National Parks Near South Laurel, Maryland
182 national parks within 8 hours · 74 within 2 hours
74
Within 2 Hours
41
Within 4 Hours
60
Within 8 Hours
182
Total Parks
South Laurel, Maryland is an ideal base for exploring some of the East Coast's most remarkable national parks and protected areas. With 74 parks within just a two-hour drive and 182 parks accessible within eight hours, you'll find extraordinary natural and historical destinations remarkably close to home. The Baltimore-Washington Parkway lies just two miles away, making it perfect for a quick scenic drive or short hike. Nearby you'll also discover the lush woodlands and wildlife viewing opportunities at Greenbelt Park, only six miles distant, and the stunning aquatic gardens and wetlands of Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens at eleven miles. Whether you're interested in Civil War history, pristine natural landscapes, or urban green spaces, the concentration of protected lands surrounding South Laurel offers something for every outdoor enthusiast and history buff.
Planning a visit to these nearby parks is straightforward and flexible depending on your schedule. For a quick day trip, start with the closest attractions like the Baltimore-Washington Parkway or Greenbelt Park, where you can enjoy hiking, picnicking, or wildlife photography within 30 minutes of home. If you're planning a more ambitious weekend adventure, consider combining multiple parks into a themed itinerary—perhaps a history-focused trip visiting Civil War Defenses of Washington and other historical sites, or a nature-focused excursion exploring Rock Creek Park and Kenilworth's natural beauty. Most parks operate year-round, though spring and fall offer the most comfortable visiting conditions. Check individual park websites for current hours, entrance fees, and any seasonal closures before heading out, and always pack water, sunscreen, and appropriate footwear for trail exploration.
Browse Parks by Drive Time from South Laurel
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 2 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 6 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
11 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
12 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 13 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 14 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
14 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 14 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
14 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 14 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 14 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
14 mi away
World War I Memorial
15 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
15 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
15 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
15 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 15 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 15 mi away
World War II Memorial
16 mi away
Washington Monument
16 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
16 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
16 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
16 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
16 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
16 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
16 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
16 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 16 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
16 mi away
Constitution Gardens
16 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
17 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 17 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 17 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
17 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 18 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 20 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
20 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 20 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
20 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 20 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 22 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 22 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 22 mi away
Harmony Hall
23 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
24 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 26 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 28 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 28 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 36 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 37 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 38 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 41 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 44 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 51 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 53 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 55 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 56 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 56 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 57 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 60 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 63 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 78 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 81 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 87 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 96 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 96 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 98 mi away
Green Springs
101 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 104 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 109 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 109 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 109 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 109 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 110 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 111 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 111 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
119 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 127 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 128 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 128 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 129 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 129 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 132 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 133 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 134 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 135 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 136 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 144 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 154 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 155 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 157 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 170 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 172 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 174 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 175 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 182 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
185 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 186 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 187 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 187 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 188 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 188 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 189 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 189 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 190 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 190 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 191 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 191 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 195 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 196 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 203 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 204 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 207 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 218 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 220 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 225 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 232 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 233 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 235 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 239 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 242 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 243 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 243 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 247 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 260 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 260 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 266 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 267 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 268 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 269 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 281 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 286 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 292 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 294 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 296 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 298 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 303 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 307 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 318 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 319 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 326 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 334 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 336 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 344 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 347 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 359 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 362 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 368 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 369 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 373 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 375 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 376 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 377 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 377 mi away
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 379 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 379 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 380 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 381 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 382 mi away
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site 384 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 385 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 385 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 386 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 387 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 391 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 393 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 393 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 396 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 405 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 406 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 408 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 411 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 424 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 428 mi away
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park 437 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near South Laurel
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