National Parks Near Wilmington, Delaware
174 national parks within 8 hours · 81 within 2 hours
81
Within 2 Hours
37
Within 4 Hours
45
Within 8 Hours
174
Total Parks
Wilmington, Delaware offers an exceptional location for exploring America's national parks and historic sites. Whether you're a history enthusiast, nature lover, or casual day-tripper, you'll find incredible options within easy reach. The Wilmington area provides access to an impressive 174 national parks and protected sites within an eight-hour drive, with 81 of those located within just two hours. Best of all, you won't need to travel far to start your adventure. First State National Historical Park sits just six miles away, making it perfect for a quick outing, while iconic destinations like Valley Forge National Historical Park, Independence National Historical Park, and Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial are all conveniently located about 25 miles from the city. These nearby parks showcase pivotal moments in American history and offer diverse landscapes, from battlefield sites to cultural landmarks.
Planning your visit from Wilmington is straightforward and flexible, accommodating everything from a few hours to an extended weekend getaway. For a quick day trip, start at First State National Historical Park to explore Delaware's colonial heritage without leaving the immediate area, then consider driving to one of the nearby 25-mile destinations if you have additional time. For a more ambitious weekend trip, you can visit multiple parks by grouping them geographically, such as combining Valley Forge and Independence National Historical Park in the Philadelphia area or exploring several sites along the historic corridor. Before heading out, check individual park websites for seasonal hours, entrance fees, and any special exhibits or ranger programs. Pack comfortable walking shoes and bring water, as most parks involve substantial outdoor exploration. With such remarkable variety just minutes away, Wilmington serves as an ideal home base for discovering America's most important historical and natural treasures.
Map of Parks Near Wilmington
Browse Parks by Drive Time from Wilmington
First State National Historical Park
National Historical Park 6 mi away
Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Historical Park 25 mi away
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
National Memorial 25 mi away
Independence National Historical Park
National Historical Park 25 mi away
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 25 mi away
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
National Historic Site 26 mi away
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 34 mi away
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 44 mi away
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
National Reserve 50 mi away
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
National Wild and Scenic River 54 mi away
Great Egg Harbor River
56 mi away
Hampton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 60 mi away
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
National Monument and Historic Shrine 64 mi away
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 65 mi away
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 66 mi away
Chesapeake Bay
73 mi away
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail 73 mi away
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Parkway 86 mi away
Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park 88 mi away
Greenbelt Park
Park 89 mi away
Gettysburg National Military Park
National Military Park 90 mi away
Eisenhower National Historic Site
National Historic Site 92 mi away
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
National Monument 93 mi away
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
94 mi away
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Historical Park 94 mi away
Fort Dupont Park
96 mi away
Civil War Defenses of Washington
96 mi away
Rock Creek Park
Park 97 mi away
Capitol Hill Parks
97 mi away
Anacostia Park
Park 97 mi away
National Capital Parks-East
98 mi away
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Historic Site 98 mi away
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Historic Site 98 mi away
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
National Historic Site 98 mi away
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
National Historic Site 98 mi away
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
National Monument 98 mi away
African American Civil War Memorial
98 mi away
World War I Memorial
99 mi away
World War II Memorial
99 mi away
Washington Monument
99 mi away
The White House and President’s Park
99 mi away
Pennsylvania Avenue
99 mi away
National Mall and Memorial Parks
99 mi away
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Memorial 99 mi away
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
100 mi away
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
National Historical Park 100 mi away
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
100 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Island
100 mi away
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
100 mi away
Lincoln Memorial
100 mi away
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
100 mi away
Korean War Veterans Memorial
100 mi away
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
100 mi away
Constitution Gardens
100 mi away
National Parks of New York Harbor
101 mi away
Glen Echo Park
Park 101 mi away
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Memorial Parkway 101 mi away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 101 mi away
Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Historic Site 101 mi away
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
101 mi away
Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
102 mi away
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Battlefield 102 mi away
Catoctin Mountain Park
Park 102 mi away
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
National Monument 103 mi away
Gateway National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 103 mi away
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument 103 mi away
Harmony Hall
104 mi away
Governors Island National Monument
National Monument 104 mi away
Fort Foote Park
Park 104 mi away
Castle Clinton National Monument
National Monument 104 mi away
Great Falls Park
Park 105 mi away
Federal Hall National Memorial
National Memorial 105 mi away
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park 105 mi away
African Burial Ground National Monument
National Monument 105 mi away
Stonewall National Monument
National Monument 106 mi away
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
