National Parks Near Rockville, Maryland
182 national parks within 8 hours · 69 within 2 hours
69
Within 2 Hours
45
Within 4 Hours
63
Within 8 Hours
182
Total Parks
Rockville, Maryland is an excellent base for exploring some of America's most beautiful and historically significant natural and cultural landscapes. With an impressive 182 national parks and protected sites accessible within an eight-hour drive, visitors to this vibrant suburban community have nearly unlimited options for outdoor adventures and educational experiences. For those looking to stay close to home, the good news is even better: 69 parks lie within just two hours of Rockville, making spontaneous getaways entirely feasible. The closest parks are practically on your doorstep, with Great Falls Park, Glen Echo Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Clara Barton National Historic Site, and Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park all located just eight miles away. These nearby treasures offer everything from stunning waterfall views and recreational trails to rich American history and scenic canal towpaths, ensuring that world-class park experiences are never more than a quick drive away.
Planning a visit to Rockville's nearby national parks is wonderfully straightforward. For a quick half-day or full-day excursion, head directly to one of the eight-mile-distant parks like Great Falls Park, where you can enjoy dramatic views of the Potomac River's powerful cascades, or explore the historic Chesapeake & Ohio Canal with its peaceful pedestrian paths. If you have a full weekend, consider creating an itinerary that combines two or three nearby parks to maximize your experience—perhaps starting with Glen Echo Park's cultural attractions and then moving to the natural wonders of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Before heading out, check each park's website for seasonal hours, any entrance fees, and trail conditions. With so much natural beauty and history within such close proximity, you'll find that Rockville residents and visitors alike have unparalleled access to some of the region's greatest outdoor and cultural destinations.
Map of Parks Near Rockville
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Rockville
Great Falls Park
Park 8 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 8 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 8 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 8 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 8 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 11 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
11 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
12 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
13 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
14 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
14 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
14 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 14 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 14 mi away
World War I Memorial
15 mi away
World War II Memorial
15 mi away
Washington Monument
15 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
15 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
15 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
15 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
15 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
15 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
15 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
15 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 15 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
15 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 15 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 15 mi away
Constitution Gardens
15 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
15 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
16 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
16 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 16 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
17 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 17 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 17 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 18 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
18 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 20 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
21 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 23 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 23 mi away
Harmony Hall
25 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 27 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 27 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 27 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 33 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 33 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 35 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 37 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
37 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 37 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 38 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 39 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 41 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 43 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 50 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 51 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 57 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 62 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 63 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 70 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 78 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 82 mi away
Green Springs
91 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 99 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 99 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 107 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 107 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 111 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 115 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 115 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 120 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 122 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 122 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 123 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 123 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 123 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 125 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 131 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 132 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 132 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 134 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
135 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 139 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 141 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 147 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 147 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 148 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 150 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 155 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 161 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 179 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 181 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 183 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 194 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 195 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
198 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 199 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 199 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 200 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 200 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 201 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 201 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 201 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 202 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 202 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 202 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 203 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 207 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 208 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 210 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 216 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 216 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 224 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 227 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 230 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 232 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 232 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 246 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 247 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 251 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 251 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 252 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 252 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 253 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 265 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 266 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 267 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 277 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 277 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 279 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 284 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 290 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 298 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 299 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 312 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 318 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 318 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 324 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 327 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 329 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 347 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 350 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 357 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 358 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 359 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 360 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 362 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 371 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 372 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 374 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 375 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 381 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 381 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 385 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 387 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 388 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 389 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 389 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 391 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 391 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 392 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 392 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 393 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 393 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 394 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 394 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 395 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 398 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 405 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 412 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 417 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 422 mi away
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park 424 mi away
Ninety Six National Historic Site
National Historic Site 435 mi away
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
National Monument 435 mi away
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