National Parks Near Norwalk, Connecticut
165 national parks within 8 hours · 33 within 2 hours
33
Within 2 Hours
39
Within 4 Hours
86
Within 8 Hours
165
Total Parks
Norwalk, Connecticut offers an exceptional location for exploring America's national parks, with an impressive 165 parks within an eight-hour drive. This makes the city an ideal base for both casual day-trippers and dedicated park enthusiasts looking to experience the diversity of the National Park System. Just ten miles away, you'll find Weir Farm National Historical Park, the closest option and a wonderful introduction to the region's offerings. History buffs will appreciate Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, located just sixteen miles away, where you can tour the former home of President Theodore Roosevelt and explore the beautiful Long Island Sound shoreline. For those willing to venture a bit farther, Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site awaits just twenty-six miles from Norwalk, offering colonial-era architecture and rich American heritage. With thirty-three parks accessible within two hours and thirty-nine within four hours, you'll never run short of options for adventure and discovery.
Planning a visit to these nearby parks is remarkably straightforward from Norwalk. For a quick morning or afternoon outing, Weir Farm National Historical Park is perfect, offering peaceful walking trails and artist studios in just a short drive. Weekend trips open up significantly more possibilities, allowing you to explore multiple parks across two or three days. Consider combining closer destinations like Weir Farm with Sagamore Hill in a single day, or planning overnight trips to explore parks further afield. Check each park's website in advance for current hours, any admission fees, and parking availability, as some historic sites operate on limited schedules. The spring and fall months offer ideal weather for visiting, while summer weekends can draw larger crowds. Pack comfortable walking shoes, bring water and snacks, and allow extra time for traffic when traveling during peak hours, especially if heading toward New York City-area parks.
Map of Parks Near Norwalk
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Norwalk
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 10 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 16 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 26 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 34 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 35 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 36 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 39 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 40 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 40 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 41 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 42 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 42 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 42 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 43 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 43 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 44 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
45 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 46 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 48 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 51 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 52 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 54 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 63 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 79 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 80 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 81 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 88 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 92 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 94 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 94 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 96 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 103 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 103 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 113 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 115 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 118 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 119 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 121 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 121 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 121 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 122 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 127 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 130 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 134 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 138 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
141 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 143 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 143 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 145 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 146 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 147 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 147 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 149 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 150 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 151 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 152 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 156 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 163 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 165 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 173 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 178 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 180 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 183 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 204 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 204 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 207 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 210 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 210 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 214 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 219 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
219 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 219 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 222 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 232 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 233 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 234 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 236 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 236 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
241 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 242 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
242 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
242 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 243 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
243 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 243 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 244 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 244 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 244 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 244 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
244 mi away
World War I Memorial
245 mi away
Washington Monument
245 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
245 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
245 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
245 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
245 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 245 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 245 mi away
World War II Memorial
246 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
246 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
246 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
246 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
246 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
246 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
246 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 246 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
246 mi away
Constitution Gardens
246 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 246 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
247 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 247 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
247 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
248 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 250 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 250 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 250 mi away
Harmony Hall
251 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
253 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 253 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 254 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 256 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 256 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 259 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 262 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 270 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 273 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 274 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 275 mi away
Frances Perkins National Monument
National Monument 280 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 285 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 290 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 296 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 296 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 306 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 316 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 318 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 321 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 322 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 323 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 324 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 325 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 327 mi away
Green Springs
331 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 336 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 347 mi away
Acadia National Park
National Park 347 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 354 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 373 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 379 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 386 mi away
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
National Monument 409 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 412 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 413 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 416 mi away
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
International Park 417 mi away
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
International Historic Site 421 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 424 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 437 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Norwalk
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