National Historic Site 106 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
National Historic Site 107 mi away
Fort Washington Park
Park 107 mi away
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
108 mi away
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
National Historical Park 108 mi away
Piscataway Park
Park 109 mi away
General Grant National Memorial
National Memorial 111 mi away
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
National Memorial 112 mi away
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 113 mi away
Steamtown National Historic Site
National Historic Site 115 mi away
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
National Historic Site 116 mi away
Assateague Island National Seashore
National Seashore 118 mi away
Antietam National Battlefield
National Battlefield 118 mi away
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
National Historic Site 120 mi away
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Historical Park 121 mi away
Manassas National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 124 mi away
Prince William Forest Park
Park 127 mi away
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
National Monument 130 mi away
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 134 mi away
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Scenic & Recreational River 135 mi away
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Military Park 144 mi away
Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore 149 mi away
Weir Farm National Historical Park
National Historical Park 152 mi away
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
National Historical Park 156 mi away
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 164 mi away
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
National Historic Site 164 mi away
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
National Historic Site 165 mi away
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
National Historic Site 167 mi away
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
National Memorial 176 mi away
Shenandoah National Park
National Park 179 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial
National Memorial 179 mi away
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 182 mi away
Richmond National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 182 mi away
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
National Historic Site 183 mi away
Colonial National Historical Park
National Historical Park 183 mi away
Green Springs
185 mi away
Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 187 mi away
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
National Historic Site 193 mi away
Fort Monroe National Monument
National Monument 193 mi away
Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Part of Colonial National Historical Park 196 mi away
Petersburg National Battlefield
National Battlefield 205 mi away
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
National Historic Site 205 mi away
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National Battlefield 215 mi away
Coltsville National Historical Park
National Historical Park 224 mi away
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
National Historic Site 225 mi away
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
National Historical Park 225 mi away
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
National Historical Park 229 mi away
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
National Historic Site 233 mi away
New England National Scenic Trail
National Scenic Trail 236 mi away
Fort Stanwix National Monument
National Monument 240 mi away
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
National Historical Park 240 mi away
Saratoga National Historical Park
National Historical Park 246 mi away
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
National Historic Site 253 mi away
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Memorial 257 mi away
Roger Williams National Memorial
National Memorial 260 mi away
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Historic Site 263 mi away
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
National Historical Park 263 mi away
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
National Historical Park 275 mi away
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
National Historic Site 278 mi away
Minute Man National Historical Park
National Historical Park 289 mi away
Booker T Washington National Monument
National Monument 290 mi away
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
National Historic Site 291 mi away
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
National Historic Site 292 mi away
Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
National Historic Site 293 mi away
Adams National Historical Park
National Historical Park 293 mi away
Boston African American National Historic Site
National Historic Site 295 mi away
Boston National Historical Park
National Historical Park 296 mi away
Lowell National Historical Park
National Historical Park 297 mi away
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 298 mi away
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Seashore 299 mi away
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
National Historic Site 302 mi away
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
National Historical Park 307 mi away
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
National Historical Park 309 mi away
Marsh – Billings – Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Historical Park 310 mi away
Gauley River National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area 312 mi away
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Historic Site 316 mi away
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
National Park & Preserve 321 mi away
Cape Cod National Seashore
National Seashore 325 mi away
Bluestone National Scenic River
National Scenic River 330 mi away
James A Garfield National Historic Site
National Historic Site 332 mi away
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National Park 334 mi away
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Military Park 342 mi away
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Seashore 342 mi away
Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield 391 mi away
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Memorial 403 mi away
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Historical Park 403 mi away
Frances Perkins National Monument
National Monument 426 mi away
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
National Battlefield Park 436 mi away
Guided Tours & Experiences Near Wilmington
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