National Parks Near Pasadena, Maryland
182 national parks within 8 hours · 73 within 2 hours
73
Within 2 Hours
42
Within 4 Hours
58
Within 8 Hours
182
Total Parks
Pasadena, Maryland is an exceptional base for exploring America's protected natural and historical treasures. With 73 national parks within just two hours and a remarkable 182 parks reachable within eight hours, this central Maryland location puts you in the heart of some of the country's most significant destinations. Your closest option is the iconic Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, located just eight miles away, where you can walk the same grounds that inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the War of 1812. A bit further afield, you'll find the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail at ten miles and the scenic Chesapeake Bay at thirteen miles, offering diverse experiences from maritime history to natural waterfront beauty. Whether you're a history enthusiast, nature lover, or casual traveler, Pasadena's proximity to these extraordinary parks makes it an ideal launching point for your national park adventures.
Planning your visits is straightforward and flexible depending on your schedule and interests. For a quick afternoon trip, Fort McHenry is perfect, requiring less than fifteen minutes of drive time and offering a rewarding two to three-hour experience. If you have a full day or weekend, consider creating a themed itinerary such as a Chesapeake Bay explorer's tour, visiting multiple parks along the water, or a War of 1812 history trail spanning nearby historical sites. We recommend checking each park's website beforehand for current hours, any entrance fees, and seasonal accessibility information. Pack accordingly for Maryland's weather, bring comfortable walking shoes, and consider downloading offline maps since connectivity can vary in some natural areas. With so many options within easy driving distance, you can mix and match parks based on weather, your energy level, and what calls to you on any given day.
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Pasadena
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 8 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 10 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
13 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 13 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 18 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 18 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 22 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
27 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
29 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
29 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 29 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 30 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 30 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
30 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 30 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
30 mi away
World War I Memorial
31 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
31 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
31 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
31 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 31 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 31 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 31 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 31 mi away
World War II Memorial
32 mi away
Washington Monument
32 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
32 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
32 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
32 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
32 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
32 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
32 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
32 mi away
Constitution Gardens
32 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
33 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
33 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
34 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 34 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 34 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
34 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 35 mi away
Harmony Hall
37 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 37 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 39 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 39 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 40 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
41 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 42 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 47 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 50 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 52 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 53 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 58 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 58 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 58 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 59 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 60 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 65 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 67 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 69 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 70 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 77 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 80 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 84 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 87 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 88 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 92 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 93 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 93 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 93 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 95 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
102 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 104 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 111 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 113 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 116 mi away
Green Springs
117 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 120 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 121 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 122 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 133 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 134 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 135 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 139 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 139 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 144 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 145 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 148 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 154 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 157 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 161 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 162 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 166 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 168 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
169 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 170 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 170 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 171 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 171 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 172 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 172 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 173 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 173 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 174 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 174 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 174 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 175 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 179 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 180 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 185 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 188 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 191 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 201 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 216 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 219 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 222 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 223 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 227 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 227 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 228 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 228 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 249 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 255 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 256 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 260 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 260 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 263 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 264 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 267 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 276 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 279 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 286 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 286 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 288 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 292 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 299 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 302 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 302 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 306 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 306 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 320 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 327 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 330 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 336 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 342 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 349 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 357 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 358 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 360 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 361 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 361 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 362 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 363 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 365 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 366 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 369 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 370 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 372 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 373 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 376 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 384 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 385 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 392 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 393 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 401 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 401 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 405 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 406 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 409 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 421 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 423 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 426 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 438 mi away
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