National Parks Near Severn, Maryland
183 national parks within 8 hours · 73 within 2 hours
73
Within 2 Hours
41
Within 4 Hours
60
Within 8 Hours
183
Total Parks
Severn, Maryland is an ideal base for exploring some of the most historically rich and naturally beautiful national parks on the East Coast. With an impressive 183 national parks within an eight-hour drive, visitors to this Anne Arundel County community have incredible options for day trips and weekend getaways. The closest gem is Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, just 11 miles away, where you can walk the grounds that inspired the national anthem. Nearly equally close at 11 miles is the scenic Baltimore-Washington Parkway, perfect for a leisurely drive through nature, and at 12 miles you'll find the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail, which connects important War of 1812 sites. For those wanting to venture slightly farther, Greenbelt Park sits 15 miles away, offering hiking and camping opportunities, while the expansive Chesapeake Bay National Scenic Area is just 16 miles from town.
Planning a visit to any of these parks from Severn is remarkably convenient. For a quick day trip, head to Fort McHenry in the morning to explore the historic fort and enjoy bay views—the short 20-minute drive leaves plenty of time for a thorough visit. If you're looking for a more active day, the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and surrounding areas are perfect for scenic drives, picnicking, and photography. For weekend trips, consider combining multiple parks in one outing since they're all clustered in the surrounding region, allowing you to maximize your time and experience diverse landscapes in a single trip. Pack water and snacks, check park websites for seasonal hours and any entrance fees, and consider visiting during weekday mornings to avoid crowds at the most popular sites.
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Severn
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 11 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 11 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 12 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 15 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
16 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 16 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
20 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 20 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
21 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
22 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 23 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 23 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
23 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 23 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
23 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
24 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 24 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 24 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 24 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 24 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 24 mi away
World War I Memorial
25 mi away
World War II Memorial
25 mi away
Washington Monument
25 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
25 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
25 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
25 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
25 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
25 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
25 mi away
Constitution Gardens
25 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
26 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
26 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
26 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
26 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 26 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
26 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 27 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 27 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
27 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
28 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 31 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 31 mi away
Harmony Hall
32 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 32 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
33 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 34 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 37 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 41 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 44 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 46 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 50 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 53 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 54 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 55 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 55 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 56 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 57 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 60 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 66 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 72 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 77 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 79 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 87 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 89 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 89 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 94 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 99 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 100 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 100 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 100 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 105 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 108 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
110 mi away
Green Springs
111 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 117 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 118 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 118 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 123 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 126 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 132 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 133 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 133 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 133 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 134 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 139 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 141 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 148 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 157 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 161 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 161 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 166 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 166 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 167 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 173 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
176 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 177 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 177 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 177 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 178 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 178 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 179 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 179 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 180 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 180 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 180 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 181 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 181 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 185 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 186 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 194 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 195 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 208 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 216 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 223 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 224 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 225 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 228 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 233 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 234 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 234 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 241 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 249 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 256 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 260 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 261 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 261 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 264 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 270 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 273 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 273 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 284 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 289 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 294 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 296 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 298 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 298 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 301 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 309 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 311 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 327 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 333 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 334 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 337 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 342 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 349 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 363 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 365 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 366 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 366 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 367 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 367 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 369 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 370 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 371 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 373 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 376 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 376 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 378 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 378 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 378 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 383 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 386 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 394 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 395 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 398 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 399 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 400 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 402 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 414 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 415 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 419 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 432 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 437 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Severn
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