| Cumberland Gap National Historical Park National Historical Park · KY, TN, VA | 4.2 h | Free | 765,010 | 1 |
| Appomattox Court House National Historical Park National Historical Park · VA | 4.3 h | Free | 77,496 | 0 |
| New River Gorge National Park & Preserve National Park & Preserve · WV | 4.3 h | Free | 1,958,440 | 9 |
| Reconstruction Era National Historical Park National Historical Park · SC | 4.4 h | Free | 23,206 | 0 |
| Gauley River National Recreation Area National Recreation Area · WV | 4.8 h | Free | 213,596 | 1 |
| Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area National Recreation Area · GA | 4.9 h | Fee | 2,901,903 | 0 |
| Fort Pulaski National Monument National Monument · GA | 4.9 h | Fee | 320,926 | 0 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park National Historical Park · GA | 5.1 h | Free | 647,349 | 0 |
| Obed Wild & Scenic River Wild & Scenic River · TN | 5.1 h | Free | no count | 1 |
| Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park National Historical Park · GA | 5.2 h | Free | 112,071 | 0 |
| Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park National Battlefield Park · GA | 5.3 h | Fee | 1,179,671 | 0 |
| Petersburg National Battlefield National Battlefield · VA | 5.3 h | Free | 494,358 | 0 |
| Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area National River & Recreation Area · KY, TN | 5.4 h | Free | 774,353 | 5 |
| Green Springs Affiliated Area · VA | 5.6 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Maggie L Walker National Historic Site National Historic Site · VA | 5.7 h | Free | 4,657 | 0 |
| Richmond National Battlefield Park National Battlefield Park · VA | 5.7 h | Free | 149,545 | 0 |
| Cape Lookout National Seashore National Seashore · NC | 5.8 h | Free | 512,737 | 3 |
| Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park National Military Park · GA, TN | 5.8 h | Fee | 971,647 | 0 |
| Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument National Monument · KY | 5.8 h | Free | 10,527 | 0 |
| Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park Part of Colonial National Historical Park · VA | 6 h | Fee | no count | 0 |
| Shenandoah National Park National Park · VA | 6 h | Fee | 1,682,152 | 4 |
| Colonial National Historical Park National Historical Park · VA | 6.2 h | Fee | 1,582,994 | 0 |
| Fort Frederica National Monument National Monument · GA | 6.2 h | Free | 108,043 | 0 |
| Camp Nelson National Monument National Monument · KY | 6.3 h | Free | 20,763 | 0 |
| Little River Canyon National Preserve National Preserve · AL | 6.3 h | Fee | 781,518 | 0 |
| Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park Part of Colonial National Historical Park · VA | 6.3 h | Fee | no count | 0 |
| Andersonville National Historic Site National Historic Site · GA | 6.4 h | Free | 61,850 | 0 |
| Fort Monroe National Monument National Monument · VA | 6.4 h | Free | no count | 1 |
| Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park National Military Park · VA | 6.5 h | Free | 765,991 | 0 |
| Russell Cave National Monument National Monument · AL | 6.5 h | Free | 7,821 | 0 |
| Cape Hatteras National Seashore National Seashore · NC | 6.6 h | Free | 2,684,009 | 4 |
| Fort Raleigh National Historic Site National Historic Site · NC | 6.6 h | Free | 266,775 | 0 |
| Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park Part of Colonial National Historical Park · VA | 6.7 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Wright Brothers National Memorial National Memorial · NC | 6.7 h | Fee | 341,576 | 0 |
| Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park National Historical Park · VA | 6.8 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Cumberland Island National Seashore National Seashore · GA | 6.8 h | Fee | 60,299 | 5 |
| George Washington Birthplace National Monument National Monument · VA | 6.8 h | Free | 72,072 | 0 |
| Jimmy Carter National Historical Park National Historical Park · GA | 6.8 h | Free | 39,101 | 0 |
| Prince William Forest Park Park · VA | 6.9 h | Fee | 339,015 | 10 |
| Freedom Riders National Monument National Monument · AL | 7 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Manassas National Battlefield Park National Battlefield Park · VA | 7 h | Free | 473,482 | 0 |
| Hopewell Culture National Historical Park National Historical Park · OH | 7.1 h | Free | 51,969 | 0 |
| Thomas Stone National Historic Site National Historic Site · MD | 7.1 h | Free | 4,910 | 0 |
| Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park National Historical Park · KY | 7.2 h | Free | 212,899 | 0 |
| Fort Washington Park Park · MD | 7.3 h | Free | 502,171 | 0 |
| Friendship Hill National Historic Site National Historic Site · PA | 7.3 h | Free | 18,080 | 0 |
| Horseshoe Bend National Military Park National Military Park · AL | 7.3 h | Free | 50,738 | 0 |
| Piscataway Park Park · MD | 7.3 h | Free | 275,070 | 0 |
| Stones River National Battlefield National Battlefield · TN | 7.3 h | Free | 454,614 | 0 |
