National Parks Near Parkville, Maryland
182 national parks within 8 hours · 75 within 2 hours
75
Within 2 Hours
43
Within 4 Hours
54
Within 8 Hours
182
Total Parks
Parkville, Maryland is an exceptional base for exploring America's national parks and historic sites. Located in Baltimore County, this centrally positioned town puts you within striking distance of over 182 national parks and protected areas, with 75 accessible within just two hours of driving. Whether you're a history enthusiast, nature lover, or casual explorer, you'll find remarkable destinations right at your doorstep. The closest treasure is Hampton National Historic Site, situated just three miles away, making it perfect for a quick morning outing. Just a short drive further, you'll discover the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail at seven miles and the iconic Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine at eight miles—home to the very site that inspired America's national anthem. These nearby attractions offer rich colonial and American Revolution history combined with stunning waterfront views.
Planning a visit to these national parks from Parkville is wonderfully convenient and flexible. For a quick day trip, start with Hampton National Historic Site's mansion and grounds, then head to Fort McHenry for afternoon exploration—both can be comfortably visited in a single day with time for lunch in between. If you have a weekend available, consider combining these closer sites with a drive to the Chesapeake Bay area, just 29 miles away, where you can follow the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail for scenic water views and additional historic landmarks. Pack plenty of water, wear comfortable walking shoes, and check park websites for seasonal hours and any ranger programs happening during your visit. With such proximity to diverse parks, you can easily tailor your adventure to match your interests and available time.
Map of Parks Near Parkville
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Parkville
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 3 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 7 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 8 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
29 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 29 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 30 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 33 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
39 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
39 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 40 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
41 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 41 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
41 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 41 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
41 mi away
World War I Memorial
42 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
42 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 42 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 42 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 42 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 42 mi away
World War II Memorial
43 mi away
Washington Monument
43 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
43 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
43 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
43 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
43 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
43 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
43 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
43 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
43 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
43 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 43 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 43 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 43 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
43 mi away
Constitution Gardens
43 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 43 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
44 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
44 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 45 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 46 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 46 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
47 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 47 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 47 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
49 mi away
Harmony Hall
50 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 50 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 52 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 53 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 54 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 55 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 61 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 64 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 64 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 65 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 66 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 66 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 68 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 70 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 71 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 71 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 77 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 84 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 84 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 84 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 85 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 85 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 90 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 97 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
102 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 103 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 109 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 109 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 116 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 120 mi away
Green Springs
128 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 129 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 133 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 135 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 136 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 137 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 143 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 147 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 147 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 149 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 150 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 151 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 156 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
159 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 160 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 160 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 161 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 162 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 162 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 162 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 163 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 163 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 164 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 164 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 164 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 164 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 164 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 165 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 169 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 170 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 172 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 176 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 178 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 182 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 184 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 192 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 208 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 209 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 215 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 215 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 216 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 233 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 238 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 242 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 243 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 244 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 244 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 253 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 254 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 262 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 271 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 271 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 271 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 273 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 276 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 279 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 280 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 288 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 291 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 292 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 294 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 297 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 312 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 315 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 318 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 321 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 334 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 346 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 349 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 349 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 350 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 351 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 351 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 351 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 353 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 353 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 354 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 356 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 357 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 359 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 360 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 364 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 366 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 384 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 392 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 395 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 396 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 398 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 403 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 409 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 412 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 419 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 426 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 429 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 431 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Parkville
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