National Parks Near Silver Spring, Maryland
182 national parks within 8 hours · 70 within 2 hours
70
Within 2 Hours
44
Within 4 Hours
62
Within 8 Hours
182
Total Parks
Silver Spring, Maryland, is an ideal base for exploring some of America's most significant national parks and historic sites. Located in the heart of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, this vibrant community puts you within striking distance of an incredible 182 national parks and protected sites—with 70 accessible within just two hours and 44 within four hours. Whether you're a history enthusiast, nature lover, or casual explorer, you'll find remarkable destinations practically on your doorstep. The closest park, Civil War Defenses of Washington, sits just three miles away and offers fascinating insights into Civil War history. Rock Creek Park, one of the nation's most visited parks, is only four miles away and features miles of scenic trails, historic sites, and recreational opportunities. Just a bit further out at six miles each, you'll discover the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site and the African American Civil War Memorial, both essential stops for understanding American history and culture.
Planning a visit to these nearby parks from Silver Spring is refreshingly simple and flexible. For a quick exploration, you can easily spend a few hours at one of the closest sites without needing to commit to a full day trip—perfect for weekday evenings or short weekend outings. For a more comprehensive adventure, dedicate a weekend to exploring multiple parks; with 44 parks within four hours, you can strategically combine several destinations to create a meaningful and diverse experience. Consider mapping out your interests first—whether you're drawn to military history, natural landscapes, or cultural heritage—and let that guide your itinerary. Pack comfortable walking shoes, bring water and snacks, and check individual park websites for hours and any current updates before heading out. With Silver Spring's central location and excellent road connections, you're positioned perfectly to experience the wealth of America's natural and cultural treasures.
Map of Parks Near Silver Spring
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Silver Spring
Civil War Defenses of Washington
3 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 4 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 6 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
6 mi away
World War I Memorial
7 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
7 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 7 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
7 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 7 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 7 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 7 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 7 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 7 mi away
World War II Memorial
8 mi away
Washington Monument
8 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
8 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
8 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
8 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
8 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
8 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
8 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
8 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
8 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
8 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 8 mi away
Constitution Gardens
8 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
8 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 8 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
9 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
9 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 9 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
9 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 9 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
10 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 10 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 12 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 12 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
14 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
14 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 16 mi away
Harmony Hall
18 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 20 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 22 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 29 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
29 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 29 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 30 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 30 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 31 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 32 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 33 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 35 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 37 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 44 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 50 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 51 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 55 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 56 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 56 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 57 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 61 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 69 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 84 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 86 mi away
Green Springs
92 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 97 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 102 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 103 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 106 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 107 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 113 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 116 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 119 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 119 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 119 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 120 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 124 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 125 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 125 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 126 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 128 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
129 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 129 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 132 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 138 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 143 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 143 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 145 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 148 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 148 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 154 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 164 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 179 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 181 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 183 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 192 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
195 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 196 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 197 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 197 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 197 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 197 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 198 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 198 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 199 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 200 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 200 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 200 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 201 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 205 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 206 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 211 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 214 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 219 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 222 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 224 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 228 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 229 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 237 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 243 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 244 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
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 259 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 262 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 270 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 271 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 278 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 286 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 287 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 290 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 291 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 293 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 302 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 312 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 317 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 320 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 325 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 327 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 327 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 347 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 354 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 356 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 357 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 359 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 359 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 369 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 370 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 374 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 376 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 382 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 383 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 383 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 384 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 386 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 387 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 387 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 389 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 389 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 390 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 390 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 392 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 393 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 395 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 395 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 395 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 396 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 402 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 402 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 415 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 418 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 419 mi away
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park 427 mi away
Ninety Six National Historic Site
National Historic Site 435 mi away
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