Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · 148 units within 8 hours
National Park System units within a drive of Baltimore
Baltimore has 70 national park sites within an estimated two hours' drive, the highest count among the 50 largest metros, with another 78 between two and eight hours. The closest is Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, about 5 minutes by road from the metro's Census centroid. Shenandoah National Park is the nearest unit carrying the National Park designation within four hours. The metro is the Baltimore area as the Census Bureau defines it, home to 2,859,024 people in the 2024 estimates.
Each drive time is an estimate made from the straight-line distance between the metro's Census centroid and the unit's listed coordinates, multiplied by 1.25 for roads and divided by 55 mph, so a real trip will often take longer.
Metro centroid Free to enter Charges an entrance fee
Under 2 hours
| Unit | Est. drive | Entry | 2025 visits | Campgrounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine National Monument and Historic Shrine · MD | 0.1 h | Fee | 283,027 | 0 |
| Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail National Historic Trail · MD, VA, DC | 0.1 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Hampton National Historic Site National Historic Site · MD | 0.2 h | Free | 48,158 | 0 |
| Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail National Historic Trail · VA, MD, DE, DC, PA, NY | 0.5 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Chesapeake Bay Related Area · DC, DE, MD, NY, PA, VA, WV | 0.5 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Baltimore-Washington Parkway Parkway · MD | 0.6 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Greenbelt Park Park · MD | 0.7 h | Free | 130,314 | 1 |
| African American Civil War Memorial Part of National Mall and Memorial Parks · DC | 0.8 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Anacostia Park Park · DC | 0.8 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Capitol Hill Parks Part of National Capital Parks-East · DC | 0.8 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site National Historic Site · DC | 0.8 h | Free | 20 | 0 |
| Civil War Defenses of Washington Related Area · DC, MD, VA | 0.8 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Fort Dupont Park Part of National Capital Parks-East · DC | 0.8 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens Part of National Capital Parks-East · DC | 0.8 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Rock Creek Park Park · DC | 0.8 h | Free | 1,865,048 | 0 |
| Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial Park Unit · VA | 0.9 h | Free | 363,284 | 0 |
| Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument National Monument · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 6,514 | 0 |
| Clara Barton National Historic Site National Historic Site · MD | 0.9 h | Free | 11,309 | 0 |
| Constitution Gardens Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Memorial · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 676,062 | 0 |
| Ford's Theatre National Historic Site National Historic Site · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 393,662 | 0 |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 2,832,124 | 0 |
| Frederick Douglass National Historic Site National Historic Site · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 29,378 | 0 |
| Glen Echo Park Park · MD | 0.9 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| George Washington Memorial Parkway Memorial Parkway · DC, MD, VA | 0.9 h | Free | 6,732,932 | 0 |
| Korean War Veterans Memorial Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 3,975,010 | 0 |
| Lincoln Memorial Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 7,743,295 | 0 |
| LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 236,042 | 0 |
| Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site National Historic Site · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 3,123 | 0 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 2,843,263 | 0 |
| National Capital Parks-East Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| National Mall and Memorial Parks Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Pennsylvania Avenue Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 115,618 | 0 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Island Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 159,828 | 0 |
| Thomas Jefferson Memorial Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 4,848,112 | 0 |
| Washington Monument Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 204,489 | 0 |
| The White House and President's Park Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 311,213 | 0 |
| World War II Memorial Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 3,993,717 | 0 |
| World War I Memorial Park Unit · DC | 0.9 h | Free | 838,999 | 0 |
| Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park National Historical Park · DC, MD, WV | 1 h | Fee | 4,579,704 | 37 |
| Fort Foote Park Park · MD | 1 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Great Falls Park Park · VA | 1 h | Fee | no count | 0 |
| Harmony Hall Part of National Capital Parks-East · MD | 1 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Monocacy National Battlefield National Battlefield · MD | 1 h | Free | 116,902 | 0 |
| Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm Part of National Capital Parks-East · MD | 1 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Park Unit · VA | 1 h | Free | 437,413 | 0 |
| Fort Washington Park Park · MD | 1.1 h | Free | 502,171 | 0 |
| Piscataway Park Park · MD | 1.1 h | Free | 275,070 | 0 |
| Catoctin Mountain Park Park · MD | 1.2 h | Free | 460,857 | 6 |
| Eisenhower National Historic Site National Historic Site · PA | 1.2 h | Free | 75,328 | 0 |
| Gettysburg National Military Park National Military Park · PA | 1.2 h | Free | 730,398 | 0 |
| Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail National Scenic Trail · DC, MD, PA, VA | 1.2 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park National Historical Park · WV, VA, MD | 1.4 h | Fee | 537,876 | 0 |
| Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park National Historical Park · MD | 1.4 h | Free | 15,348 | 0 |
| Manassas National Battlefield Park National Battlefield Park · VA | 1.4 h | Free | 473,482 | 0 |
| Thomas Stone National Historic Site National Historic Site · MD | 1.4 h | Free | 4,910 | 0 |
| Antietam National Battlefield National Battlefield · MD | 1.5 h | Fee | 161,006 | 0 |
| First State National Historical Park National Historical Park · DE, PA | 1.5 h | Free | 200,173 | 0 |
| Prince William Forest Park Park · VA | 1.5 h | Fee | 339,015 | 10 |
| Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument National Monument · PA | 1.6 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Appalachian National Scenic Trail National Scenic Trail · CT, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, TN, VA, VT, WV | 1.7 h | Free | 6,215,118 | 0 |
| Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site National Historic Site · PA | 1.7 h | Free | 45,897 | 0 |
| George Washington Birthplace National Monument National Monument · VA | 1.8 h | Free | 72,072 | 0 |
| Valley Forge National Historical Park National Historical Park · PA | 1.8 h | Free | 1,819,086 | 0 |
| Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park National Military Park · VA | 1.9 h | Free | 765,991 | 0 |
| Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site National Historic Site · PA | 2 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site National Historic Site · PA | 2 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Independence National Historical Park National Historical Park · PA | 2 h | Free | 1,926,580 | 0 |
| Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial National Memorial · PA | 2 h | Free | 1,664 | 0 |
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Metro boundaries and population from the Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimates; centroids from the Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer, CBSA internal points. Unit coordinates, fees, campgrounds and 2025 recreation visits from the NPS API and Visitor Use Statistics. Data refreshed October 14, 2026. Other metros.