base for exploring some of America's most treasured national parks and historic sites. With 70 parks within just two hours of the city and 184 accessible within eight hours, this charming Northern Virginia town offers unprecedented access to diverse natural and cultural destinations. Whether you're interested in scenic trails, Civil War history, or world-class performing arts, you'll find exceptional options nearby. The closest attraction is the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, just four miles away, making it perfect for a quick morning hike or evening walk. For those willing to drive just 18 miles, you can explore the historic grounds of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, the natural beauty of Great Falls Park, or paddle along the scenic Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. Each destination offers unique experiences, from waterfall views to Revolutionary War heritage sites.
Planning a national park adventure from Leesburg is refreshingly simple thanks to the region's compact geography. For a day trip, consider visiting one of the nearby parks—Great Falls Park or Harpers Ferry are both manageable round trips that leave plenty of time for exploring. Pack a picnic, wear comfortable hiking shoes, and allow three to four hours for a moderate visit including travel time. For a more ambitious weekend getaway, you can tackle multiple parks across two days, perhaps combining the canal towpath walk with a visit to Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts just 19 miles away. No matter your interests or fitness level, the parks near Leesburg offer something for everyone, from leisurely scenic drives and historical tours to challenging backcountry trails and cultural events.
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Leesburg
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 4 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 18 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 18 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 18 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
19 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 20 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 20 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 24 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 24 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 24 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 27 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 29 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
30 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
30 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
30 mi away
World War II Memorial
31 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
31 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
31 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 31 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
31 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
31 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
31 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
31 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
31 mi away
Constitution Gardens
31 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 31 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
31 mi away
World War I Memorial
32 mi away
Washington Monument
32 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
32 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
32 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
32 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 32 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 32 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 33 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
34 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
34 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
35 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 35 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 35 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
36 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 36 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
36 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 37 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 37 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 38 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 38 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 39 mi away
Harmony Hall
39 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 39 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 41 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 49 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 50 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 52 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 52 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 53 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 56 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 56 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
58 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 58 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 65 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 72 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 79 mi away
Green Springs
81 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 89 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 97 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 106 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 107 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 108 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 108 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 113 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 117 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 119 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 122 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 132 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 132 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 135 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 137 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 138 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 139 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 141 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 141 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 141 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 141 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 142 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 144 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
156 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 159 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 160 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 163 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 166 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 172 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 181 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 188 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 196 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 196 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 197 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 205 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 211 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 214 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
215 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 216 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 216 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 217 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 218 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 218 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 218 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 218 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 219 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 219 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 219 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 220 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 221 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 224 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 225 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 233 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 234 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 237 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 241 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 241 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 247 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 259 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 263 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 265 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 265 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 266 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 266 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 266 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 267 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 268 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 271 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 276 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 290 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 296 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 302 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 303 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 304 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 323 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 325 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 328 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 333 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 338 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 341 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 343 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 345 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 346 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 353 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 354 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 361 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 362 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 365 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 368 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 372 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 373 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 374 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 377 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 378 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 390 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 392 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 400 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 403 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 404 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 405 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 405 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 406 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 407 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 407 mi away
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park 407 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 407 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 408 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 408 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 411 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 414 mi away
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
National Monument 415 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 421 mi away
Ninety Six National Historic Site
National Historic Site 423 mi away
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
National River & Recreation Area 427 mi away
Obed Wild & Scenic River
Wild & Scenic River 438 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 440 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Leesburg
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