National Parks Near West Haven, Connecticut
163 national parks within 8 hours · 33 within 2 hours
33
Within 2 Hours
31
Within 4 Hours
92
Within 8 Hours
163
Total Parks
West Haven, Connecticut is an excellent base for exploring some of America's most fascinating national parks and historic sites. Located in the heart of New England, you'll find 33 parks within just two hours of driving, with an impressive 163 parks accessible within an eight-hour radius. Whether you're interested in American art history, presidential heritage, or pristine coastal landscapes, you have remarkable variety at your fingertips. The closest option is Weir Farm National Historical Park, just 25 miles away in nearby Wilton, where you can walk the grounds that inspired American Impressionist painters. Equally accessible are Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (38 miles), the former home of President Theodore Roosevelt on Long Island's North Shore, and Fire Island National Seashore (40 miles), offering 26 miles of protected sandy beaches and maritime forests perfect for beach lovers and nature photographers.
Planning a visit from West Haven is wonderfully convenient, whether you're looking for a quick day trip or a longer weekend adventure. For a single day excursion, Weir Farm is ideal since it requires minimal driving time, allowing you to maximize your time exploring the artist studio and scenic trails. If you have a full weekend, consider combining multiple parks into a regional tour, such as pairing Sagamore Hill with nearby historic sites like Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site (52 miles) or Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (59 miles). Pack a picnic lunch, check park websites for seasonal hours and any entrance fees, and plan to visit during spring through fall for the best weather and accessibility. With so many exceptional destinations within easy driving distance, you can craft the perfect itinerary to match your interests and schedule.
Browse Parks by Drive Time from West Haven
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 25 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 38 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 40 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 52 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 59 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 60 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 60 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 61 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 61 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 62 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 65 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 66 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 66 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 66 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 67 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 67 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 68 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 68 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 69 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 69 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
70 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 70 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 74 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 74 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 80 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 83 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 85 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 87 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 89 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 89 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 92 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 103 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 109 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 111 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 118 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 119 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 120 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 121 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 121 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 122 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 123 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 124 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 124 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 127 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 127 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 127 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 128 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 130 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 137 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 141 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 146 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 147 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 147 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 147 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 153 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 157 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 158 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
162 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 164 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 165 mi away
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 169 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 185 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 191 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 216 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 227 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 230 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 232 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 236 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 236 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
245 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 245 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 246 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 248 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 253 mi away
Frances Perkins National Monument
National Monument 256 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 257 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 257 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 261 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 262 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
266 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
267 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 268 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
268 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 269 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 269 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
269 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 269 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 269 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
269 mi away
World War I Memorial
270 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
270 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
270 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
270 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 270 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 270 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 270 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 270 mi away
World War II Memorial
271 mi away
Washington Monument
271 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
271 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
271 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
271 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
271 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
271 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
271 mi away
Constitution Gardens
271 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
272 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
272 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
272 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 272 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 272 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 273 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
273 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
274 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 275 mi away
Harmony Hall
276 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 276 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 276 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
279 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 279 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 280 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 281 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 282 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 286 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 287 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 295 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 299 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 299 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 299 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 310 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 315 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 322 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 322 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 323 mi away
Acadia National Park
National Park 323 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 338 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 341 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 342 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 344 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 346 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 349 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 349 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 351 mi away
Green Springs
357 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 362 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 371 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 380 mi away
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
National Monument 387 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 391 mi away
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
International Park 392 mi away
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
International Historic Site 396 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 398 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 412 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 430 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 435 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 439 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near West Haven
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