National Park System units within a drive of Miami
Three National Park System units sit within an estimated two hours of Miami, one between two and four hours, and six between four and eight. The closest is Big Cypress National Preserve, about 55 minutes by road from the metro's Census centroid. Biscayne National Park is the nearest unit carrying the National Park designation within four hours. The metro is the Miami area as the Census Bureau defines it, home to 6,457,988 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cypress National Preserve National Preserve · FL | 0.9 h | Free | 2,262,731 | 8 |
| Biscayne National Park National Park · FL | 1 h | Free | 486,567 | 2 |
| Everglades National Park National Park · FL | 1.3 h | Fee | 778,198 | 2 |
2 to 4 hours
| Unit | Est. drive | Entry | 2025 visits | Campgrounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Soto National Memorial National Memorial · FL | 3.8 h | Free | 124,294 | 0 |
4 to 8 hours
| Unit | Est. drive | Entry | 2025 visits | Campgrounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Tortugas National Park National Park · FL | 4.1 h | Fee | 89,355 | 1 |
| Canaveral National Seashore National Seashore · FL | 4.2 h | Fee | 2,496,947 | 1 |
| Fort Matanzas National Monument National Monument · FL | 5.8 h | Free | 653,152 | 0 |
| Castillo de San Marcos National Monument National Monument · FL | 6.1 h | Fee | 598,070 | 0 |
| Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve Ecological & Historic Preserve · FL | 7 h | Free | 1,109,821 | 0 |
| Cumberland Island National Seashore National Seashore · GA | 7.6 h | Fee | 60,299 | 5 |
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.