National Parks Near Union City, New Jersey
167 national parks within 8 hours · 38 within 2 hours
38
Within 2 Hours
83
Within 4 Hours
38
Within 8 Hours
167
Total Parks
Union City, New Jersey, is an ideal launching point for exploring America's national parks and historic sites. Located in the heart of the New York metropolitan area, this vibrant city puts visitors within striking distance of an incredible 167 national parks across an eight-hour radius. Best of all, 38 parks lie within just two hours of Union City, making it remarkably easy to experience world-class historical and natural attractions without lengthy travel times. The closest gem is the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, situated just three miles away, where you can explore the restored 1848 townhouse where the 26th president was born. Equally close at three miles is the Stonewall National Monument, a pivotal landmark in LGBTQ+ history. For those willing to venture a few more miles, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Federal Hall National Memorial, and Castle Clinton National Monument—all within four miles—offer compelling stories of immigration, American democracy, and maritime heritage.
Planning a visit to these nearby parks is refreshingly straightforward. For a quick half-day or full-day excursion, consider combining two or three of the closest sites within Manhattan, which are easily accessible via public transportation from Union City. Many national historic sites offer free or low-cost admission and typically require one to three hours to explore thoroughly. For a more ambitious weekend trip, you might venture slightly farther to parks within the four-hour range, expanding your options to 83 sites. We recommend checking individual park websites for current hours, any required reservations, and seasonal closures before planning your visit. Whether you're a history enthusiast, nature lover, or casual tourist, Union City's proximity to this remarkable concentration of protected sites means enriching cultural and recreational experiences are never far away.
Map of Parks Near Union City
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Union City
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 3 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 3 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 4 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 4 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 4 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 4 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 5 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 5 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 5 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 5 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 6 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
7 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 11 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 13 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 14 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 15 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 26 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 29 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 45 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 54 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 54 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 56 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 64 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 65 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 69 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 69 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 71 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 81 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 81 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 82 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 82 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 82 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 87 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 96 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 99 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 101 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 103 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
106 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 112 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 119 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 125 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 128 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 131 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 150 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 155 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 155 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 157 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 164 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 170 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 170 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 170 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 172 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
180 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 180 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 181 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 183 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 183 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 184 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 185 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 186 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 187 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 187 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 189 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 190 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 191 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 192 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 192 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 195 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 195 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 196 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 197 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 197 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 198 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
201 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
202 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 203 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 203 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 203 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
203 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 203 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 204 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 204 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
204 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 204 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
204 mi away
World War I Memorial
205 mi away
Washington Monument
205 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
205 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
205 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
205 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
205 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 205 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 205 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 205 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 206 mi away
World War II Memorial
206 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
206 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
206 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
206 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
206 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
206 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
206 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 206 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
206 mi away
Constitution Gardens
206 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 206 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 207 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
207 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 207 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
207 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
208 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 210 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 210 mi away
Harmony Hall
211 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 211 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 212 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
213 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 213 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 215 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 216 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 216 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 220 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 222 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 222 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 230 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 234 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 235 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 239 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 250 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 251 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 257 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 260 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 279 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 281 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 284 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 286 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 286 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 286 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 286 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 288 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 289 mi away
Green Springs
291 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 300 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 309 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 318 mi away
Frances Perkins National Monument
National Monument 320 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 340 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 346 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 347 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 380 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 384 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 385 mi away
Acadia National Park
National Park 387 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 394 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 397 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 412 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 423 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 429 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 433 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Union City
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