National Parks Near Washington, District of Columbia
183 national parks within 8 hours · 69 within 2 hours
69
Within 2 Hours
46
Within 4 Hours
62
Within 8 Hours
183
Total Parks
Washington, District of Columbia is an exceptional base for exploring America's incredible national parks system. With 183 parks accessible within an eight-hour drive, the nation's capital offers unparalleled opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts and history buffs alike. Best of all, you don't need to travel far to experience protected natural and historical sites—some of the most iconic parks are practically on your doorstep. The World War I Memorial and Washington Monument are each just one mile away, offering immediate access to world-class monuments and green spaces. The National Mall and Memorial Parks, another mile distant, provides miles of walking paths and cultural attractions. Whether you're a local looking for a quick outdoor escape or a visitor planning an extended stay, Washington's proximity to these renowned sites makes it easy to combine urban exploration with nature appreciation.
Planning a national park adventure from Washington is straightforward thanks to the concentration of parks within close proximity. For a spontaneous day trip, explore the 69 parks located within two hours, which offer everything from scenic hiking trails to historical battlefields. If you have a full weekend, consider venturing to the 46 parks within four hours, expanding your options significantly. Start by identifying which parks align with your interests—whether that's Civil War history, natural landscapes, or monument viewing—then check park websites for current hours, entrance fees, and any seasonal closures. Pack accordingly for the season, bring plenty of water, and wear comfortable walking shoes. With so many options nearby, you can easily customize your itinerary to match your schedule, fitness level, and interests, making Washington an ideal launchpad for meaningful park experiences.
Map of Parks Near Washington
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Washington
World War I Memorial
1 mi away
Washington Monument
1 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
1 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
1 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
1 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 1 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 1 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 1 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 1 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 1 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
1 mi away
World War II Memorial
2 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
2 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
2 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
2 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
2 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
2 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
2 mi away
Constitution Gardens
2 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
2 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
3 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
3 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
3 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 3 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
3 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 3 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 4 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
4 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
4 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
4 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
7 mi away
Greenbelt 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
Fort Foote Park
Park 9 mi away
Harmony Hall
11 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 12 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 13 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
14 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 14 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 14 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 15 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 26 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 29 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
29 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 29 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 30 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 32 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 34 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 34 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 38 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 42 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 48 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 49 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 49 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 55 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 57 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 57 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 63 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 64 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 70 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 83 mi away
Green Springs
87 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 91 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 97 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 99 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 101 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 109 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 112 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 112 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 118 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 118 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 118 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 120 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 121 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 123 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 123 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 123 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 124 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 128 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
130 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 134 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 136 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 137 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 142 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 143 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 146 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 147 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 150 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 151 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 167 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 184 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 187 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 189 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 193 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 196 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
199 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 200 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 201 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 201 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 201 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 202 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 202 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 203 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 204 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 204 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 205 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 205 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 209 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 210 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 213 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 217 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 217 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 218 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 221 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 227 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 231 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 234 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 246 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 247 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 249 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 253 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 256 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 257 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 257 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 266 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 277 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 278 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 283 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 284 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 291 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 293 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 296 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 298 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 308 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 313 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 317 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 321 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 326 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 332 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 333 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 350 mi away
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 354 mi away
Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Military Park 355 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 358 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 360 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 361 mi away
Cowpens National Battlefield
National Battlefield 371 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
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument 372 mi away
Blue Ridge Parkway
Parkway 379 mi away
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National Historical Park 384 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 387 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 389 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 390 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 391 mi away
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 391 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 391 mi away
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National Historical Park 393 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 393 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 394 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 394 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 395 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 396 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 399 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 400 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 401 mi away
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
National Historic Site 402 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 407 mi away
Congaree National Park
National Park 410 mi away
Camp Nelson National Monument
National Monument 418 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 430 mi away
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
National Monument 439 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Washington
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