| Fort Foote Park Park · MD | 7.4 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Fort Necessity National Battlefield National Battlefield · PA | 7.4 h | Free | 225,783 | 0 |
| Harmony Hall Part of National Capital Parks-East · MD | 7.4 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm Part of National Capital Parks-East · MD | 7.4 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve Ecological & Historic Preserve · FL | 7.4 h | Free | 1,109,821 | 0 |
| Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Park Unit · VA | 7.4 h | Free | 437,413 | 0 |
| African American Civil War Memorial Part of National Mall and Memorial Parks · DC | 7.5 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Anacostia Park Park · DC | 7.5 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial Park Unit · VA | 7.5 h | Free | 363,284 | 0 |
| Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument National Monument · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 6,514 | 0 |
| Capitol Hill Parks Part of National Capital Parks-East · DC | 7.5 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site National Historic Site · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 20 | 0 |
| Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park National Historical Park · DC, MD, WV | 7.5 h | Fee | 4,579,704 | 37 |
| Clara Barton National Historic Site National Historic Site · MD | 7.5 h | Free | 11,309 | 0 |
| Constitution Gardens Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Memorial · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 676,062 | 0 |
| Ford's Theatre National Historic Site National Historic Site · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 393,662 | 0 |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 2,832,124 | 0 |
| Frederick Douglass National Historic Site National Historic Site · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 29,378 | 0 |
| Glen Echo Park Park · MD | 7.5 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Great Falls Park Park · VA | 7.5 h | Fee | no count | 0 |
| George Washington Memorial Parkway Memorial Parkway · DC, MD, VA | 7.5 h | Free | 6,732,932 | 0 |
| Korean War Veterans Memorial Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 3,975,010 | 0 |
| Lincoln Memorial Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 7,743,295 | 0 |
| LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 236,042 | 0 |
| Mammoth Cave National Park National Park · KY | 7.5 h | Free | 660,734 | 3 |
| Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site National Historic Site · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 3,123 | 0 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 2,843,263 | 0 |
| National Capital Parks-East Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| National Mall and Memorial Parks Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Pennsylvania Avenue Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 115,618 | 0 |
| Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail National Scenic Trail · DC, MD, PA, VA | 7.5 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Island Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 159,828 | 0 |
| Thomas Jefferson Memorial Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 4,848,112 | 0 |
| Washington Monument Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 204,489 | 0 |
| The White House and President's Park Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 311,213 | 0 |
| World War II Memorial Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 3,993,717 | 0 |
| World War I Memorial Park Unit · DC | 7.5 h | Free | 838,999 | 0 |
| Civil War Defenses of Washington Related Area · DC, MD, VA | 7.6 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Fort Dupont Park Part of National Capital Parks-East · DC | 7.6 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park National Historical Park · WV, VA, MD | 7.6 h | Fee | 537,876 | 0 |
| Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens Part of National Capital Parks-East · DC | 7.6 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Rock Creek Park Park · DC | 7.6 h | Free | 1,865,048 | 0 |
| Greenbelt Park Park · MD | 7.7 h | Free | 130,314 | 1 |
| Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site National Historic Site · AL | 7.7 h | Free | 25,041 | 0 |
| Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site National Historic Site · AL | 7.7 h | Free | 8,659 | 0 |
| Antietam National Battlefield National Battlefield · MD | 7.8 h | Fee | 161,006 | 0 |
| Baltimore-Washington Parkway Parkway · MD | 7.8 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park National Historical Park · MD | 7.8 h | Free | 15,348 | 0 |
| Monocacy National Battlefield National Battlefield · MD | 7.8 h | Free | 116,902 | 0 |
| William Howard Taft National Historic Site National Historic Site · OH | 7.8 h | Free | 18,121 | 0 |