National Parks Near Reading, Pennsylvania
175 national parks within 8 hours · 43 within 2 hours
43
Within 2 Hours
78
Within 4 Hours
44
Within 8 Hours
175
Total Parks
Reading, Pennsylvania is an excellent home base for exploring America's remarkable system of national parks and historic sites. With 175 national parks accessible within an eight-hour drive, visitors here are uniquely positioned to experience centuries of American history and natural beauty without extensive travel. The region is particularly rich in Revolutionary War and industrial heritage sites. Just 12 miles away lies Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, a perfectly preserved 19th-century iron plantation that offers a glimpse into America's industrial past. For those interested in hiking and scenic trails, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail is within reach at 27 miles, while Valley Forge National Historical Park, one of the most significant Revolutionary War sites in the nation, is only 30 miles away. These proximity options mean you can easily combine multiple parks in a single excursion without spending excessive time on the road.
Planning your park visits from Reading is straightforward and flexible depending on your available time. For a quick day trip, head to nearby Hopewell Furnace or Valley Forge, where you can comfortably spend four to six hours exploring and still return home by evening. If you have a full weekend, consider combining multiple parks, such as pairing Valley Forge with First State National Historical Park or Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, both within an hour's drive. Most parks offer free or minimal entrance fees, making them budget-friendly options. Check individual park websites in advance for seasonal hours, ranger-led programs, and visitor facilities. Spring through fall offers the most comfortable visiting conditions, though winter visits can be rewarding with fewer crowds. Start with the closest attractions to get oriented, then gradually expand your exploration radius as you discover which park types most interest you.
Map of Parks Near Reading
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Reading
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 12 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 27 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 30 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 40 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 49 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 49 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 49 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 50 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 50 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 59 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 67 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 73 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 74 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 75 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 75 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 78 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 79 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 80 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 81 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 82 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 94 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 94 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
99 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
99 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 99 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 100 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
101 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 102 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 102 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 102 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 103 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 103 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 103 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 103 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 104 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 104 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 105 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 105 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 105 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 107 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 107 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 108 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 109 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
112 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
112 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 113 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 113 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
114 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 115 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 115 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 115 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
115 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 115 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 115 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
115 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 115 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 115 mi away
World War I Memorial
116 mi away
World War II Memorial
116 mi away
Washington Monument
116 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
116 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
116 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
116 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 116 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 116 mi away
Constitution Gardens
116 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 116 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
117 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
117 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
117 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 117 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
117 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
117 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
117 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
117 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
117 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 117 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 117 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
117 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 118 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
118 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 119 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
120 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
121 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 123 mi away
Harmony Hall
124 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 127 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 129 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 131 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 133 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 136 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 138 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 139 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 143 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 144 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 144 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 144 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 144 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 150 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 156 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 156 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 158 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 158 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 162 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 164 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 169 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 181 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 181 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 183 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 186 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 197 mi away
Green Springs
200 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 200 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 204 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 209 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 210 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 213 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 215 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 218 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 218 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 218 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 221 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 222 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 230 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 233 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 233 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 236 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 254 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 256 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 257 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 259 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 276 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 280 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 284 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 285 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 285 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 286 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 287 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 287 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 287 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 288 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 288 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 289 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 292 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 294 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 297 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 299 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 301 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 302 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 303 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 305 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 309 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 321 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 325 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 332 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 341 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 360 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 370 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 382 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 386 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 403 mi away
Frances Perkins National Monument
National Monument 413 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 424 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 424 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 434 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Reading
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